Author: Richard Hay

Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 268 #OTP

Welcome to Episode 268 of Observed Tech. This is a Sunday evening episode of the show because I held off on recording until after Microsoft’s Big Xbox E3 Briefing that was held this afternoon from California on the eve of E3. It was a busy 90 minutes with 52 games shown including multiple world premiere’s and console based exclusives. We even heard about machine learning, artificial intelligence, and the cloud and how all of those technologies are improving the Microsoft gaming experience. However, this show is not all fun and games. We also talk about the latest Redstone 5 builds for Windows 10, reaction to the companies GitHub acquisition, and all the new hardware that was announced at COMPUTEX this past week. Enjoy the show and thanks for listening.

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Xbox Insiders Program Adding a Skip Ahead Ring for Testers

Microsoft’s Xbox team is making a new change to their Xbox Insider testing program for the companies current Xbox One console. This update will add a fifth distribution ring, called Skip Ahead, for testing early builds of the consoles operating system while in development. Alpha Preview ring members will get automatic access and others may also receive invites to join this new ring.

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