Chrome For Sale | Coder Radio 596

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We react to Microsoft's new vision for the desktop PC, discuss the realities of working with large dependency chains in your projects, and discuss Google selling off Chrome. Then, we read some spicy tech CEO emails!

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• Windows 365 Link is a $349 mini PC that streams Windows from the cloud — Microsoft has created its own purpose-built device for the cloud-based version of Windows.
• Windows comes to the Meta Quest — “Full capabilities,” in this context, means that you’ll be able to access a local Windows PC or cloud instance of Windows (via Windows 365) from a Quest headset. Microsoft says it only takes “seconds” to connect, and likens the experience to a “private, high-quality, large, multi-monitor workstation.” We’ll be the judge of that.
• Microsoft’s new Windows Resiliency Initiative aims to avoid another CrowdStrike incident — Microsoft is working on a new framework to move Windows security vendors out of the kernel for antivirus scanning.
• US lawyers will reportedly try to force Google to sell Chrome and unbundle Android — Bloomberg reports that DOJ lawyers will try to break up Google’s search monopoly by targeting Chrome, Android, and AI Overviews.
• DOJ to seek Chrome sale - YouTube
• Inside Elon Musk’s messy breakup with OpenAI — Emails in Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI expose the startup’s rocky origins.