Open the Kokomo - Recall to be opt-in, Auto SR, new Xbox Series models

C-Day: The Copilot+ PC countdown enters its final phase
• Microsoft responds to the Recall drama, will make changes
• Security researchers high-five each other, but if you look at what changed, it’s mostly not about their complaints. The biggest change: Recall is actually going to be opt-in, not optional, which is what they said it would be at the launch.
• This is a win for users and a rare example of Microsoft scaling back from dark patterns
• Microsoft “pauses” rollout of 24H2 in the Release Preview. This is clearly tied to Recall changes - 24H2 “delayed” until June 18
• Expect the day-one experience for Copilot+ PCs to include a big update during OOBE
• AutoSR video game upscaling will only work on Arm-based Copilot+ PCs
• Slack is native on Arm64
• Arm v. Qualcomm is still a thing, could get ugly
• /Reuters confirms Qualcomm exclusivity on WOA, says AMD and Nvidia will
offer WOA-based chips in 2025. And now MediaTek as well.
Windows 11
• Patch Tuesday arrives. Windows 11 gets a Taskbar fix
• Windows 11 24H2 does not get an update - delayed until next Tuesday, which is C-Day. Weird
• New Dev and Beta builds: Snipping Tool Update that introduces automatic save for screen recordings, Narrator improvements, Share in Start search for some reason, Suggested replies in Phone Link
• Canary: New account management interface in Start, Store improvements
AI
• Apple has its AI day in the sun
• Apple Intelligence is coming to Mac, iPhone, iPad - on-device AI with ChatGPT-powered cloud when needed
• Apple got right what Microsoft did not, suddenly it doesn’t look so behind
• Key takeaway here: Microsoft’s overly aggressive AI push has always felt weird, Apple’s general approach sometimes feels plodding, but it looks like
they’re getting it right with AI
• Apple Intelligence is, in many ways, Recall but with cloud component. And Google is working on its own version of Recall
• WTF!? Microsoft is removing Custom GPT building from Copilot Pro
• Adobe: Seriously, we’re still not training Firefly AI on your content
• Opera provides a new AI benchmarking tool
• DuckDuckGo AI chat will use popular AI chatbots anonymously. Like Apple with Apple Intelligence
• NVIDIA market cap hit $3 trillion last week, surpassed Apple (until WWDC)
Microsoft 365/Cloud
• Microsoft is killing several Outlook.com features to improve security. We’re going to see a lot of these SFI-justified changes
• Patent troll sues Microsoft for Azure infringements, seeks billions
Xbox
• Xbox Game Showcase!
• Best selection of Xbox games maybe ever
• Phil Spencer agrees Xbox needs a handheld gaming console - Plus more games coming to PS, of course
• Microsoft announces three Xbox Series X|S refreshes. Not as good as last year’s leaked refreshes. Why?
• Sony will ship a PS5 Pro this year. Not coincidentally, it’s removing the 8K logo from current PS5 packaging
• Microsoft reportedly remastering OG Halo yet again, will come to PS5
• Microsoft delivers the Xbox June Update
• June’s first Game Pass drop came a bit late
Tips & Picks
• Tip of the week: Operation ELOP
• App pick of the week: PC Game Pass & Firefox 127
• RunAs Radio this week: Copilot in your Intranet with Susan Hanley
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Ballindalloch 2016 Benelux
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