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Azar’s promise — instant, random video connections with real-time translation — is an appealing one: a mobile-first app that turns your PC into a global coffee shop where strangers can become friends in seconds. The product’s core mechanics, ownership and practical routes to run Azar on Windows...

Microsoft’s latest seasonal stunt — a Copilot-centered “12 Days of Eggnog” push that puts Mico, the assistant’s new animated persona, front and center — is notable not for spectacle alone but for what it reveals about the direction of consumer-facing generative AI: holiday creativity...

I opened Paint and a small banner asked me to join “Windows AI Labs” — an opt‑in program that, according to the on‑screen card and an attached programme agreement, will let selected users test experimental AI features inside Microsoft Paint before those features are broadly released. Overview...

xAI’s Grok 4 — the company’s most advanced reasoning model — is now open to free-tier users worldwide, albeit with limits, feature restrictions, and a clear commercial tug-of-war shaping how, when, and for whom the model will actually be useful. The move, announced on xAI’s channels and widely...