WW 984: For Entertainment Purposes Only - Price Shock With Surface Laptops?!

About this episode

The episode discusses recent updates in the Windows Insider Program, new Surface devices, and various tech news including AI developments and privacy issues.

Windows Insider Program Release Preview channel updates (including 26H1 for the first time? - A preview of the June Patch Tuesday updates - Shared audio, NPU usage in Task Manager, multi-app camera support, Magnifier improvements. Taskbar updates come to Insiders! Also in Canary, weʼre throwing them a bone this time. Enshittification remedies all around Microsoft just held a WinHEC for the first time since 2018 and thereʼs a new Windows Driver Initiative! Microsoft will soon let us remap Copilot key to Right Ctrl, which is what it was in the first place. A Linux privacy nut YouTuber confuses privacy and security and doesnʼt understand Windows 11 so... ... Paul wrote a complete guide to the local account de-Microsoft experience in Windows 11 Microsoft Edge will stop loading all passwords into clear text on startup like a big boy browser. Hardware Paul came home to an ASUS Zenbook A16 and ohmygodohmygodohmygod Surface Microsoft finally revs Surface Laptop and Surface Pro for Business, with Intel chips and VERY high prices. Snapdragon X2 variants in late 2026 because of supply issues wa-waa-waaaaa. AI MDASH is Microsoftʼs answer to Anthropic Mythos, in-house only. Elon Musk and Sam…

People in this episode

Host: Paul

Topics covered

• Windows updates
• Surface devices
• AI developments
• Privacy and security
• Tech news

Keywords

• Windows Insider
• Surface Laptop
• Surface Pro
• AI
• Microsoft Edge
• privacy
• security
• Google IO
• ChatGPT

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft, Windows Insider Program, OpenAI, Apple, Google

Products: Surface Laptop, Surface Pro, ChatGPT, Microsoft Edge, Linux, Snapdragon X2

Books & works: local account de-Microsoft experience

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