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  • WW 840: Buried in Corn - EU investigates Teams, Loop in the Microsoft Store, Beta build 22631.2129

    EU investigates Teams, Loop in the Microsoft Store, Beta build 22631.2129

    Windows

  • Insider: Last week, Canary got features from Dev plus some new features of its own.
  • Dev channel: Improved screen cast, HDR background support, more Voice access, presence sensing, more.
  • Beta channel: Windows Copilot, Dev Drive, enhanced Narrator/Excel integration, new Voice access text authoring features, passwordless experience for Windows Hello for Business, plus screen cast, presence, and voice access from above.
  • Intel is profitable again, hopeful for the future (and massive fab expansion in Oregon)
  • AMD revenues fell 18 percent, but also some hope for the future

    • Microsoft 365

  • The EU announces formal investigation of Teams bundling in Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Teams gets spatial audio support
  • Microsoft lowers storage allotments for M365 Education customers, kills Office 365 A1 Plus
  • Clipchamp is coming to Microsoft 365 commercial (with OneDrive storage integration)

    • Dev

  • Microsoft to launch .NET 8 at .NET Conf in November

    • Xbox

  • CMA publishes Microsoft's list of "material changes" in its Activision Blizzard case, gives public four days for feedback
  • Unexpectedly, not a single new concession, just a bunch of new "evidence" that appeared since the decision
  • Xbox Games with Gold goes out with a whimper
  • Here come the first August Game Pass titles
  • Final Fantasy XIV Online is FINALLY coming to Xbox
  • Microsoft starts testing game streaming from Xbox to Discord
  • You can buy Xbox controller parts now
  • Sony has now sold over 40 million PS5s
  • EA revenues up 9 percent in Q2
  • Nintendo's next Switch to debut next year
  • Microsoft is killing the Xbox Console Companion app, has never made a new solution for getting Xbox console screenshots and videos on the PC

    • Tips and Picks

  • Tip of the week: Enroll in the Windows Insider Beta channel if you want to test 23H2
  • App pick of the week: Loop for Windows is now available
  • RunAs Radio this week: Windows 11 and Windows Update for Business with Julie Andreacola
  • Brown liquor pick of the week: Angel's Envy

    • Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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      • 2 hr 44 min
    • WW 839: Velcro and Tang - Microsoft's FY23 Q4, Zenbleed vulnerability, Nearby Share for Windows

      Microsoft's FY23 Q4, Zenbleed vulnerability, Nearby Share for Windows

      Microsoft Earnings

    • Microsoft had another blockbuster quarter. What else is new?
    • Fiscal quarter: a net income of $20.1 billion on revenues of $56.2 billion. Those figures represent year-over-year (YOY) gains of 20 percent and 8 percent, respectively.
    • Intelligent Cloud was again Microsoft's biggest business unit, delivering $24 billion in revenues (up 15 percent YOY) on the strength of server and cloud services revenue growth of 17 percent. Azure and other cloud services grew 26 percent YOY, and Enterprise Mobility saw its installed base grow by 11 percent to over 256 million seats.
    • Productivity and Business Processes was Microsoft's second-biggest business, with $18.3 billion in revenues, a gain of 10 percent YOY. Here, Microsoft reported that Office commercial revenue was up 12 percent, Office 365 commercial revenues were up 15 percent, and Office consumer revenues were up 3 percent. Microsoft 365 consumer subscribers grew 12 percent to 67 million customers.
    • More Personal Computing once again brought up the rear, with $13.9 billion in revenues, a decline of 4 percent YOY. Windows revenues from PC makers declined 12 percent. Surface (and HoloLens, but really just Surface) revenues were down 20 percent YOY, as that product line continues to struggle. Gaming revenue overall was up 1 percent, with Xbox hardware revenues down 13 percent YOY and Xbox content and services revenues up 5 percent, "driven by growth in third-party content and Xbox Game Pass."

      • AI Stuff

    • Top AI companies agree to safeguards (just not for privacy).
    • Microsoft opens up Bing Chat to users on Chrome and Safari.
    • ChatGPT for Android is available in the U.S. to handle all your mobile AI needs.
    • GitHub Copilot Chat is now available in Beta, stage one of the transition to GitHub Copilot X.

    • Apple is rumored to be working on its own ChatGPT.

      • Windows

    • This just in: Preview cumulative update for 22H2 arrives a day late.
    • Insider: Microsoft tests 23H2 features in the Beta channel.
    • AMD to fix Zenbleed vulnerability.
    • Microsoft could release a Surface Studio Laptop 2 this year.
    • U.S. Army to test upgraded HoloLens soon.

