WW 1001: Corporate Surveillance With Watercolors - Out-of-Band Updates & the New Normal for Windows

Microsoft's record-breaking Patch Tuesday unleashed nearly a thousand fixes, but the bonus story is in the chaos that followed as out-of-band updates and AI-driven bug hunts left admins scrambling to keep up. Windows - Patch Tuesday was so buggy Microsoft had to release an emergency fix to address all the issues - New Release Preview builds for 24H2/25H2 - I guess we're moving past the features that are also in the initial 26H2 release - New Copilot key remapping feature, they will get it right eventually - Five builds across Experimental and Beta channels - All over the map as you'd expect - Google releases the Gemini app for Windows - Adobe released Photoshop and Premiere Elements 2027 - AnyType is a top-tier Notion alternative and it's about to get very interesting - Microsoft previews an October Windows + Surface event that's clearly all about Nvidia - but is this also tied to 26H2 release? - HP announces a new Ryzen-based portable workstation with an interesting detail about unified memory - Apple announced iPhone 18 Pros, iPhone Duo, Watch 12 + Ultra 4, AirPods 5, and then released its '27 OS updates - And sure whatever AI - AI fear-mongering reaches new heights (or new lows): Is this just PR from Big AI to keep the money rolling? - Bill Gates says Gates Foundation will donate $1+ billion to solve AI inequality - Big AI could solve the PR problems by actually doing something positive for mankind. Just a thought - Copilot Work and Copilot Studio get app building capabilities - Google will bring MCP to Google Home, in early preview now - Mozilla and Mistral partner on Firefox Smart Window AI XBOX and gaming - *Gears of War: E-Day* and more is coming to Game Pass in the second half of September - XBOX is going to the Tokyo Game Show and a nice surprise for Kojima fans - Valve opens up Steam Frame preorders and it's only $1060! - Amazon Prime Gaming and Luna are having a pretty g26ood September - Apple is reportedly making an iPhone game controller for some reason Tips and picks - Tip of the week: There's a new MSA bypass for Windows 11 Setup - App pick of the week: Google Dreambeans - RunAs Radio this week: Patching in 2026 with Susan Bradley - Brown liquor pick of the week: Art of the Spirits Honored to Serve **Hosts:** Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to *Windows Weekly* at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The *Windows Weekly* theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. **Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!** Support what you love and get ad-free audio *and* video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit **Sponsor:** - trustedtech.team/twit