Windows is A.I. Now - Sept. 22, 2023

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TALK TO ME GOOSE

Microsoft unveils Copilot, your new mandatory best friend

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/09/21/announcing-microsoft-copilot-your-everyday-ai-companion/

Launching on Windows 11 Sept 26^th https://lmg.gg/mYMWT (Microsoft)

"This is as significant as the PC was to the '80s, the Web in the '90s, mobile in the 2000s, cloud in the 2010s," https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/why-microsofts-ceo-satya-nadella-says-its-co-pilot-ai-assistant-will-be-as-significant-as-pc.html QUOTE https://lmg.gg/YQE7n

Or Windows Insiders can try right now https://www.xda-developers.com/windows-11-release-preview-channel-23h2-features/

OpenAI announces DALL-E 3 https://openai.com/dall-e-3

Is better at actually reading your whole prompt https://lmg.gg/j8nAD

Can do text https://lmg.gg/CWpuZ

Will be in Bing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd9mYTcT91A&t=1s

 

THE DIRT UNDER THE SURFACE

Microsoft announced a bunch of Surface stuff also

https://www.engadget.com/the-morning-after-everything-announced-at-microsofts-surface-event-111527099.html

Surface Laptop Studio 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7KxKws5Voc

Surface Laptop Go 3 https://youtu.be/IXJPVQws7_M

Surface Go 4 for business https://lmg.gg/l4NWO (Microsoft)

Surface Hub 3 https://youtu.be/VHxasUd908k

Also explains why Panos left https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/surface/microsoft-has-cut-back-on-its-more-experimental-surface-hardware-lines

Cut back on Surface, no experimental products https://www.businessinsider.com/why-microsoft-windows-surface-panos-panay-left-for-amazon-2023-9

Apparently leaving for Amazon https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/amazon-is-poised-to-hire-departing-microsoft-product-chief-1.1973005

 

BABE WAIT! BABE! I CAN CHANGE!

Unity new pricing model

https://blog.unity.com/news/open-letter-on-runtime-fee

For background https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/09/game-developers-unite-against-unitys-new-per-install-pricing-structure/

Rolled back TOS change https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/22/23882768/unity-new-pricing-model-update

old pricing table https://lmg.gg/2RMgU

new pricing table https://lmg.gg/1uP9p

Increasing financial threshold for Unity Personal https://www.ign.com/articles/unity-to-roll-back-some-key-aspects-of-runtime-fee-policy

Devs seem to like it? Rami Ismail, one of the policy’s biggest critics, says “I think this works?”

https://twitter.com/tha_rami/status/1705280686460895297

Honestly just nice to have an exec say “I am sorry” https://lmg.gg/lbCWS

 

QUICK BITS

 

TIKTOK 2 PART 2

Youtube’s new AI features for creators

https://www.engadget.com/youtubes-upcoming-ai-powered-creator-tools-include-a-generative-green-screen-203144786.html

https://www.androidpolice.com/youtube-create-app-for-content-creators/

https://mashable.com/article/made-on-youtube-ai-creator-tools-dream-screen

 

CANDY CRUSHING IT

Microsoft on the cusp of buying Activision

https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-activision-deal-uk-regulator-2a6d87ca444e566035e99714944a8fa5

UK’s concerns addressed https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-microsoft-activision-deal-addresses-previous-cma-concerns-in-cloud-gaming

Looks set to close in October https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoftactivision-buyout-looks-set-to-close-in-october-after-uk-finally-approves-deal

 

“FINE” AS IN “I GUESS IT’S FINE…”

iPhone 15 launch criticisms for frame, FineWoven cases

Tim Cook appearance https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/22/apple-ceo-tim-cook-appears-in-new-york-to-celebrate-iphone-15-release.html

https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/fragile-defective-netizens-share-slew-of-complaints-as-apple-s-new-iphone-15-goes-on-sale-11695388387561.html

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/09/21/apple-on-iphone-15-pro-fingerprints/

https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/20/23882255/apple-iphone-15-finewoven-case-wallet-bad

 

AW S*** HERE WE GO AGAIN

Military secrets leaked on War Thunder forums….again

https://www.eurogamer.net/military-documents-leak-once-again-on-war-thunder-forum

https://forum.warthunder.com/t/technical-manual-for-ah-64d-longbow-apache/27350

https://nichegamer.com/war-thunder-player-spreads-restricted-documentation-on-f-117-nighthawk/

 

GROUNDS FOR CELEBRATION

3d print with coffee grounds

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/09/dont-throw-out-those-used-coffee-grounds-use-them-for-3d-printing-instead/

study from CU Boulder https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3563657.3595983

https://www.colorado.edu/today/2023/09/08/3d-printing-coffee-turning-used-grounds-caffeinated-creations