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

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