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WW 814: Dump Truck Fade - Halo engine switch, Intel Q4 2022 revenues, Ground News

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Halo engine switch, Intel Q4 2022 revenues, Ground News

Windows 11

  • Skipping the Windows 11 upgrade? Microsoft will force-feed it to you soon
  • Related: Microsoft is using dark patterns to get people to upgrade to 11
  • Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25290 heads to Dev channel with new Spotify and Phone Link widgets, new Start menu "exploration"
  • Screen recording in Snipping Tool rolls out to users in Windows Insider Beta channel

    • More earnings

    • Since Microsoft's mixed earnings last week, a few more relevant firms have checked in on Q4 2022
    • Intel earnings fall off a cliff: Cutting pay 5% rather than layoffs, VPs 10%, leadership 15%, CEO 25%
    • AMD - not bad thanks to datacenter, but this quarter will be down 10 percent
    • And it's not just the PC: IDC says smartphone sales declined 18.3 percent in Q4

      • Dev

      • A quick look at .NET MAUI desktop app capabilities
      • .NET MAUI gets a cross-platform media player control
      • GitHub says it has over 100 million developers on the service. From what Google indicates, there are only ~27 million developers in the world

        • Xbox

        • After layoffs at 343, a smaller team will start over with Unreal Engine
        • Why not just disband the whole disaster and let Halo fly free?
        • Microsoft announces Xbox Games with Gold for February... and new Game Pass titles for first half of February
        • Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition comes to Xbox consoles
        • Xbox Series X|S get a price hike in Japan
        • Did Sony really halve PS VR2 production?
        • VR is not having a good time right now... probably this whole year.
        • Rumor: Microsoft will skip E3 along with Nintendo and Sony

          • Tips & Picks

          • Tip of the week: Complete your password manager switch
          • Plus: Quick update on the new book
          • App pick of the week: https://ground.news/
          • Brown alcohol pick of the week: Crown Royal

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