Windows 365 Switch public preview, Project IDX, digital decluttering


Windows 11


Patch Tuesday arrives - nothing to see here, first PT this year with no new Windows 11 22H2 features
New Canary build today: Two features from Dev, one new feature, plus a few minor fixes
Windows 365 Switch is now available in public preview

More Earnings Learnings


Amazon revenues up 11 percent, but we have lots of AWS info
Apple revenues flat as smartphone market slide continues - but services

Microsoft 365, AI, etc


Bing Chat comes to (some) third-party mobile browsers
Slack is getting a major UI refresh

Dev


Microsoft issues final .NET 8 preview, RC next
Google uses VS Code to make its new AI-based code editor in the browser
GitHub Copilot adds a beta code referencing tool

Xbox


New Zealand OK's Activision Blizzard acquisition
Microsoft, er, Activision announces Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
Sony revenues soared 33 percent in the previous quarter, with PlayStation 5 unit sales up 38 percent to 3.3 million
PS5 Cloud Streaming goes live for some (requires PS Plus)

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