      • Activision Blizzard

    • Paul looked at how the Activision Blizzard acquisition will impact its quarterly financials. Not much, actually.
    • Chief regulators from the FTC and CMA have spoken a bit publicly about their mishandled Microsoft cases.
    • Mirroring what happened with the CMA last week, the FTC ended an internal trial against Microsoft so the sides can reach a settlement.

      • Xbox

    • Microsoft starts rolling out YAHE (yet another home experience)
    • Google Play Games for PC expands

    • Blizzard is bringing key titles to Steam

      • Tips and Picks

    • Tip of the week: Clipchamp's hidden gems
    • App pick of the week: Nearby Share for Windows
    • RunAs Radio this week: Future of Integrated Communication with Bob Serr
    • Brown liquor pick of the week: Bottles!

      • Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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        • 2 hr 44 min
      • WW 838: Dabbling with Farclas - FTC double-defeated, ASUS saves the NUC, Gates on AI concerns

        It's happening! Microsoft will absolutely acquire Activision Blizzard

      • An amazing (ahem) blizzard of activity on the acquisition front leaves Microsoft on the verge of consummating this deal. It's amazing how much has happened since last week.
      • FTC appealed its court loss and was immediately defeated again
      • UK CMA extends deadline for its review of Microsoft's new concessions
      • Microsoft and Sony agree to a Call of Duty deal (!) - not clear if it's for 10 years
      • UK court formally pauses CMA block of AB acquisition so the two sides can negotiate
      • Microsoft and Activision agreed to extend the acquisition deadline to October 18 to accommodate the CMA

        • Windows

      • Windows 11 23H2 will be deployed as an enablement package, virtually providing our theories that 23H2 = Moment 4.
      • Tied to this, Microsoft finally explains how it updates Windows now, literally 8 years after the release of Windows 10. It's easy to be cynical, but a Microsoft whitepaper offers a lot of overdue transparency about updating
      • Insider Program: New Dev build today. Passwordless for Windows Hello Business, local file sharing improvements, Outlook now an inbox app
      • Insider Program: New Beta and Release Preview builds out last week.
      • Beta is 23H2. Galley view in Explorer, new Paint app
      • Release Preview is 22H2, just fixes
      • The NUC lives!
      • Microsoft has a new font

        • An AI told you so

      • Microsoft announces Microsoft 365 Copilot pricing (for commercial) and it is exactly as expensive as we warned
      • Bing Chat adds visual search support
      • Bill Gates dismisses the dangers of AI. "We've done this before."
      • FTC is investigating OpenAI

        • Xbox

      • Xbox Game Pass Core to replace Xbox Live Gold in September
      • The next Game Pass titles for July
      • Game Pass Friends and Family Preview is ending in August
      • More fun retro gaming as Anstream Arcade is coming to Xbox on July 21

        • Tips and Picks

      • Tip of the week: Enable passkeys in GitHub
      • Book of the week: John Romero wrote a book
      • RunAs this week: Securing Sprawling Services with Karinne Bessette
      • Brown liquor pick of the week: Glenfarclas 12

        • Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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          • 2 hr 36 min
        • WW 837: A Small Internet Boutique - Microsoft defeats the FTC, AdDuplex shutting down, Azure AD rebrand

          MICROSOFT BEATS FTC IN DRAMATIC FASHION

        • Judge throws out FTC's request to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
        • For once, common sense prevails
        • FTC threatens to appeal, but legal experts say this will fail
        • UK CMA (sort of) realizes the error of its ways and will renegotiate with Microsoft and then later said it may require a new investigation because they are terrible
        • Just a quick note about an old friend: AdDuplex is shutting down
        • Amazon is first Big Tech firm to legally challenge EU's new anti-Big Tech laws

          • Windows

        • Microsoft releases Moment 3 for the fourth time
        • Insider: New Canary build (today) brings new features from Dev, Arm32 deprecation, etc.
        • Amazon Appstore for Windows 11 is now generally available
        • Microsoft Edge now blocks spam pop-ups. Finally, a reasonable Edge feature
        • Intel is killing the NUC, will exit the PC business

          • Cloud/Enterprise

        • Microsoft is renaming Azure AD to Entra ID

        • Former original NT team member burns bridges as he leaves Google for second time

          • Dev

        • Microsoft is bringing .NET MAUI is coming to Visual Studio Code
        • Microsoft Dev Box is generally available
        • Raspberry Pi open-sources its Code Editor
        • GitHub announced the public beta of passkey authentication

          • Xbox

        • Digital Eclipse is going to release a series of interactive classic video documentaries on Xbox

