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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