Plot twist: Windows 11 is doing great

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This week Windows 11 passes 1 billion users faster than Windows 10 did, Samsung announces Privacy Screen and Tesla records its first ever yearly revenue decline.

Episode 287

This video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/tfc-plot-twist-windows-11-is-doing-great

The e-bike startup crash (Rad Power Bikes, Vanmoof, etc.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19gTziaB6SA

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Windows 11 1 billion users: https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-11-surpasses-1-billion-users-after-4-years-faster-than-windows-10-ever-did
Samsung Privacy Screen: https://news.samsung.com/global/coming-soon-a-new-layer-of-privacy
Tesla revenue decline: https://assets-ir.tesla.com/tesla-contents/IR/TSLA-Q4-2025-Update.pdf

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GOG Linux: https://www.techpowerup.com/345716/gog-plans-first-party-linux-support
Nvidia GeForce NOW Linux: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/geforce-now-thursday-linux/
Linux gaming alliance: https://www.techbuzz.ai/articles/linux-gaming-devs-unite-under-open-gaming-collective
French govt switches to Visio: https://www.engadget.com/apps/the-french-government-is-ditching-zoom-and-microsoft-teams-for-a-home-grown-alternative-184747010.html?src=rss
EU North Sea wind: https://www.euronews.com/green/2026/01/26/off-the-fossil-fuel-rollercoaster-10-european-countries-pledge-95bn-for-north-sea-wind-pro
TCL tv share: https://counterpointresearch.com/en/insights/monthly-tv-market-tracker-reveals-shifting-leadership
SpaceX IPO: https://www.ft.com/content/0ee356cb-5c77-4686-9392-260520369122
SpaceX merger: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-29/elon-musk-s-spacex-is-said-to-consider-merger-with-tesla-or-xai
Apple scraps iPhone Air: https://www.culpium.com/p/apple-suppliers-are-counting-the?publication_id=1582015&post_id=186052528&isFreemail=true&r=5a3sxn&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Lenovo Nvidia N1X leak: https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/lenovo/lenovo-legion-nvidia-n1x-leak
Figure Helix 02: https://youtu.be/lQsvTrRTBRs?si=Aue00UBBeOwyTWO_&t=199
Google Project Genie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxkGdX4WIBE
Apple buys Q.ai: https://www.ft.com/content/49f4e2e4-3a68-4842-be67-879409d06aa1

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Writing & Research: Tristan Rayner
Music by Edemski: https://soundcloud.com/edemski

Stock assets: Getty Images

0:00 Intro
0:27 Windows 11 doing great
1:43 Samsung Privacy Screen
2:37 Tesla revenue decline
3:50 Release Monitor
4:42 The Brief

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