Windows 11 just got its most noticeable Start menu revamp in a while, but is it a productivity boost or just more Microsoft meddling? The team digs into Patch Tuesday's big surprises and whether generative tools are transformative essentials or just a passing fad. 
 
Windows 11<ul> 
<li>Patch Tuesday was yesterday, your new Start menu is right where Microsoft left it</li> 
<li>Copilot+ PCs: Improvements to Click to Do, File Explorer, Voice access, and Windows Search</li> 
<li>All PCs, eventually: Taskbar improvements, Administrator Protection (off by default), Quality updates</li> 
<li>Heading into Ignite next week, Microsoft cites recent security wins in Windows 11 and Surface</li> 
<li>First 26H1 build comes to Canary to prove that there will be nothing new in it, ever</li> 
<li>Qualcomm takes a one-time $5.7 billion hit thanks to Big Stupid Bill but still nails it in quarterly earnings</li></ul> 
Microsoft<ul> 
<li>WSJ continues its Microsoft financial accountability criticisms</li> 
<li>Also reports that internal documents state OpenAI expects to lose $74 billion in 2028, the year Anthropic will break even</li> 
<li>If Paul starts a business and it loses money for three years in a row, it becomes a hobby. So WTF is OpenAI exactly?</li></ul> 
AI<ul> 
<li>Microsoft AI creates a Superintelligence team as a sort-of alternative to AGI</li> 
<li>Microsoft launched .NET 10 at .NET Conf on Tuesday - Plus, Visual Studio 2026 with a new monthly release schedule and Insider versions going forward</li> 
<li>Double-digit performance improvements again, somehow</li> 
<li>Uno announced Uno Platform Studio 2.0 with a fun surprise for Paul: They upgraded the original WPF version of .NETpad into a cross platform app in 3 minutes! There will be a demo on Thursday</li> 
<li>.NETpad is transitioning to WinUIpad with the Windows App SDK rewrite. It is going poorly because Windows App SDK is terrible, cannot be open sourced quickly enough</li></ul> 
Xbox<ul> 
<li>Steam announces a new videogame console, the Steam Machine!</li> 
<li>Backbone Pro Xbox Edition is now available</li> 
<li>Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition is here with with Xbox Play Anywhere support, Creations</li> 
<li>Halo: Campaign Evolved is coming, so Halo: Infinite becomes a lot more finite</li> 
<li>Call of Duty Black Ops 6 player on PC? Hope you enjoyed that 180 GB "update" you had to install before playing a year-old game (also got a 6.7 GB update Wednesday. For the love of God)</li> 
<li>GTA VI has been delayed yet again as it edges into Duke Nukem Forever territory</li> 
<li>Sony has now sold over 84 million PS5 consoles, meaning it has outsold every Xbox generation ever made</li> 
<li>Sony is selling a 27-inch gaming display in the U.S. and Japan</li></ul> 
Tips & picks<ul> 
<li>Tip of the week: Solving the problem over identifying the problem</li> 
<li>App pick of the week: Tiny11 Builder</li> 
<li>RunAs Radio this week: Azure Resiliency with Chris Ayers</li> 
<li>Brown liquor pick of the week: Kyoto Whisky Kuro-Obi Black Belt Blended</li></ul> 
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