Surface Pro 9 Liberty Special Edition, Xbox Transparency Report, Task Manager Improvements Windows 11

• Beta channel: Microsoft starts testing Task Manager improvements
• Photos app integration with iCloud is now available
• Windows App SDK 1.2 is here

 Microsoft

• Independent report faults Microsoft on employee discrimination and harassment, it will do better

 Microsoft 365 

• The Office mobile app is losing two sharing features as it transitions to Microsoft 365
• Games are coming to Microsoft Teams for some reason
• NVIDIA partners with Microsoft on massive cloud AI computer
• When it comes to Microsoft 365, there is the past (Office) and then this other stuff
• Flashback: maybe let's look at that Google One VPN for Windows thing one last time

 Hardware

• Microsoft announces a Surface Pro 9 Liberty Special Edition that, no, is not USA! USA! USA!
• Qualcomm announces its next flagship smartphone chipset. Assume a PC chipset announcement is imminent

 Xbox

• Spencer: Seriously, Call of Duty is staying on PlayStation
• Xbox releases its first-ever transparency report, will do so regularly going forward
• Xbox Game Pass in the second half of November
• A new Xbox Series S bundle adds digital perks
• Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition adds helicopters, gliders, and more oh my
• Xbox November Update is here
• A few more thoughts about the CliffyB book
• IT'S HERE! CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE II SEASON 01!!!

 Tips & Picks

• Tip of the week: Twitter is dead, long live Mastodon
• App pick of the week: Descript
• App pick of the week #2: DuckDuckGo App Tracking Protection for Android

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