MICROSOFT BEATS FTC IN DRAMATIC FASHION Judge throws out FTC's request to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard For once, common sense prevails FTC threatens to appeal, but legal experts say this will fail UK CMA (sort of) realizes the error of its ways and will renegotiate with Microsoft and then later said it may require a new investigation because they are terrible Just a quick note about an old friend: AdDuplex is shutting down Amazon is first Big Tech firm to legally challenge EU's new anti-Big Tech laws Windows Microsoft releases Moment 3 for the fourth time Insider: New Canary build (today) brings new features from Dev, Arm32 deprecation, etc. Amazon Appstore for Windows 11 is now generally available Microsoft Edge now blocks spam pop-ups. Finally, a reasonable Edge feature Intel is killing the NUC, will exit the PC business Cloud/Enterprise Microsoft is renaming Azure AD to Entra ID Former original NT team member burns bridges as he leaves Google for second time Dev Microsoft is bringing .NET MAUI is coming to Visual Studio Code Microsoft Dev Box is generally available Raspberry Pi open-sources its Code Editor GitHub announced the public beta of passkey authentication Xbox Digital Eclipse is going to release a series of interactive classic video documentaries on Xbox Xbox introduces new voice reporting feature to help battle online toxicity Tips & Picks Tip of the week: You can get a $1 Game Pass trial again App pick of the week: Nostalgia (for Intellivision) RunAs Radio this week: Windows 11 Deployment with Johan Arwidmark Brown liquor pick of the week: Smooth Ambler Old Scout   Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell 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 The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: AWS Insiders - WW Brooklinen.com Use Code WINDOWS cachefly.com