Windows Weekly 631: The AI Kerfuffle




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Summary: Microsoft earningsMicrosoft delivered another blockbuster FY and FYQ4.Analysis: FY19 - Xbox (bad), Surface (not the highlight people think), Windows (good, with businesses only), Office 365 (great) and Azure is ... slowing?. The big news: More Personal Computing is not Microsoft's biggest BU for the first time. Entire business in balance for now.Antitrust Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google come under DOJ scrutiny Qualcomm is fined by the EU Will Microsoft continue to avoid the steely gaze of regulators?The weirdness that is Windows 10 20H1 Remember when Microsoft released a 19H2 build with unavailable new features last week? Yeah, some of them are available now. In a new build for some reason. And then they released another build, this time with one new feature Also, Windows Defender will become Microsoft Defender in 20H1Plus...Microsoft accidentally deployed a Canary (?) build of Windows 10 to all Insiders and it shows the Lite OS Start menu with no live tilesMicrosoft invests $1 billion in AI! OK, just kidding.LinkedIn to finally start using Microsoft technology. It's the least they can do, literally.Microsoft makes changes, again, to how it licenses Dynamics 365XboxGears 5 multiplayer beta hits again this weekendMixer commits to civilityFortnite controller (not) arriving just in time for Fortnite World CupTips and PicksTip of the week: Eloquent JavaScriptApp pick of the week: VirtualBoxEnterprise pick of the week: Data-sharing agreements/licensesNaming pick of the week: Office Online is no moreBeer pick of the week: Transmitter Hx Raspberry Sour Hosts: Mary Jo Foley, Paul Thurrott, and Jason Howell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsor:Epson.com/ecotankleo