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July Patch Tuesday Update Brings Moment 3 Features to Windows 11

Microsoft is finally making the new “Moment 3” features on Windows 11 available to all…

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IDC: PC Sales Fell 13.4 Percent in Q2

The market researchers at IDC reported today that PC sales fell 13.4 percent in Q2…

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UK CMA Agrees to Renegotiate with Microsoft

In the wake of Microsoft’s stunning legal victory against the FTC, the UK CMA has…

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Microsoft Wins its US Court Case Over its Activision Blizzard Acquisition

Microsoft has won its trial against the US Federal Trade Commission over its Activision Blizzard…

Amazon Files Legal Challenge to EU Digital Services Act

The EU went after Big Tech, and now Big Tech is starting to fight back.…

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Mark Lucovsky Leaves Google, Calls Company “Unstable”

Mark Lucovsky, a former key member of the original Microsoft NT team, has left Google…

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Twitter is Blocking Threads Links as App Crosses 100 Million Users

As Meta's new Threads app just crossed 100 million users, Twitter is apparently making links…

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Tech Nostalgia: Intelligent Television (Premium)

When Atari announced its VCS video game machine in 1977, established game makers rushed to…

Microsoft Dev Box

Microsoft Dev Box is Now Generally Available

Microsoft announced today that Dev Box, its cloud-based developer workstation service, has exited preview and…

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From the Editor’s Desk for Monday: We Don’t Need Another Hero (Premium)

As you may have seen, Meta last week released Threads, which is logically described as yet…

Amazon Appstore on Windows 11

Amazon Appstore on Windows 11 is Now Generally Available

Amazon announced that its Appstore for Android in Windows 11 has exited preview and is…

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Evernote Lays Off Most of Staff, Triggering Fears of Closure

In a shocking development, Evernote's new corporate parent has laid off most of the company's…

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Clipchamp Saved the Day, and Now I’m Going to Keep Using It (Premium)

We interrupt our regular programming for something completely unexpected: this weekend, I became a Clipchamp…

Meta's new Threads service

Threads Barrels to 70 Million Sign-Ups in Just 2 Days

Meta co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed today that his firm's new service has had…

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Ask Paul: July 7 (Premium)

Happy Friday, and welcome to what has to be the longest Ask Paul I have…

Amazon Hardware event September 2022

Amazon Teases Hardware Event on September 20

Amazon is planning to hold a hardware event on September 20 at its new headquarters…

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