Tom Warren on X: the new Xbox Game Pass lineup: • Game Pass Core - $9.99/mo, 25+ games, online MP • Game Pass console - $10.99/mo, 100s of games, no online MP •

Tom Warren on X: scoop 2: Microsoft employees will keep free access to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate after complaints. Xbox chief Phil Spencer has stepped in and reversed the decision. Read Spencer's

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Tom Warren on X: Microsoft is testing a new Xbox search UI. Note the more rounded corners on the text input box 🧐 / X

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Techmeme: A look at local US governments' use of Automatic License Plate Recognition startups, like Rekor and Flock, that claim to spot “suspicious” movement patterns (Thomas Brewster/Forbes)

Beyond FPS on X: So if you want to play online on Xbox, you have to pay $120 a year. Let's say that you use the console for 5 years, that's $600.

Techmeme: Sources: the European Commission plans to open an investigation next week into Microsoft for bundling Teams with Office, after deeming concessions insufficient (Javier Espinoza/Financial Times)

Techmeme: McKinsey partners with Cohere to help enterprise clients adopt generative AI, after Deloitte partnered with Nvidia and Bain and Company teamed up with OpenAI (Krystal Hu/Reuters)

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