        • Xbox introduces new voice reporting feature to help battle online toxicity

          • Tips & Picks

        • Tip of the week: You can get a $1 Game Pass trial again
        • App pick of the week: Nostalgia (for Intellivision)
        • RunAs Radio this week: Windows 11 Deployment with Johan Arwidmark
        • Brown liquor pick of the week: Smooth Ambler Old Scout

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          Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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            • 2 hr 37 min
          • WW 836: SharePoint Under Every Desk - EU's Big Tech gatekeepers, AI-powered shopping tools, Windows Copilot Preview

            EU's Big Tech gatekeepers, AI-powered shopping tools, Windows Copilot Preview

          • The EU officially identified the first Big Tech "gatekeepers" that will be held to a higher regulatory standard, and Microsoft made the list.
          • Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook (Meta)
          • Plus, TikTok owner ByteDance (?) and Samsung
          • Booking.com says it was notified it will be on the next list for some reason too
          • What is the standard? What are the penalties for non-compliance?
          • Microsoft to face EU antitrust investigation after discussions break down.

            • Windows

          • Microsoft JUST makes its self-imposed June deadline, releases first public preview of Windows Copilot to (some) Windows Insiders.
          • Windows Copilot hands-on
          • Windows 365 Frontline exits preview

            • AI

          • Microsoft adds new AI-powered shopping tools to Bing and Edge. I'm sure they won't just recommend Microsoft products.
          • Google changes its privacy policy, admits it will scrape the Internet to train its models

            • Hardware

          • Hybrids bridge the gap between the new and the old, and they're all around us. In personal tech, the laptop was an early hybrid, but today's hybrids—like folding smartphones—are getting interesting and are inarguably the future of the premium, and then the mainstream, smartphone market. So much for "right tool for the job."

            • Xbox

          • Nadella claims he wants videogame exclusives to go away. This explains why Microsoft has purchased so man game studios, and why its wants Activision Blizzard. Somehow.
          • What would a "mobile-native" version of Game Pass look like? And how could Microsoft get past the mobile gatekeepers?
          • Microsoft announces its July Xbox Games with Gold titles
          • Microsoft also announced its first Game Pass titles for July

            • Tips & Picks

          • Tip of the week #1: Enable Windows Copilot (Preview)
          • Tip of the week #2: Get Office 365 for IT Pros 2024 Edition for $10 off
          • App pick of the week #1: Stella
          • App pick of the week #2: Firefox 115
          • RunAs this week: Power Platform Proliferation with Luise Freese
          • Brown Liquor this week: Dewars 12

            • Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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              • 2 hr 26 min
            • WW 835: Sifting Mud for Nymphs - FTC/Microsoft court hearings, Pixel Fold, consumer Cloud PCs

              Microsoft/FTC hearings reveal numerous details about the Xbox business

            • The FTC's economist could not explain how the acquisition would actually harm competition
            • The FTC bungled its questioning of Phil Spencer so badly that he had to explain how mergers work to the agency.
            • Microsoft decided to pursue AB after it learned that Sony was paying publishers to skip Xbox and that it was trying to make Starfield exclusive to PlayStation
            • A Bethesda executive asked Phil Spencer why AB was so different, noting that some Bethesda titles became Xbox exclusives
            • Phil Spencer says that Microsoft "expects" Xbox to be profitable, but he never said that it ever was. Its continual third-place finishes in the console market is what kicked off Microsoft's game studio buying spree: Sony was outspending it on exclusives
            • Phil Spencer also admitted to what I think is Xbox's biggest failure, it's lack of an "organic" strategy for mobile.
            • Spencer: there is no native Minecraft on PS5 because Sony. (Related: if Microsoft buys AB, Sony will not give AB advanced access to PS6)
            • Xbox Cloud Gaming was promoted as a way to get Xbox in front of 3 billion more eyeballs, but it's been used as a way for Xbox console users to test new games before they buy them.
            • Sony's PlayStation boss came off badly during the hearings.
            • Microsoft considered "spending Sony out of business." If this deal fails, it should do just that
            • AB demanded a better revenue share and threatened to pull COD off Xbox otherwise. They had no choice, so AB gets an 80/20 revenue split instead of the usual 70/30. Blackmail!
            • Microsoft considered buying over 100 separate companies to gain a foothold in mobile gaming (and overall). Key among them are Zynga, Bungie, Sega, CD Projekt Red, and Gearbox

              • Windows 11

            • Deja vu: Microsoft issues Windows 11 version 22H2 Moment 3 as a preview update
            • A quick update on that new switch in Windows Update
            • Welcome to the nanny state: Windows 11 just can't stop telling us how to do things
            • Microsoft wants to bring Cloud PC to consumers for some reason
            • DuckDuckGo's web browser is here for Windows in beta. It's as safe and private as Brave, but it is still lacking too many core features for daily use

