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Windows Weekly (Video LO) show

Summary: <p>Today's special guest: Microsoft engineering GM for mixed reality apps, Lorraine Bardeen.<br>• Let's talk more about what MS is doing with HoloLens, iOS, Android in mixed reality.<br><br>News of the Week<br><br>Google<br>• Google announces Stadia, a cloud-based streaming game service that will compete with Microsoft's Project xCloud.<br>• Microsoft will respond at E3.<br>• Google has now been charged with three antitrust violations in the EU - Will it be hobbled like Microsoft was?<br>• Google agrees to let Android users in EU choose their browser, shades of Microsoft's Browser Ballot.<br><br>Windows 10<br>• 19H1 builds continue to be boring, the end is near. Plus this one. And then these two!<br>• Microsoft kills OneDrive music streaming to the Groove app. Now what?<br>• Huawei says it has made Windows and Android replacements just in case.<br>• Related: Windows 7 users – it wasn't you, it was Microsoft – if your security scans were going crazy this week.<br>• Also: We're all on Edgium/Chredge watch. More leaks (this time, the installer). This thing has to be close to public preview.<br><br>Office<br>• New logos! Paul has seen them in Windows (Office Insider). Outlook on iOS. And Your Phone on Android.<br>• Microsoft Teams turns 2 (sort of). More new Teams features coming later this year: fake backgrounds, secure private channels, new camera tricks.<br><br>Xbox<br>• Microsoft should have spun off Xbox a long time ago. Good thing it didn't.<br>• Microsoft brings Xbox Live to Android and iOS. Game Stack is the key.<br>• Cuphead is coming to Nintendo Switch ... with Xbox Live.<br><br>Windows Weekly Tips and picks<br>• Tip of the Week: Join the Halo Insider Program <br>• App pick of the Week: Castbox <br>• Also: Firefox 66 Blocks ALL Auto-Play Content by Default<br>• Enterprise Pick of the week: Windows Defender Application Guard Extensions for Chrome, Firefox<br>• Also: A Little More Info on Windows 10 Removing Faulty Updates<br>• Codename Pick of the Week: Zipline<br>• Beer Pick of the Week: BFM 225th Anniversary BA Saison</p> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/mary-jo-foley">Mary Jo Foley</a>, and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/paul-thurrott">Paul Thurrott</a></p> <p><strong>Guest:</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/lorrainebardeen" target="_blank">Lorraine Bardeen</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly">https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly</a></p> <p>Check out Paul's blog at <a href="https://www.thurrott.com/" target="_blank">thurrott.com</a></p> <p>Check out Mary Jo's blog at <a href="http://allaboutmicrosoft.com/" target="_blank">AllAboutMicrosoft.com</a></p> <p>The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of <a href="https://twitter.com/carlfranklin" target="_blank">Carl Franklin</a>.</p> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="http://envoy.com/twit">envoy.com/twit</a></li> <li><a href="https://expressvpn.com/windows">expressvpn.com/windows</a></li> <li><a href="http://wasabi.com">Wasabi.com offer code Windows</a></li> </ul>