MLX Team layoffs, Clipchamp Essentials plan, OneDrive turns 15

• Microsoft lays off its Modern Life Experiences teams, has perhaps halted almost all hiring.

Windows

• New build (22621.382) for the Windows 11 Insider Preview Release Preview channel - 22H2 is still being refined. But there's no blog post and the support page for this release 404s.
• New builds for Dev and Beta channels, and Devs get an ISO
• Windows Package Manager 1.3 arrives with support for portable apps
• Clipchamp has a single paid tier now but it's still too much.
• Microsoft is making its emoji library available on GitHub and Figma

Microsoft 365

• Microsoft Edge 104 arrives
• DuckDuckGo to block Microsoft trackers after embarrassment
• OneDrive turns 15 and Microsoft is redesigning its home page

.NET/dev

• Visual Studio 2022 17.3 arrives with MAUI support, plus several .NET milestone releases

Xbox

• Microsoft is FINALLY testing an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Family plan
• Xbox Series S gets a memory boost
• Microsoft is returning to Gamescom for some reason
• A white Elite controller leaks and it is horrible
• Unity picks Azure for its cloud developer tools
• Nintendo has sold over 111 million Switch consoles

Tips and Picks

• Tip of the week: Upgrading/Upgraded to Windows 11? You need to look at this OneDrive setting
• App pick of the week: Parallels Desktop 18 for Mac
• Enterprise pick of the week: Revisiting the M365-Office connectivity warning
• Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: Entra Verified ID now generally available
• Beer pick of the week: Trillium Brewing Congress Street IPA

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