Jun 21st 2023
Windows Weekly 834
The Soothing Sounds of Trains
Moment 3 nonsense, Mail/Calendar app replacement, Opera One
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Microsoft squares off against the FTC
- On Thursday, Microsoft will face off against the FTC in its bid to acquire Activision Blizzard. But the FTC has proven that it does not understand its role as an enforcer of US antitrust laws. The FTC should lose this case, paving the way for an immediate acquisition. The CMA can go F itself.
- NZ may be stepping in soon too
More Moment 3 confusion
- This week, Microsoft issued Moment 3 to the Windows 11 Insider Program Release Preview Program
- This is odd because Microsoft released Moment 3 to stable last week
- We need to talk about Chat in Windows 11
- New Beta channel builds with changes to notifications and Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Intel unveils branding changes for its processors - there’s no “i” in “Core”
New (new) Outlook confusion
- Microsoft announces that it will replace Mail and Calendar in Windows 11 with the new Outlook in late 2024. Smart!
- The world freaks out for some reason
- Microsoft quickly recants, will “re-evaluate” this decision
AI & Cloud
- Google files complaint to FTC about Microsoft’s cloud contracts
- Microsoft: June outages were cyberattacks
Opera says it has released the first-ever “AI-native” web browser
Xbox
- Incoming price hike for Xbox Series X, Xbox Game Pass
- Microsoft stops making Xbox One games
- Halo Infinite Season 4 is here
- More games are heading to Xbox Game pass in the second half of June
- Microsoft will host an ID@Xbox Showcase on July 11
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Try the new Outlook now
- App pick of the week: Amiga Forever 10
- RunAs Radio this week: Windows Update for Business with Aria Carley
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Mortlach 12
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Links
- The FTC Doesn’t Understand Its Role in Antitrust (Premium)
- Windows 11 Moment 3 Heads to the Release Preview Channel
- R.I.P. … Chat? (Premium)
- New Windows 11 Insider Builds Are Available on the Beta Channel
- Intel Details New Branding Changes Coming With its Meteor Lake CPUs
- New Outlook for Windows to Replace UWP Mail and Calendar Apps in September 2024
- Microsoft is “Reevaluating” its Outlook for Windows Plans
- Updated future of the Mail and Calendar apps in Windows with Outlook
- Google accuses Microsoft of anticompetitive cloud practices - The Information
- Microsoft Says Cyberattacks Caused Early June Cloud Service Outages
- Opera Replaces Classic Web Browser with Opera One
- Microsoft is Raising Prices for Game Pass and Xbox Series X
- Microsoft Has Stopped Developing New Games for Xbox One
- Halo Infinite Season 4 Arrives Next Week
- Need for Speed Unbound and Six More Games Are Headed to Game Pass
- Microsoft Announces IGN x ID@Xbox Showcase on July 11
- Tech Nostalgia (Premium)
- Amiga Forever 10
- Windows Update for Business with Aria Carley
- 2023 International Whisky Competition Official Results
- Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice 31 Year Old from Mortlach Distillery, distilled in 1989, awarded the prestigious title of 'Whisky of the Year'
- Mortlach 12