W11 Search improvement, White House App, Apple Swift on Android + more!

Duration: 07:53

Timestamps:

0:00 this is your captain speaking

0:13 Windows Search improvements on W11

1:57 The White House App

3:31 Apple's Swift comes to Android

4:44 QUICK BITS INTRO

4:53 Copilot injected ads on GitHub; fixed now?

5:27 Sony suspends memory card sales

6:12 AnimePlay app taken down

6:57 Wi-Fi, 100m underground

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

WHEN GOD CLOSES A DOOR HE…FIXES WINDOWS?

Microsoft confirms major Windows 11 Search improvements after years of complaints

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/03/28/microsoft-confirms-major-windows-11-search-improvements-after-years-of-complaints/

Original Source: Twitter thread on the inconsistency the search experience: https://x.com/ozzybear001/status/1993721812015046705?s=20

Terminal movie https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/terminal_2018

Quote from the above article about how they’re gonna fix windows search

Tweet complaining about search with Tali Roth replying saying they plan on fixing it: https://x.com/thesimmerdan/status/2035106246940889370

And Another one: https://x.com/HAIDA5C/status/2035151799796048290

ALSO Microsoft plans 100% native Windows 11 apps in major shift away from web wrappers - https://www.techspot.com/news/111872-microsoft-plans-100-native-windows-11-apps-major.html

Original Source: https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/03/28/microsoft-plans-to-build-100-native-apps-for-windows-11-as-web-apps-ruin-the-os-experience/

Tweet about the app team being hired: https://x.com/RudyHuyn/status/2037234022200598860

Rudy’s response to a quote tweet confirming the focus will be on native apps - please capture both the quote tweet and his response: https://x.com/RudyHuyn/status/2037441754056872262

This would be great, but first they need to figure out how to make updates install first:

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/latest-windows-11-update-is-broken-refuses-to-install-microsoft-pulls-latest-update-over-missing-files-error

Microsoft Support Site on the update: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/march-26-2026-kb5079391-os-builds-26200-8116-and-26100-8116-preview-7c9e2275-b9ba-4068-aeb0-23da42b81d3b

Quote pointing to the known issues about the update being paused because it’s not installing

A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST IT’S APP CANNOT STAND

White House communication App has software SDK installed for location tracking that despite being currently disabled sparked a viral shitstorm online - https://tech.yahoo.com/cybersecurity/articles/viral-claims-gps-tracking-white-161536957.html

Original Source: https://blog.thereallo.dev/blog/decompiling-the-white-house-app

Original Source: https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2037543413512303018

Original Source: White House Blog: https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/03/new-white-house-app-delivers-unparalleled-access-to-the-trump-administration/

Initial reports based on the researcher’s blog claimed the app was polling location every 4.5 minutes: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/white-house-app-gps-tracking-controversy-1788974

Ultimately though it’s just a weird useless app: https://www.engadget.com/apps/the-white-house-app-is-just-as-weird-and-unnecessary-as-youd-expect-175354004.html

Quote about how the text trump pre populates with “greatest president ever”

https://www.androidauthority.com/white-house-android-app-3652895/

https://nypost.com/2026/03/27/us-news/trump-white-house-launches-own-app-after-cryptic-social-media-teases/

Hilariously cringe quote about easter eggs in the app

BIG SWIFT ENERGY

Swift, a coding language developed by Apple, now offers official Android support https://9to5google.com/2026/03/28/swift-a-coding-language-developed-by-apple-now-offers-official-android-support/

https://www.extremetech.com/mobile/you-can-now-use-apples-swift-coding-language-to-build-android-apps

https://www.androidheadlines.com/2026/03/swift-6-3-official-android-support-sdk-release.html

Release page: https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-6.3-released/

They attribute it to Android Workgroup:

https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-6.3-released/#thank-you

Getting started page: https://www.swift.org/documentation/articles/swift-sdk-for-android-getting-started.html

Most Android apps are written in Kotlin or Java.

The Swift SDK for Android was announced last year with it being available through early preview, but now its official

https://www.swift.org/blog/nightly-swift-sdk-for-android/

QUICKBITS

FREE AI TIPS

GitHub Copilot was injecting ads into pull requests. At least 11,000 have been spotted with the same “tips” in the descriptions

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/microsofts-ai-slop-is-infecting-github-copilot-is-now-injecting-ads-into-pull-requests

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-copilot-is-now-injecting-ads-into-pull-requests-on-github-gitlab/

“Quickly spin up Copilot coding agent tasks from anywhere on your macOS or Windows machine with Raycast.”

https://lmg.gg/siEdL

If you search the quote, there's 11.4k pull requests  (Editor draw the eye to the number of results) https://github.com/search?q=%22Quickly+spin+up+Copilot+coding+agent+tasks+from+anywhere+on+your+macOS+or+Windows+machine+with+Raycast%22&type=pullrequests

Martin Woodward, VP of dev relations at GitHub has confirmed that this was happening and they have now disabled it. Still nuts though

https://x.com/martinwoodward/status/2038612131084464521?s=20

“Basically it was giving product tips which was kinda ok on Copilot originated PR's but then when we added the ability to have Copilot work on _any_ PR by mentioning it the behaviour became icky.”

FLASH FREEZE

Sony has suspended all orders of CFexpress memory cards and SD memory cards due to semiconductor shortage

https://www.theverge.com/tech/902828/sony-sd-cfexpress-memory-card-shortage

https://mashable.com/article/sony-sd-card-sales-suspended-memory-shortage

https://petapixel.com/2026/03/27/sony-shuts-down-nearly-its-entire-memory-card-business-due-to-ssd-shortage/

Statement (Translate to English): https://www.sony.jp/rec-media/info2/20260327.html

HATSUNE MIKU, WHERE ARE YOU

Anti-piracy coalition takes down AnimePlay app with 5 million users

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/anti-piracy-coalition-takes-down-animeplay-app-with-5-million-users/

https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10704093

Statement: https://www.alliance4creativity.com/news/ace-dismantles-major-illicit-anime-application-animeplay-in-indonesia/

They took out the underlying infrastructure, including 15 associated domains, source code, hosting environment, and related digital assets, all of which have now been taken offline.

https://lmg.gg/k6Dbq

MAGNETIC PENETRATION

Researchers develop ground-penetrating 'Wi-Fi' tech with 100m range — magnetic induction method could help reach those trapped or lost underground

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/researchers-develop-ground-penetrating-wireless-communications-tech-with-100m-range-magnetic-induction-based-method-could-help-reach-those-trapped-or-lost-underground

https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-meter-underground-wireless-communication.html

The tests were conducted in a limestone bedrock environment known to effectively block wireless signals.

How it works quote: https://lmg.gg/T7P2H

Journal: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10947495