Windows Weekly 814: Dump Truck Fade

Halo engine switch, Intel Q4 2022 revenues, Ground News Windows 11 Skipping the Windows 11 upgrade? Microsoft will force-feed it to you soon Related: Microsoft is using dark patterns to get people to upgrade to 11 Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25290 heads to Dev channel with new Spotify and Phone Link widgets, new Start menu "exploration" Screen recording in Snipping Tool rolls out to users in Windows Insider Beta channel More earnings Since Microsoft's mixed earnings last week, a few more relevant firms have checked in on Q4 2022 Intel earnings fall off a cliff: Cutting pay 5% rather than layoffs, VPs 10%, leadership 15%, CEO 25% AMD - not bad thanks to datacenter, but this quarter will be down 10 percent And it's not just the PC: IDC says smartphone sales declined 18.3 percent in Q4 Dev A quick look at .NET MAUI desktop app capabilities .NET MAUI gets a cross-platform media player control GitHub says it has over 100 million developers on the service. From what Google indicates, there are only ~27 million developers in the world Xbox After layoffs at 343, a smaller team will start over with Unreal Engine Why not just disband the whole disaster and let Halo fly free? Microsoft announces Xbox Games with Gold for February... and new Game Pass titles for first half of February Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition comes to Xbox consoles Xbox Series X|S get a price hike in Japan Did Sony really halve PS VR2 production? VR is not having a good time right now... probably this whole year. Rumor: Microsoft will skip E3 along with Nintendo and Sony Tips & Picks Tip of the week: Complete your password manager switch Plus: Quick update on the new book App pick of the week: https://ground.news/ Brown alcohol pick of the week: Crown Royal 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: Miro.com/podcast Melissa.com/twit drata.com/twit