WW 981: Semi-Sophisticated - Microsoft Releases Source Code For 86-DOS 1.00

About this episode

This episode discusses Microsoft's release of early MS-DOS source code, updates to the Windows Insider Program, and developments in AI and gaming.

This episode dives into early MS-DOS/PC-DOS source code, Snapdragon X2 gaming, and the "We are Xbox" messaging. Plus, Paul details 2 big changes in the Windows Insider Program. The latest PowerToys adds 2 useful new utilities and many improvements. And a TWiT listener asked about buying Windows 11 on Arm to virtualize it on a Mac. You're not going to believe what happened next. Windows Microsoft announces big changes to Windows Update Microsoft announces Windows Insider Program changes, with Experimental channel Hands-on with both predictably shows some nice improvements Hands-on with Snapdragon X2 gaming - more wins, but still some losses Microsoft open sources some of the earliest MS-DOS source code and related materials Intel loses $3.7 billion and Wall Street could not be happier. WTF is happening - Paul has a theory and its called collusion AI Microsoft and OpenAI revise partnership again and wait for it... OpenAI immediately signs on with AWS Microsoft 365 Copilot subscribers get Word, Excel, and PowerPoint agentic AI features Copilot in Outlook can manage your inbox and calendar, but seriously stop using Outloook GitHub Copilot's switch to usage-based billing starts June 1…

People in this episode

Host: Paul

Topics covered

• MS-DOS source code
• Windows Insider Program
• Snapdragon X2 gaming
• Microsoft updates
• AI partnerships
• Xbox rebranding

Keywords

• MS-DOS
• Windows Update
• PowerToys
• Snapdragon X2
• OpenAI
• Xbox
• AI features
• Intel losses
• GitHub Copilot

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft, OpenAI, Intel, Adobe, Xbox, AWS, Anthropic

Products: Windows 11, Snapdragon X2, PowerToys, GitHub Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot

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