Bob's Rumor Store - ASUS & Dell Unveil Windows 365 Cloud PC Devices

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NVIDIA reported $68 billion in quarterly revenue and $43 billion in net income.

1. Windows Weekly episode 973 examines Windows 11, Windows 365 cloud PCs, AI agents, developer tools, and technology earnings. 2. Micah Sargent substitutes for Leo Laporte, Richard Campbell joins from the ThreadLocker conference in Florida, and Paul Thorat provides Windows and Microsoft analysis from Mexico City. 3. The episode asks whether cloud PCs and operating-system AI features solve practical problems or mainly add complexity. 4. Paul reports that Edge Canary adds Copilot writing tools inside text boxes on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini pages. 5. Bitwarden supports portable passkeys and may allow Windows Hello facial or fingerprint authentication from the Windows lock screen. 6. Bitwarden's phone-based Windows sign-in requires a QR code, while Microsoft Entra ID deployments also require FIDO2 security-key sign-in. 7. Windows Canary includes network speed tests, Quick Machine Recovery improvements, camera tilt and pan controls, and shared-audio changes. 8. ASUS and Dell announce Windows 365 cloud PC devices that stream a virtual Windows environment instead of running a full local installation. 9. Richard describes cloud PCs as useful for managed environments, temporary worksites, and student labs that can be reset from virtual-machine snapshots. 10. Google plans to move Chrome from a four-week development cadence to a two-week cadence, a change Paul expects Microsoft Edge to follow through Chromium. 11. Dell reports $13.5 billion in PC revenue, while its infrastructure group reaches $19.6 billion and grows 73 percent. 12. NVIDIA reports $68 billion in quarterly revenue, up 73 percent year over year, with $43 billion in net income. 13. OpenAI discloses a $110 billion funding round that values the company at $730 billion, compared with $500 billion in October. 14. Paul cites ChatGPT's 900 million weekly active users while comparing OpenAI's scale with Anthropic's enterprise focus. 15. Microsoft makes Copilot Tasks available as a consumer preview for agents that perform subtasks and return for user approval. 16. Google calls a related Android capability app functions, allowing Gemini agents to perform actions through Android applications. 17. Micah, Richard, and Paul repeatedly question whether terms such as agents, app functions, and MCP clarify or complicate product experiences. 18. The hosts use humor about humid Florida, impersonal PCs, rapid updates, and confusing AI terminology alongside technical analysis. 19. Windows users, IT administrators, and AI-platform followers will appreciate this episode. 20. Listeners uninterested in Microsoft, cloud infrastructure, or AI tooling may skip it.

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A practical Windows conversation where cloud PCs lead into RDP, PowerShell, AI, gaming, and PC security.

Windows Weekly 973 uses Asus and Dell selling Windows 365 cloud PCs as an entry point into the messier reality of remote administration. Its strongest run links RDP, PowerShell, GUI-bound chores, and scale, with the remote-mute script for a wife's computer giving the admin talk…

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