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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 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: UnifyMeeting.com code WW Secureworks.com/twit

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