WW 924: No One Wants To Be Plumbing - Copilot for Gaming, Files, .NET Preview 2
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Did Copilot uninstall from your computer recently? You're not alone. At least Microsoft is working on a fix. Plus, Satya Nadella has created a new Office of Strategy and Transformation to meet the rapidly evolving needs of the AI era. Discord finally has a Social SDK now, Copilot for Gaming is preparing for mobile testing, and a* Call of Duty* franchise sale that brings savings up to 67 percent off. Lastly, Paul's app pick is a free, open source, third-party File Explorer replacement that is beautiful and highly customizable. And it never badgers you to backup to OneDrive.

Windows

• March security update hilariously removes Copilot app from Windows 11

• New Canary build today

• Release Preview (today): 24H2 ahead of Week D

• Release Preview: 23H2 and Windows 10 ahead of Week D

• Dev, Beta, Beta (23H3) - Voice access suggestions, File Explorer fix

• Paint is getting new Cocreator features

• New Notepad and Snipping Tool features for all

Microsoft

• Microsoft announces vague transformation that could be important

• FTC to move forward with Microsoft antitrust probe

• Microsoft no longer includes power supply with Surface PCs sold in Europe

AI/Dev

• Gemini adds Canvas and Audio Overview features

• Plus, Gemini is replacing Assistant in Android (and Chromebook)

• Zoom AI Companion is going agentic

• Meta claims one billion downloads of Llama AI models

• Microsoft ships .NET 10 Preview 2

Xbox

• Microsoft is bringing Copilot to Xbox

• Xbox Adaptive Joystick is now available for $29.99

• Here are the new games heading to Game Pass in second half of March

• Epic Games and Qualcomm partner on bringing games to WOA

• Discord has an SDK now

• Google Play Games for PC is adding native games

Tips and Picks

• Tip of the week: Call of Duty titles are on sale in the Microsoft Store

• App pick of the week: Files

• RunAs Radio this week: Managing AI Costs with Sonia Cuff

• Brown liquor pick of the week: Toki Suntory Whisky

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