Windows Weekly (Audio) Podcast
1) WW 956: Blowing the Dust Off Skype - Azure's Front Door Leaves Customers Locked Out
Welp, Azure crashed on Microsoft's earnings day, the cloud's weakest link exposed just as AI investments hit mind-boggling numbers. And 2.5 years into the AI era, things are still moving quickly, and ...Show More
2) WW 948: Netflix Tears - Windows 11, version 25H2 heads to Release Preview!
Paul Thurrott is in Berlin this week for IFA 2025! With AI models multiplying across devices and Microsoft plotting a post-OpenAI future, Paul and Richard debate whether Copilot and local AI finally h...Show More
3) WW 947: Hallucinated Clown Shoes - Microsoft v. protesters, round 3. Or 4. Or something
Protesters take over Microsoft's Building 34, objecting to the company's technology being allegedly used by Israel. Is it more than simply cybersecurity usage, and how is Microsoft handling employee a...Show More
4) WW 945: Vermont? Seriously? - GitHub CEO resigns as CoreAI takes over
Patch Tuesday was yesterday, so find out what's new! Plus, two of the best-ever Doom engine games are now available in remastered form (4K/120 FPS, new episodes, cross-play, multiplayer, more) on Game...Show More
5) WW 944: Shakin' the Treats - Microsoft becomes a $4 trillion company
Microsoft's fiscal year ended on a high note, assuming you didn't just get laid off. WinSAT's formal assessment will give you some interesting PC performance information, similar to the old WEI score ...Show More
6) WW 943: Five Paperclips - Looking back at 10 Years of Windows 10
Ten years ago yesterday, Microsoft released Windows 10, fixing the issues with Windows 8.x and giving Windows 7 users a solid upgrade. One historical curiosity: It was the first Windows release withou...Show More
7) WW 942: A World of Wonder - The weakness of Copilot's branding
Microsoft finally kills Movies & TV show service in the Microsoft Store. This was the final vestigial minder of Zune that remained. There was Groove Video and Xbox Video, too. Microsoft previously kil...Show More
8) WW 939: The House Hippo - Microsoft Lays Off 9,000 While Worth $3.7 Trillion
Microsoft's latest round of layoffs hits Xbox Gaming hard as the company cuts approximately 9,000 jobs despite record profits. This week, Paul Thurrott and Richard Campbell discuss the impact of these...Show More
9) WW 938: When Will Then Be Now? - Copilot's struggles against ChatGPT
Windows 10 EOL update Microsoft confirms that Windows 10 EOL is a go for October. But... Consumers can now get a free year of extra security updates instead of paying(!) Businesses can now enroll i...Show More
10) WW 937: Vexed by Perturbations - What just happened to Windows Hello!?
No, it's not you. Windows Hello doesn't work in the dark anymore. For reasons. Say "Hello" to the Windows Hello controversy of the month! Windows AI agent in Settings and Recall export experience in...Show More