Photos app update, Intel 13th Gen Core Desktop CPUs, Microsoft Viva expansion

Windows 

• A quick update on Windows 11 22H2 update availability.
• Microsoft begins testing the new Photos app that will come with the October update.
• Edge team has a plan to make PWA more native ... and on Linux and Mac, too!
• Can Intel crack the code on Windows/iPhone interop? Dell did, but that app has been killed.
• Bye-bye, SwiftKey for iOS
• Intel announces 13th-Gen Core desktop chipsets. Guess what? more cores!

Microsoft 365

• The new unified Outlook app for Windows (project Monarch) is going out to more testers, getting some missing features.
• Study results show that Teams is an OS/platform and needs app store-like protections.
• Microsoft expands Viva.

Surface

• Surface Studio 3 shows up at FCC

Xbox

• Nadella "very confident" Activision/Blizzard deal will be OKd by regulators. As he should be.
• Logitech announces an Xbox Cloud Gaming handheld
• Microsoft may let Xbox users mute startup sounds
• E3 is coming back next for some reason
• Microsoft announces a new camo wireless controller with charging dock

Tips and Picks

• Tip of the week: Windows 11 Field Guide update
• App pick of the week: WindowBlinds 11 open beta
• Enterprise pick of the week: SharePoint Server Subscription Edition moves to a twice-yearly update schedule
• Codename pick of the week: Surface codename-palooza
• Beer pick of the week: Ayinger Celebrator

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