It's Week D. Do you know where your preview updates are?

Windows 11

Windows 11 version 22H2/23H2 get the same update
Windows 11 version 24H2 gets a different update, but at least it's on time
Beta: Media controls on the Lock screen, more
Windows security update borks small number of Linux bootloaders, is perfect example of misplaced and faux outrage
Right-click doesn't work correctly with Windows and a touchpad. It's not you

M$FT

Microsoft took Paul's advice. Instead of just blaming the EU, it's holding a security summit with CrowdStrike and other partners to solve the problems highlighted by the botched update outage. (Which it said it would do back in July.)
Microsoft shuffles the decks below its three primary business units
Microsoft: It's all about transparency!
Paul: Nope

Hardware

Lenovo ThinkPad T14s is the best business-class Snapdragon X Copilot+ PC yet
ThinkPad X12 Detachable Gen 2 is the last gasp of the Surface Pro-alikes
Paul got a Pixel 9 Pro XL - Eerily iPhone Pro-like design, crazy AI features - The combination of hardware and software here is nuts
Pixel 9 series is shipping with Android 14. Google planned to ship Android 14 earlier than ever before this year. Users with Pixel 9 series phones can enroll in Android 15 Beta now. But Android 15 was quietly delayed to October, the normal release time frame
Mark Gurman leaks all the iPhone 16 things
Apple announces launch event
Some navel-gazing about Apple's place in our lives

Magic of Software

Microsoft announces Loop 2.0 on Twitter, no one has it yet
LibreOffice is now native on Windows on Arm!
Google Essentials app will be bundled with some new PCs, starting with HP
Proton Drive for Business now available standalone, and with sale pricing (and more storage)
Brave gets major privacy updates on desktop and mobile
Apple makes further DMA concessions, will let iPhone users change default apps for phone, messaging, more
Threads is testing posts that are as ephemeral as your facts
Paid version of Alexa will allegedly launch in October
Google Meet gets auto PIP for all and AI meeting notes for some

Xbox

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