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Wouldn't it be better if instead of me telling you the tech news,

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I just told it to other James and he told it to you. So go ahead.

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So he's saying that I'm the act is a bit of a mess. You know what, forget it.

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At Microsoft's Ignite 2024 conference kickoff yesterday,

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the company introduced the Windows 365 Link,

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a Mac mini looking PC with a bunch of ports for $349.

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Wow, cheap. Well, that's because Microsoft says this is a new class of device

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that is curiously very similar to an existing class of devices

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called thin clients PCs intended for the enterprise sector

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that serve as terminals for cloud or network computing. But this one is the first cloud PC device for Windows 365.

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If you're not counting the other computers, that can also use Microsoft's cloud PC service,

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which is all of them. The selling point for this device seems to be that it's capable of even less

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than existing client PCs, which actually have Windows installed,

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which is probably good news to many IT people. In bad news for anyone who hopes Microsoft might untie the Gordian knot

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that is their product branding, the icons for Microsoft 365 apps,

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which is what they call office now, not to be confused with Windows 365,

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their cloud PC service, stay with me. The app icons are not only getting little co-pilot badges,

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the Microsoft 365 logo is being changed into the co-pilot logo

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with a little M365 badge, something I think all of us have been waiting for a long time.

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To the new Microsoft 365 co-pilot icon.

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The rebranding comes alongside new cross app customizable co-pilot AI agents

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making their debut in Microsoft 365.

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You can summon them in Microsoft Teams where they can do things like take notes during calls

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and the interpreter agent can generate live translated audio

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so you can quit nodding like an idiot as if you understand what that new investor is saying.

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Synergy, yeah. Windows 11 will be getting what the company calls

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Microsoft 365 companions,

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which are shortcuts to contacts files or calendars pinned to the taskbar

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that kind of expand the start menu, kind of like phone link.

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Microsoft is also launching the Windows Resiliency Initiative,

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tightening some of the screws to prevent another crowd strike.

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Every PC in the world is Borked situation, as well as giving Windows 11 Enterprise customers

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the ability to hot patch systems without rebooting.

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But let's end on something actually kind of cool. MetaQuest 3 and 3s headsets will be getting a public preview

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in December allowing users to use Windows 11

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streamed from either a local PC or a cloud PC

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in 3D space, placing multiple monitors where you want.

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And with a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, you could just set up a multi-monitor workstation in Starbucks.

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I mean, think about how many people you could irritate.

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The US Department of Justice is certain now that it wants to knock Chrome off the Google tree

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and has asked Judge Amit Meta, who ruled that Google was playing Monopoly with search back in August,

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to force Google to sell off the world's most popular web browser.

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Chrome. Sorry, I could tell there were a few of you

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who are thinking C-Monkey. It's a bit of a weird angle to take

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since the anti-competitive aspect here is more related to Android and Google search.

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And to Google, that's putting it lightly. In a response given to press,

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the tech giant said the DOJ continues to push a radical agenda,

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and that putting its thumb on the scale in these ways would harm consumers, developers,

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and American technological leadership.

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Does Google think they're being forced to sell Chrome to China or something?

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Look, we get TikTok, you get Chrome. Oh, this is a bad deal.

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I mean, come on, DOJ, give Google a break. They're cracking down on websites,

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gunking up search results with SEO slop generated by a third-party company.

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The websites hired to take advantage of the SEO system

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Google made in the first place. Come on, you gotta admit that's good, Dodge.

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I call him Dodge.

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No more middleman. I'm gonna give the quick bits to you straight

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in just a second. Microsoft is allowing Game Pass Ultimate subscribers

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to stream some games that they own even if that game isn't part of the Game Pass catalog.

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Previously, you could only stream such games via remote play from your actual console.

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So this is great news for people who own a game but don't have it installed on their Xbox

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because they don't want to play it that bad. The feature's in beta now and was announced

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a day after Sony launched a beta giving their PS portal handheld,

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which only supported remote play for games installed on your PS5,

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the ability to stream PS5 games from the cloud,

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which should help the product make a bit more sense to people who weren't part of the surprisingly

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large group of die-hard fans. They already thought the portal was perfect.

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They're losing their shit over this. I'd like to address any Apple people who watch this show.

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First off, you are resilient, kudos.

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Second, update your Macs, your iPhones, and your iPads.

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Cupertino has issued a patch for multiple vulnerabilities.

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It's not a virus because biologically, Macs don't get those.

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There are flaws in JavaScript Core and WebKit,

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which are currently being actively exploited in Intel-based Macs,

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which are apparently still out there for some reason when the Windows 365 link is sitting right there.

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A successor to Valve's Steam Controller may be on the way soon,

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according to Valve data miner Brad Lynch, who says the Steam Controller 2,

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codenamed Ibex, is being tooled for mass production,

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along with a separate controller design, codenamed Roy,

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which is reportedly intended for use with Valve's long-rumored Deckard headset.

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The original Steam Controller didn't have a lot of staying power,

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despite representing Valve's big dreams for enabling mouse and keyboard-style gameplay on TVs.

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I can only hope the new one won't be lost in time,

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like tears and rain. Well, what'd you think of that?

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It was original. Sony is in talks to acquire the parent company

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of From Software, makers of Elden Ring, the Dark Souls series,

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and Sekiro, first reported by Reuters and then confirmed by the company itself,

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called Kadokawa. The purchase, at least to former Blizzard boss Mike Yabara,

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would be a top two acquisition NVIDIA gaming.

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The only thing bigger would be buying Valve or Nintendo,

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which Mike doesn't see happening because frankly, if anyone buys Nintendo before Phil Spencer can,

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they're liable to get an Xbox to the head, and he will be smiling as he kills.

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And a group of USC students have broken the altitude record

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for non-governmental, non-commercial entities,

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sending the aftershock 2 rocket to a height of 470,000 feet,

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beating the previous record of 380,000 feet,

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set back in 2004 by the civilian space exploration team.

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I really just wanted to have this in here to say good job, students.

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And because I like imagining Jeff Bezos yelling about how these kids built a record-breaking rocket

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in a cave with a box of scraps, USC funding has dried up a bit.

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Fun fact, we build these videos in a cave with a box of scraps

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three times a week, so come back on Friday for more tech news.

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I might be lying, but it's a green screen, you wouldn't know.