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…