              • Microsoft and AI

            • ChatGPT adds Bing integration in iOS
            • Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talks about his AI conversion

              • Xbox

            • Meta launches a VR Quest+ subscription service
            • Google is bringing games to YouTube

              • Tips & Picks

            • Tip of the week: Xbox Series X/S storage hits lowest prices ever
            • App pick of the week: Stardock Deskscapes 11
            • RunAs Radio this week: Patching in 2023 with Sami Laiho
            • Brown liquor pick of the week: Green Spot: 
              • Regular - 40% - $50
              Leoville Barton - 46% - Bordeaux - $100
              Chateau Montelana - 46% - Zinfandel - $100
              Quails Gate - 46% - Pinot Noir - $100 CAD

              Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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                • 2 hr 40 min
              • WW 834: The Soothing Sounds of Trains - Moment 3 nonsense, Mail/Calendar app replacement, Opera One

                Microsoft squares off against the FTC

              • On Thursday, Microsoft will face off against the FTC in its bid to acquire Activision Blizzard. But the FTC has proven that it does not understand its role as an enforcer of US antitrust laws. The FTC should lose this case, paving the way for an immediate acquisition. The CMA can go F itself.
              • NZ may be stepping in soon too

                • More Moment 3 confusion

              • This week, Microsoft issued Moment 3 to the Windows 11 Insider Program Release Preview Program
              • This is odd because Microsoft released Moment 3 to stable last week
              • We need to talk about Chat in Windows 11
              • New Beta channel builds with changes to notifications and Wi-Fi Hotspot
              • Intel unveils branding changes for its processors - there's no "i" in "Core"

                • New (new) Outlook confusion

              • Microsoft announces that it will replace Mail and Calendar in Windows 11 with the new Outlook in late 2024. Smart!
              • The world freaks out for some reason
              • Microsoft quickly recants, will "re-evaluate" this decision

                • AI & Cloud

              • Google files complaint to FTC about Microsoft's cloud contracts
              • Microsoft: June outages were cyberattacks

              • Opera says it has released the first-ever "AI-native" web browser

                • Xbox

              • Incoming price hike for Xbox Series X, Xbox Game Pass
              • Microsoft stops making Xbox One games
              • Halo Infinite Season 4 is here
              • More games are heading to Xbox Game pass in the second half of June
              • Microsoft will host an ID@Xbox Showcase on July 11

                • Tips and Picks

              • Tip of the week: Try the new Outlook now
              • App pick of the week: Amiga Forever 10
              • RunAs Radio this week: Windows Update for Business with Aria Carley
              • Brown liquor pick of the week: Mortlach 12

                • Hosts: Paul Thurrott, Richard Campbell, and Mikah Sargent

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                  • 1 hr 55 min
                • 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

                  • Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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                    • 2 hr 20 min
                  • WW 831: Skied Both & Drunk in the Middle - Build 2023 analysis, Dev Drive, Margrethe Vestager's speech

                    One more look back at Build 

                  • Microsoft talked a lot about what's coming to Windows, was vague on the timing. Speaking of vague, Microsoft gave the impression that there were "1 billion" Windows 11 users. There are not.
                  • Paul can confirm that Panos Panay was purposefully sidelined.
                  • Dev Drive: excellent. Dev Home: Eh. Windows Copilot, Winget config: maybe
                  • A theory about 23H2 = Moment 4

                    • Windows 11

                  • New Insider Preview builds.
                  • Canary: Microsoft Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies on Windows on ARM.
                  • Dev: Dev Drive, Windows Backup, never combine in Taskbar.
                  • Beta: Minor changes.
                  • Don't forget that Moment 3 arrives next week.
                  • Hackers fully crack Windows XP activation.
                  • HP revenues fall 22 percent as PC market doldrums continue.
                  • Intel CEO discusses "serious leadership issues" at Intel and the rocky turnaround.

                    • Surface

                  • Surface Pro X camera just stops working, so Microsoft issues a temporary fix.

                    • Xbox

                  • Margrethe Vestager discusses the UK CMA and Activision Blizzard.
                  • New Games for Gold titles - Adios is available now, and on Windows too (a first?).
                  • New Game Pass titles.
                  • Xbox app gets May update.
                  • Google Play Games for PC Beta comes to Europe, New Zealand.

                    • Tips and Picks

                  • Tip of the week: Get started on what's next for Windows 11
                  • App pick of the week: Greenshot, ImageGlass, VLC
                  • RunAs Radio this week: Azure Sticker Shock with Aidan Finn
                  • Brown liquor pick of the week: Crown Royal Northern Rye Harvest

                    • Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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                      • 2 hr 47 min

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