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Microsoft unveiled Project Solara at its Build conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, presenting an Android-based device platform for enterprise hardware that runs AI agents rather than conventional apps. The project is early, the hardware is still reference-design territory, and Microsoft says...

Yobi’s partnership with Microsoft marks a sharp turn in the enterprise AI conversation: away from generic generative assistants and toward predictive behavioral intelligence built on consented data, cloud-scale infrastructure, and measurable business outcomes. The announcement says Yobi is using...

Microsoft is pushing Microsoft Edge a step closer to becoming a permanent part of the Windows 11 sign-in experience, and the timing is telling. In the latest Edge Beta builds, a new banner is reportedly prompting users to let the browser open automatically every time they log into Windows, with...

Buying a new Windows 11 PC should feel like a fresh start, but the Out-of-Box Experience has too often felt like a sales funnel, an update queue, and a privacy negotiation wrapped into one. Microsoft now appears ready to address at least part of that problem, promising a quieter, more...

Microsoft is not abandoning Copilot in Windows 11, but it is clearly backing away from the idea that the assistant should be threaded through every corner of the operating system. After a year of aggressive previewing, the company has reportedly shelved some of the most intrusive plans for...

OpenAI’s announcement that it will begin testing advertisements inside ChatGPT marks a clear turning point for conversational AI: the free and lower‑cost “Go” tiers will start seeing clearly labeled, separated ads beneath answers for logged‑in adults in the U.S., while higher‑paid plans remain...