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Your Microsoft Weekly + Intel NUC 13 Pro review + AI starts taking over human jobs

Issue #265

Author

Steven Parker
June 04, 2023

I hope you had a great week, meanwhile here's a recap of our most recent news, as well as the Microsoft Weekly, we hope you take a look! Cheers, Steve.

Agenda:

Microsoft Weekly: dead Surface, dead Cortana, not dead Windows 7, scared WinRAR, and more

It is time to catch up with the latest Microsoft news that happened during the last week. We have dead Surface, weird updates, not-so-dead Windows 7, stats, app updates, new builds, and more.

Windows 11 gets widgets for monitoring CPU, GPU, RAM, and more, here is how to enable them

Microsoft has released new widgets for Windows 11. They allow you to monitor your system performance without opening Task Manager or downloading third-party apps. Here is how to enable those widgets.

Happy 14th birthday to Microsoft’s Bing. Here’s a look back at its launch

Officially, Microsoft launched its Bing search engine 14 years ago today, on June 3, 2009. However, Microsoft's latest attempt to take on Google Search was available a couple of days before that date.

Software updates

TWIRL 117: SpaceX plans four Falcon 9 launches this week

We have a fairly busy week in terms of rocket launches this week. SpaceX is the biggest contributor to the launches with four Falcon 9 rockets. CAS Space will also launch the Kinetica 1 rocket.

Say “Hey Siri” for the last time before WWDC 2023

Apple is set to announce a major change for Siri at WWDC 2023. The company aims a reduction in the trigger phrase from "Hey Siri" to just "Siri." Here is the other details about WWDC 2023.

Intel NUC 13 Pro review: Packing 13th-gen Raptor Lake power inside a tiny body

The Intel NUC Mini PCs pack a powerful punch for their small footprint, and the NUC 13 Pro is no different, packing a 13th gen Raptor Lake-P i7-1360P processor and PCIe 4.0 SSD speeds.

From the Forums

Weekend PC Game Deals: Bundled Metroidvanias, a haunted freebie, and more

This weekend's PC game deals include a Metroidvania bundle from Humble filled with must-play hits from the genre, three freebies split between the Epic Games Store and Steam, plus more.

Review of QNAP’s 4-bay NAS, the TS464, a worthy upgrade from the TS-453D

If you liked the QNAP TS-453D, you'll love the updated TS-464. With four drive bays, two native 2.5 GbE network ports, virtualization, and more, this device is a good value for many users.

Microsoft may be thinking about ignoring the UK block of Activision Blizzard deal

The move to just go around the UK CMA's decision to reject Microsoft's plan to acquire Activision Blizzard is one of a number of options that is reportedly being considered by Microsoft.

This week's deals

Save up to $40 on major PS5 games like God of War Ragnarök and more

You can save lots of money on some big Sony PlayStation 5 game titles on disk, including the award-winning God of War Ragnarök, The Last of Us Part I, Horizon: Forbidden West, and many more.

Tech deals we posted this week

Nvidia released Windows hotfix driver 536.09 to fix display flickering for some users

Nvidia released its GeForce driver for Windows this past week and according to many user reports, the driver is bugged causing display flickering. The company has now released a hotfix for it.

Linux Mint 21.2 development cycle closes, beta ISOs could land soon

The development cycle for Linux Mint 21.2 has now ended which means a beta should be on the horizon. The news was announced by the project's head, Clem Lefebvre, among other updates.

It is official: ChatGPT has started taking human jobs

With budgets squeezed, some businesses seem to be delegating tasks to services like ChatGPT. While there's no mass unemployment just yet, it looks like ChatGPT is replacing some workers.