WW 977: Moonshine University - The Push for Building 100% Native Windows Apps
Windows Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
4.3 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 136 minutes
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Summary
Microsoft's AI ambitions overflowed into GitHub, sparking backlash when ads appeared in pull requests and raising new concerns about where your code is really going. GitHub is going to automatically use your data to train AI, so Paul tells how to opt-out if you don't want that. Plus, there's a new Microsoft 365 alternative in town, and this one is from a little tech company you can trust.
Windows
- Week D updates go live last Thursday - Smart App Control, many other minor changes
- And here we go again: Microsoft issues emergency patch for March Week D optional update
- Microsoft says it will replace web-based in-box apps and experiences with native apps ... somehow
- Four builds across three channels - Canary with opt-in gets a huge Windows Console upgrade, Dev/Beta get Administrator Protection (again), more
- AMD has a new flagship gaming processor
AI/Dev
- Microsoft Research AI has a new Critique feature that uses ChatGPT and Claude together in an unholy Frankenstein's monster of orchestration
- A week of Siri AI rumors/leaks - This is Apple's version of Microsoft trying to buy TikTok
- Google makes it easier to switch to Gemini - This is like Mac vs. PC, but for AI
- Mozilla's approach to AI in Firefox is both right and correct
- The plan to the save the open web from Big Tech
- The future of Firefox includes a Smart Window mode that works like Private window but for AI
- SwiftUI SDK for Android is now available
Xbox and gaming
- New Xbox chief seeks to reset Xbox brand image - reminder, that's not the same as changing anything
- Xbox announces 14 Day One Game Pass titles coming soon
- Xbox Games Showcase 2026 and Gears of War E-Day Direct are coming in June
- Sony to raise PS5 prices soon
- Nintendo to raise prices for physical Switch 2 games soon
Tips & picks
- Tip of the week: Opt-out of training AI on GitHub
- App pick of the week: Proton Workspace with Meet
- RunAs Radio this week: My Home Lab
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Jeptha Creed Six Year Old Wheated Bourbon
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Windows Weekly. Paul Therod and Richard Campbell are here. |
| 0:04.1 | We're going to talk about the week D updates. |
| 0:07.4 | The shocking insertion of advertising by co-pilot into GitHub PRs. |
| 0:15.3 | Apparently, it was just a mistake. |
| 0:17.3 | And there's a new Microsoft 365 alternative in town, plus an amazing farm-grown |
| 0:24.6 | brown liquor. It's all coming up next on Windows Weekly. |
| 0:30.7 | Podcasts you love. From people you trust. |
| 0:35.1 | This is Twit. |
| 0:49.4 | This is Windows Weekly with Paul Therot and Richard Campbell, episode 977, recorded Wednesday, April 1st, 2026, Moonshine University. |
| 0:53.2 | Hey, all you winners and dozers, guess what? |
| 0:56.4 | It's Wednesday morning, at least here in sunny California. |
| 1:00.6 | That means it's time for Windows Weekly. |
| 1:03.8 | I give to you our two stellar hosts, Richard Campbell, who is in British Columbia, |
| 1:09.9 | where it is, in fact, same time zone. Hello. It is for now. From renas radio.com. It will, yes, you're never changing ever again, you lucky dog. Don't ever change Canada. And down from Mexico City, I don't even know what time it is there. They don't change there, though. That's the good news. Mr. Paul Therot from Therot.com. |
| 1:29.8 | In fact, I'm the only guy. Mexico needs no time. It's always money. It's always money. |
| 1:36.7 | Happy April Fool's Day. I did realize something. You know, in the past and many years gone by, as a tech journalist, i've always eschewed stories that shipped april first right which wasn't always good because that's when apple incorporated that's when google announced gmail uh so sometimes they were real but a lot of times they were stupid and wrong and i didn't want to report those but now somebody pointed out it's |
| 2:02.3 | April Fool's Everyday thanks to AI Slop you never know you never know if it's real or not |
| 2:08.4 | it's April Fool's everyday thanks to our government I think is what you're looking for |
| 2:11.9 | well that may be too uh so and of course you're talking about President Shinebaum, aren't you? |
| 2:18.2 | So, I am not. |
| 2:22.5 | Sorry. |
| 2:24.9 | Yes. |
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