WW 977: Moonshine University - The Push for Building 100% Native Windows Apps

About this episode

The episode discusses Microsoft's AI initiatives, GitHub's data usage policies, and various updates in the tech landscape including new products and features.

Microsoft's AI ambitions overflowed into GitHub, sparking backlash when ads appeared in pull requests and raising new concerns about where your code is really going. GitHub is going to automatically use your data to train AI, so Paul tells how to opt-out if you don't want that. Plus, there's a new Microsoft 365 alternative in town, and this one is from a little tech company you can trust. Windows Week D updates go live last Thursday - Smart App Control, many other minor changes And here we go again: Microsoft issues emergency patch for March Week D optional update Microsoft says it will replace web-based in-box apps and experiences with native apps ... somehow Four builds across three channels - Canary with opt-in gets a huge Windows Console upgrade, Dev/Beta get Administrator Protection (again), more AMD has a new flagship gaming processor AI/Dev Microsoft Research AI has a new Critique feature that uses ChatGPT and Claude together in an unholy Frankenstein's monster of orchestration A week of Siri AI rumors/leaks - This is Apple's version of Microsoft trying to buy TikTok Google makes it easier to switch to Gemini - This is like Mac vs. PC, but for AI Mozilla's approach to AI…

People in this episode

Guest: Paul

Topics covered

• Microsoft AI
• GitHub
• Microsoft 365 alternative
• Windows updates
• AI in technology
• Gaming
• Mozilla Firefox

Keywords

• Microsoft
• GitHub
• AI
• Windows updates
• Xbox
• Mozilla
• SwiftUI SDK
• gaming
• Siri
• Gemini

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft, GitHub, Microsoft 365, AMD, Apple, Google, Mozilla

Products: Siri, Gemini, SwiftUI SDK, Xbox

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