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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