Windows 365 Switch public preview, Project IDX, digital decluttering
Windows 11
- Patch Tuesday arrives - nothing to see here, first PT this year with no new Windows 11 22H2 features
- New Canary build today: Two features from Dev, one new feature, plus a few minor fixes
- Windows 365 Switch is now available in public preview
More Earnings Learnings
- Amazon revenues up 11 percent, but we have lots of AWS info
- Apple revenues flat as smartphone market slide continues - but services
Microsoft 365, AI, etc
- Bing Chat comes to (some) third-party mobile browsers
- Slack is getting a major UI refresh
Dev
- Microsoft issues final .NET 8 preview, RC next
- Google uses VS Code to make its new AI-based code editor in the browser
- GitHub Copilot adds a beta code referencing tool
Xbox
- New Zealand OK's Activision Blizzard acquisition
- Microsoft, er, Activision announces Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
- Sony revenues soared 33 percent in the previous quarter, with PlayStation 5 unit sales up 38 percent to 3.3 million
- PS5 Cloud Streaming goes live for some (requires PS Plus)
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: One strategy for digital decluttering
- Tip of the week #2: Back-to-school sale at the Microsoft Store
- Tip of the week #3: Subscribe to Thurrott Premium, Windows Intelligence newsletter, and Club TWiT
- Podcast pick of the week: Azure Innovations with Mark Russinovich
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Port Askaig 100 Proof
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