• Google announces surprise Pixel 9 hardware event in August
• Jeff Jarvis testimony on the California Journalism Preservation Act
• This Week in Tunnels
• Toys r us AI video
• Exclusive: Amazon mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp
• Autobiography app
• OpenAI's CTO treats creativity like a problem to be solved — and that itself is the problem
• AI Doesn't Kill Jobs? Tell That to Freelancers
• Record Labels Sue Suno & Udio for Training AI Models on Their Songs
• I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again
• The rise—and fall—of the software developer
• Google is killing infinite scroll on search results
• Google Will Let You Personalize Gemini After Your Favorite YouTuber
• Google Cast is coming to more hotel room TVs later this year
• Google shutting down 'Stack: PDF Scanner' in September
• A Captcha for Mikah's Therapist
• Scientists create smiling robot face from living human skin cells
• German face wurst

Hosts: Mikah Sargent, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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We're one week into the Copilot+ PC, and the feedback is positive with caution! Key takeaways so far: Much improved performance and reliability, AI features mostly stink, but there is still uncertainty each time you install/do anything.

Windows 11

• Week D arrives with preview updates for Windows 11 versions 22H2 and 23H2 only
• The second Patch Tuesday in a row with no 24H2 update (on the day)
• This preview update adds 24H2 features to 22H2/23H2 as predicted
• Beta channel (last week): Bizarre Start menu extension for Phone Link users
• Release preview channel (last week): The 22H2/23H2 builds and features that shipped to stable as a preview update on Tuesday
• Canary channel (last week): After pausing the previous build (hint: Recall code), new build arrives with drag-and-drop address bar in File Explorer, notification tweaks

Copilot+ PC

• Paul finally got a Copilot+ PC to test, a Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x 14"
• App compatibility scorecard: Excellent, but with familiar Arm uncertainties
• Hardware compatibility: Excellent, but with the same person-by-person caveat
• Gaming: Lots of fiddling, but if you can find a compatible game, some great perf and visual quality. Still better than the Mac, and better than any x64 Ultrabook. But not a gaming PC. No Xbox Game Pass support?? COME ON
• In-box AI capabilities: With Recall out, there's almost nothing to see here
• Plus, Intel and AMD are gunning for Qualcomm
• iFixit reports that Surface Laptop 7/Pro 11 repairability is "astonishingly" good. Granted, the bar was low
• Microsoft brings Surface Flex Keyboard to Surface Pro 8, 9, and 11
• Microsoft releases recovery images for Surface Pro 11/Laptop 7
• Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-In Security (ESS) is one of several Copilot+ PC protections that rendered those security researcher complaints about Recall moot. But Paul now has two PCs that use this feature, and it's even more impressive than you think
• The Windows 11 decoder ring

Antitrust

• As expected, the European Commission announced preliminary charges against Microsoft for Office/Teams bundling
• This is antitrust, not DMA (like Apple)
• The EU has not explained WHAT Microsoft can do to fix this (unlike with Apple)
• This is based on a complaint from Slack, which was created 7 years after Microsoft first offered this type of app/service

Xbox
-Hot off a terrific Xbox Games Showcase event, Xbox promises its "biggest-ever" booth at Gamescom 2024 (which is now the biggest trade show in Europe, apparently)
-Microsoft details how Auto SR and Prism work in WOA11 to make gaming both possible and decent
-Steam Deck LCD models are on sale

Tips and Picks
-App pick of the week #1: New browser upgrades
-App pick of the week: Proton Drive
-RunAs Radio this week: The Hard Part of Machine Learning with Lynn Langit
-Brown liquor pick of the week: Cragganmore 12

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Would you pay a monthly fee for an AI Alexa?? Can I extend the connection between my AirPods and my Mac? What's going on with my connection to my network when using Apple's Private Relay? Plus, Dick DeBartolo talks about the MAD exhibition at the Norman Rockwell Museum and the new AeroPress Go Plus!

• How the dash to ditch paper money created a playground for criminals.
• 'This Old House' pays tribute to creator Russell Morash.
• Apple won't roll out AI tech in EU market over regulatory concerns.
• AT&T can't hang up on landline phone customers, California agency rules.
• Amazon mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp.
• Mark is wondering if a smartwatch is a good device to catch up on missed notifications and if there's a way to have the watch re-send any notifications he missed previously.
• Jesse is getting an 0x80d02002 error when downloading files on their Windows machine and is trying to figure out how to stop the error. They also ask why they can't get their Roku TV to connect to their Apple AirPlay.
• Dick Debartolo joins the show this week to talk about the MAD exhibition at the Norman Rockwell Museum and the new AeroPress Go Plus.
• Steve writes to ask if there's a way to extend the connection of their AirPods to their Mac.
• Bala's phone was stolen recently, and they got a new phone to replace it. But they're wondering if the thieves can easily access the information on their old phone.
• Vidak ask why his mesh system is not correctly connecting to the node they want it to connect to?
• Tim wonders why if Apple is such and advocate for privacy, why they allow downloaded apps from the App Store to collect information on you Tim is also having issues getting Apple's Private Relay to connect to their WiFi network.
• David writes in wondering what the best way to hook up their Apple TV to a project and get sound out with a soundbar or speakers.
• Emil emails the show asking why their 2nd Gen AirPods Pro constantly pauses audio playback from almost any movement.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guest: Dick DeBartolo

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