The US Army starts accepting some of the 5,000 sets of HoloLens goggles, citing encouraging results from field testing, after putting the order on hold in 2021 (Anthony Capaccio/Bloomberg)

Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
An internal Pentagon document says more than 80% of the US soldiers who used Microsoft’s HoloLens experienced “mission-affecting physical impairments”  —  US soldiers using Microsoft Corp.’s new goggles in their latest field test suffered “mission-affecting physical impairments” …

Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft adds full Teams integration to HoloLens 2 headsets, letting users view calendars and more, the first major update since co-founder Alex Kipman left  —  Microsoft has long supported real-time video calls using Microsoft Teams on HoloLens 2 headsets, but now the company …

TechCrunch:
Despite the recent downturn in the cryptocurrency market, Y Combinator’s Summer 2022 batch has 30 crypto startups, up from 25 in its Winter 2022 batch  —  Crypto and web3 stands out in the Summer 2022 batch  —  Crypto founders have heard the saying a thousand times in the past few months …

Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal:
A look at HoloLens’ development, as Microsoft spurned an early lead in AR to cede ground to Meta and others; one executive blames a lack of money and people  —  Problems plagued development of its HoloLens augmented reality headset; ‘we had the opportunity to own this market’

Reuters:
An investigation finds thousands of iOS and Android apps, including from the CDC and US Army, used Russia-based tech company Pushwoosh’s code for notifications  —  Thousands of smartphone applications in Apple (AAPL.O) and Google’s (GOOGL.O) online stores contain computer code developed …

Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft plans to sunset its Microsoft Office branding after more than 30 years, rebranding the apps to Microsoft 365; new logos will roll out in January 2023  —  Microsoft is making a major change to its Microsoft Office branding.  After more than 30 years, Microsoft Office is being renamed …