Windows Weekly 832

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

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• Transcripts: Windows Weekly 832, Transcript

Links

• Developer Story (Premium)
• Apple WWDC 2023: Hot or Not? (Premium)
• Microsoft Kills Cortana in Windows
• Microsoft Teams App on Windows 11 Adds New Features for Consumers
• Paint Adds Dark Mode Support for Windows Insiders
• Windows 11 Insider Build 25381 Adds SMB Signing Requirement for All Connections
• Dev Channel Insiders Can Now Test Redesigned File Explorer Home
• Windows 11 Insider Build 23471 Improves File Explorer Gallery
• Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.1830 and 22631.1830
• Microsoft Edge 114 Arrives with Workspaces
• Brave Picks Up Vertical Tabs
• Dell Revenues Fall 20 Percent, But Beat Expectations
• Three Months Without Xbox (Premium)
• Western Digital’s Xbox Series X|S Expansion Cards Start at $79.99
• Minecraft is Now Officially Available on Chromebooks
• FTC Fines Microsoft $20 Million for Illegally Collecting Kids’ Xbox Data
• New Report Details Why Xbox Exclusive Redfall Had a Disastrous Launch
• Apple’s Game Porting Toolkit Can Run DirectX 12 Games on macOS
• Amazon Luna is Sunsetting its Windows and Mac Apps
• Google Workspace Accounts Add Passkey Support in Beta
• Tip: Download the Updated Windows 11 Version 22H2 ISO
• Microsoft Sentinel with Sarah Young
• Quinta Ruban 14