Feb 1st 2023
Windows Weekly 814
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Halo engine switch, Intel Q4 2022 revenues, Ground News
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Halo engine switch, Intel Q4 2022 revenues, Ground News
Windows 11
- Skipping the Windows 11 upgrade? Microsoft will force-feed it to you soon
- Related: Microsoft is using dark patterns to get people to upgrade to 11
- Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25290 heads to Dev channel with new Spotify and Phone Link widgets, new Start menu “exploration”
- Screen recording in Snipping Tool rolls out to users in Windows Insider Beta channel
More earnings
- Since Microsoft’s mixed earnings last week, a few more relevant firms have checked in on Q4 2022
- Intel earnings fall off a cliff: Cutting pay 5% rather than layoffs, VPs 10%, leadership 15%, CEO 25%
- AMD - not bad thanks to datacenter, but this quarter will be down 10 percent
- And it’s not just the PC: IDC says smartphone sales declined 18.3 percent in Q4
Dev
- A quick look at .NET MAUI desktop app capabilities
- .NET MAUI gets a cross-platform media player control
- GitHub says it has over 100 million developers on the service. From what Google indicates, there are only ~27 million developers in the world
Xbox
- After layoffs at 343, a smaller team will start over with Unreal Engine
- Why not just disband the whole disaster and let Halo fly free?
- Microsoft announces Xbox Games with Gold for February… and new Game Pass titles for first half of February
- Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition comes to Xbox consoles
- Xbox Series X|S get a price hike in Japan
- Did Sony really halve PS VR2 production?
- VR is not having a good time right now… probably this whole year.
- Rumor: Microsoft will skip E3 along with Nintendo and Sony
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Complete your password manager switch
- Plus: Quick update on the new book
- App pick of the week: https://ground.news/
- Brown alcohol pick of the week: Crown Royal
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Links
- Windows 11 Users Will Soon Receive 22H2 Update Automatically
- Microsoft Brings Spotify and Phone Link Widgets to Dev Channel Insiders
- Screen recording in Snipping Tool Starts Rolling out to Beta Channel Insiders
- Intel Revenues Fell 32 Percent in Q4
- AMD Earnings Beat Estimates Thanks to Datacenter
- IDC: Smartphone Sales Declined 18.3 Percent in Q4, 11.3 in 2022
- Small Bytes: .NET MAUI Desktop Apps (Premium)
- .NET MAUI Gains Audio and Video Playback Support
- GitHub is Now Being Used by Over 100 Million Developers
- Report: Microsoft is Shifting Future Halo Development to Unreal Engine
- Microsoft Reveals Xbox Games with Gold for February
- Microsoft Announces New Xbox Game Pass Games for January
- Age of Empires II: Definite Edition Launches on Xbox Consoles Today
- Microsoft is Raising the Price of its Xbox Series X|S Consoles in Japan
- Sony Has Reportedly Halved its PlayStation VR2 Shipment Forecast For This Quarter
- Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo Are Reportedly Skipping E3 This Year
- What I Use: Bitwarden (Premium)
- Ground