wouldn't it be better if instead of me telling you the tech news I just told it
to other James and he told it to you so go go ahead uh so he's saying that I'm
going to act as a bit of a you know what forget it at Microsoft's ignite 2024
conference kickoff yesterday the company introduced the Windows 365 link a Mac
Mini looking PC with a bunch of ports for $3.49 Wow cheap well that's because
Microsoft says this is a new class of device that is curiously very similar to
an existing class of devices called thin clients PCS intended for the Enterprise
sector that serve as terminals for cloud or network computing but this one is the
first Cloud PC device for Windows 365 if
you're not counting the other computers that can also use Microsoft's Cloud PC
service which is all of them the selling point for this device seems to be that
it's capable of even less than existing client PCS which actually have Windows
installed which is probably good news to many it people in bad news for anyone
who hopes Microsoft might untie the gordian knot that is their product
branding the icons for Microsoft 365
apps which is what they call office now not to be confused with Windows 365
their Cloud PC service stay with me the app icons are not only getting little
co-pilot badges the Microsoft 365 logo
is being changed into the co-pilot logo
with a little M365 badge something I think all of us have been waiting for a
long time to the new Microsoft 365
copilot
icon the rebranding comes alongside new
crossa customizable co-pilot AI agents
making their debut in Microsoft 365 you
can summon them in Microsoft teams where they can do things like take notes
during calls and The Interpreter agent can generate live translated audio so
you can quit nodding like an idiot as if you understand what that new investor is
saying mhm Synergy Windows 11 will be getting
what the company calls Microsoft 365
companions which are shortcuts to contacts files or calendars pinned to
the taskbar that kind of expand the start menu kind of like phone link
Microsoft is also launching the Windows resiliency initiative tightening some of
the screws to prevent another crowd strike every PC in the world is borked
situation as well as giving Windows 11 Enterprise customers the ability to Hot
Patch systems without rebooting but let's end on something actually kind of
cool meta Quest 3 and 3s headsets we'll
be getting a public preview in December allowing users to use Windows 11
streamed from either a local PC or a
cloud PC in 3D space placing multiple
monitors where you want and with a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse you could just set up a multim monitor workstation
in Starbucks I mean think about how many people you could could irritate the US
Department of Justice is certain now that it wants to knock Chrome off the
Google tree and has asked judge Amit meta who ruled that Google was playing
Monopoly with search back in August to force Google to sell off the world's
most popular web browser Chrome sorry I could tell there
were a few of you who are thinking sea Mony it's a bit of a weird angle to take
since the anti-competitive aspect here is more related to Android and Google
Google search and to Google that's putting it lightly in a response given
to press the tech giant said the doj continues to push a radical agenda and
that putting its thumb on the scale in these ways would harm consumers
developers and American technological
leadership does Google think they're being forced to sell Chrome to China or
something look we get Tik Tok you get Chrome oh this is a bad deal I mean come
on doj give Google a break they're cracking down on websites gunking up
search results with SEO slop generated by a third-party company the website's
hired to take advantage of the SEO system Google made in the first place
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going to give the quick bits to you straight in just a second Microsoft is
allowing Game Pass ultimate subscribers to stream some games that they own even
if that game isn't part of the Game Pass catalog previously you could only stream
such games via remote play from your actual console so this is great news for
people who own a game but don't have it installed on their XBox because they
don't want to play it that bad the feature is in beta now and was announced
a day after Sony launched a beta giving their PS portal handheld which only
supported remote play for games installed on your PS5 the ability to
stream PS5 games from the cloud which should help the product make a bit more
sense to people who weren't part of the surprisingly large group of diard fans
they already thought the portal was perfect they're losing their over this I'd like to address any Apple
people who watch this show first off you are resilient Kudos second update your
Maxs your iPhones and your iPads copertino has issued a patch for
multiple vulnerabilities it's not not a virus because biologically Macs don't
get those They flaws in JavaScript core
and webkit which are currently being actively exploited in Intel-based Macs
which are apparently still out there for some reason when the Windows 365 link is
sitting right there a successor to valve steam controller may be on the way soon
according to valve data Miner Brad Lynch who says the steam controller 2 code
named IEX is being tooled for mass
production along with a separate controller design code named Roy which
is reportedly intended for use with valve's long rumored Decker headset the
original steam controller didn't have a lot of staying power despite
representing valve's Big Dreams for enabling mouse and keyboard style
gameplay on TVs I can only hope the new one won't be lost in time like tears and
Rain well what' you think of that it was original Sony is in talks to acquire the
parent company of from software makers of Elden ring the Dark Souls series and
sakiro first reported by Reuters and then confirmed by the company itself
called kadokawa the purchase at least to former blizzard boss Mike yabara would
be a top two acquisition NVIDIA gaming
the only thing bigger would be buying valve or Nintendo which Mike doesn't see
happening because frankly if anyone buys Nintendo before Phil Spencer can they're
liable to get an Xbox to the head and he will be smiling as he kills and a group
of USC students have broken the altitude record for non-governmental
non-commercial entities sending the Aftershock 2 rocket to a height of
470,000 Ft beating the previous record
of 380,000 Ft set back in 2004 by the
civilian space exploration team I really just wanted to have this
in here to say good job students and because I like imagining Jeff Bezos
yelling about how these kids built a record-breaking rocket in a cave with a
box of scraps USC funding has dried up a
bit fun fact we build these vide in a cave with a box of scraps three times a
week so come back on Friday for more Tech news I might be lying but it's a
green screen you wouldn't know