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Windows Weekly 832: Saturated by Fake Girlfriends
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
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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
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