WW 832: Saturated by Fake Girlfriends - Cortana's Windows death, 3 months with no Xbox, thoughts on WWDC23
Cortana's Windows death, 3 months with no Xbox, thoughts on WWDC23
Developer Story
- As the developer conference season winds down with WWDC, a look at how Apple, Google, and Microsoft are both similar to and different from each other
- Hololens flashbacks anyone?
Windows
- She's dead, Jim: Microsoft kills Cortana in Windows 10, 11 - this is all about marketing
- Teams for Windows (consumer) gets new features that no one will notice either
- Windows Insider Preview: Microsoft Paint gets Dark mode support (FINALLY) and more in Canary and Dev
- Canary: New build brings SMB signing requirement (Enterprise ed only), camera app troubleshooting (plus new build today)
- Dev (new): redesigned Home view for File Explorer, modernized address bar and search box, Dynamic Lighting settings
- Dev: File Explorer tabs and gallery view improvements, Add Phone Photos button for setting up OneDrive camera roll
- Beta: WPA3 support in Phone Link, fixes
- Microsoft Edge arrives with Workspaces (but not the new UI)
- Brave finally gets vertical tabs
- One week after HP, Dell posts 20 percent revenue fall
Xbox
- Well, Paul finally did it: 3 months without Xbox
- WD Xbox Series X|S expansion cards start at just $80
- Minecraft comes to chromebooks
- Microsoft was fined $20 million by the FTC for collecting kids' data (Amazon was fined $25 million)
- Report explains why Redfall failed. (It sucks)
- Apple brings Windows games to macOS using Wine-based toolkit
- Amazon kills Luna app on Windows and Mac, focuses on web. Are we facing a Stadia moment now? Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Passkeys come to Google Workspace accounts too
- Tip of the week #2: Get the updated Windows 11 22H2 ISO
- RunAs Radio this week: Microsoft Sentinel with Sarah Young
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 14
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