Microsoft's New Image Model and the AI Arms Race

Forget the doomsday headlines about Windows 10's end of life. Paul, Richard, and Leo break down why most users can relax, what Microsoft really has planned, and why the supposed landfill crisis around old PCs is mostly exaggeration. Also, Microsoft said OneDrive's new app was coming next year, but your file system says otherwise.

Windows 11

• October Patch Tuesday arrives, 1st for 25H2
• Copilot+ PCs: Click to Do improvements, AI agent in Settings, File Explorer improvements
• 24H2/25H2: Desktop improvements, File Explorer improvements, Keyboard shortcuts for en and em dashes, Administrator Protection (off by default), Passkey improvements, Game Bar improvements
• Windows 10 (didn't) reach EOL and the world didn't end
• Zorin OS and ChromeOS Flex seize the moment
• Windows Insider: Copilot on Windows gets Connectors, Document creation and export. Copilot on Windows gets Settings support. Dev and Beta get AI agent in Settings improvements (Copilot+ PC), Setting search improvements (ditto), Drag Tray, Click to Do improvements, Dark mode improvements
• Dashlane partners with Yubico to make security keys primary vault access
• Lenovo ThinkCentre neo 50q QC is a Snapdragon X-based SFF PC
• HP OmniBook 5 16-inch shows why even the cheapest Snapdragon X chip is a winner
• Hope springs eternal: Intel Panther Lake is the efficiency of Lunar Lake plus the performance of Arrow Lake. Hopefully, it's not the reliability of either
• IDC: PC sales jumped 9.4 percent in Q3, just not where you live

AI

• AI is the end of apps
• Microsoft reveals its first image generation model
• Opera Neon adds Nano Banana (image gen) and Sora (video gen) capabilities

Xbox and gaming

• Target and Walmart will keep selling Xbox consoles unlike those losers at Costco
• A veteran of Halo Studios leaves, warns everyone
• Sorry, but there will be a sequel to the Minecraft movie
• Game Pass member? Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is free to play for one more day
• Sony and AMD trickle out some PS6 news in a bizarre way - oh, and we're just getting started

Tips and picks

• Tip of the week: Yes, Virginia, you can still sign in to Windows 11 25H2 with a local account
• App pick of the week: The new OneDrive app
• RunAs Radio this week: The End of NTML with Steve Syfuhs
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Holladay Soft Red Wheat Bourbon

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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