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CES 2021 There isn't really TOO much excitement, but major announcements from both Intel and AMD will impact the PC industry in 2021. New PCs, as expected, nothing truly unique. Intel CEO Swan to be replaced by VMware CEO Gelsinger Qualcomm buys CPU design firm Nuvia PCs The PC market surged in 2020, had its best year since 2015. Microsoft announced Surface Pro 7+ for businesses and not Surface Pro 8 as expected. Windows 10 Dev build adds improvements to that new news feed feature Microsoft Corporate Vice President Brad Anderson is leaving Microsoft for Qualtrics Microsoft is finalizing its transition to Azure Microsoft rolls out its second vertical cloud bundle – for retail Xbox Microsoft denies Duracellgate is a thing! Microsoft Announces Xbox Wireless Controller in Pulse Red Tips and picks Tip of the week: Paul's photo management system App pick of the week: Mozilla Firefox Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft increases file upload size for M365 Codename pick of the week: Project Peabody Beer pick of the week: 3Floyd's Gumballhead Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsor: SmartDeploy.com/twit