WW 999: Physical Goods - Acer SFF RTX Spark Desktop Design Showcased at IFA 2026
While Microsoft pushes Copilot+ PCs, NVIDIA storms into the Windows ecosystem with AI-focused Spark machines and game-changing specs, igniti...
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A weekly look at all things Microsoft, including Windows, Office, Xbox, and more, from two of the foremost Windows watchers in the world, Paul Thurrott of Thurrott.com and Mary Jo Foley of A...
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WW 998: Laptop Fort - Bill Gates Warns About the Dark Side of AI
Microsoft tries to prove Windows on ARM is ready for prime time, but behind the PR push, unresolved questions about compatibility, branding,...
WW 997: Bear Swamp & The Boathouse - New Context Menu Customization Debuts for Insiders
For years, the checkbox to get a PC out of the Insider Program when that Windows version shipped in stable did absolutely nothing. That's no...
WW 996: Security Through Lack of Features - MV3 in Edge, Quake Turns 30, & AltTabby
Microsoft's AI investments reveal a bizarre financial loop where billions pour into infrastructure, yet profits remain elusive. The hosts br...
WW 995: The Greatest Depression - Microsoft Reports $90 Billion in Revenue for FY26 Q4
Behind the headlines about skyrocketing revenues and AI investments, the actual costs and future risks for Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are...
WW 994: The Best Kind of Correct - Can Windows Survive the 8GB RAM Comeback?
There's been so much drama over what options Microsoft will allow for the Copilot key. But you don't have to wait for a future Windows updat...
WW 993: The Columnist Savant - Reflecting on John C. Dvorak's Influence & Impact
As the tech world catches its breath from AI whiplash and retro gaming returns to the PC, Microsoft quietly kills underused tools and tries...
WW 992: Gassy Jack - Largest Patch Tuesday in Microsoft History!
Microsoft's July 2026 Patch Tuesday just shattered records with hundreds of bug fixes, and AI is the force behind the surge. Are we witnessi...
WW 991: Strategically Repositioned Productivity Surface - Gaming Layoffs Signal a New XBOX Era
Microsoft's latest round of layoffs and game studio shakeups reveal deep cracks in the XBOX business, as years of unprofitability and missed...
WW 990: Don't Be Nostalgic for Stupid - The Doom & Gloom Watch
Windows 10's Extended Security Update program quietly gets extended for another year for consumers. Microsoft reportedly kills Surface Go pr...
WW 989: Deer Hate MSDN - Point-in-Time Restore Arrives for Windows 11
Windows 12 is stalled and the real reasons go far beyond software. The conversation unpacks how soaring hardware prices, AI chaos, and marke...
WW 988: Bubbleable - XBOX Could Be Facing a Moment of Reckoning
With major leadership shakeups and rumors of studio closures, the future of XBOX inside Microsoft suddenly looks uncertain. Is this the begi...
WW 987: SelfLoathing.md - Will AI-Driven Vibe Coding Replace Traditional Developers?
If you think code is safe from automation, think again. This week's discussion tackles why the rise of vibe coding and AI-powered tools coul...
WW 986: Liminal AI - RTX Spark, Project Solara, Scout, & Much More!
Build 2026 is underway in San Francisco this week, and it started with a big, overly-long keynote as always. And Computex is this week, too....
WW 985: Putting the Mental in Experimental - Some Linux Learnings for the Windows User
Paul has been testing various Linux distributions and other Windows alternatives for months as part of a Switcher series. The zen of Linux c...
WW 984: For Entertainment Purposes Only - Price Shock With Surface Laptops?!
Windows Insider Program Release Preview channel updates (including 26H1 for the first time? - A preview of the June Patch Tuesday updates -...
WW 983: Puts the Buh in Benelux - Can Googlebooks Challenge Existing Laptops?
It's not just Recall: Security vulnerabilities that require you to sign into an account on your PC are not necessarily vulnerabilities. Also...
WW 982: Don't Lick the Manta Rays - Breaking Down Microsoft's Earnings
Microsoft's earnings report went out last week, and the company spent a lot on AI in the quarter. Microsoft updates its customers on what it...
WW 981: Semi-Sophisticated - Microsoft Releases Source Code For 86-DOS 1.00
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 cha...
WW 980: Running Outta Tolkiens - Hands-On With 2 Snapdragon X2 Laptops!
AI is democratizing the making of things, from bespoke/custom apps to websites, designs of all kinds, and everything else you might imagine....