Microsoft Build 2026: The 7 biggest announcements
… Microsoft’s first in-house reasoning AI model Microsoft is pushing ahead with its work to make its own AI models instead of relying on those created by OpenAI. …
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Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
… References to “Project Saluki” have been discovered in a recent update to the Xbox PC app this week, with Microsoft describing the codename as a “China market expansion for Game Pass, Rewards, and subscription tiers.” The Xbox PC app also references the codename “Positron,” which is said to “enable… …
Nvidia announces RTX Spark as ‘the most efficient PC chip ever built’
… At Microsoft’s Build conference this week, it’ll be showing off “new Windows security and containment primitives” that, along with Nvidia’s OpenShell runtime, “allows personal agents to run safely and under full user control.” Nvidia claims this adds up to “a new personal computing paradigm where A… …
This is the Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia RTX Spark
… Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1Oj792qc80 It features Nvidia’s new RTX Spark “superchip,” which is roughly the same processor the company already sold in its DGX Spark mini-PC for AI developers, but is now optimized to work with Windows 11 instead. …
Inside Microsoft’s wave of executive departures
… Xbox mode is nearly here for all PCs. Microsoft just added its Xbox mode to the Release Preview version of Windows 11. That means the Xbox mode, which adds a full-screen interface to the Xbox PC app, is just days away from being available on all PCs. …
Inside the return of Xbox
… Microsoft’s Xbox mode is now available for all Windows 11 PCs. Microsoft has started slowly rolling out its Xbox mode to all Windows 11 PCs. The mode adds a full-screen interface to the Xbox PC app, similar to Steam’s Big Picture Mode. …
Microsoft could be the next Big Tech antitrust target
… Government contracts and cybersecurity were not among the CID topics disclosed to The Verge, and Haurek says Microsoft responded to the government’s security requests at the time and that agencies were “free to engage with other vendors.” Microsoft’s growth in cloud computing has helped push its va… …
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… TC Sottek May 14 RAM prices are so high that I’m keeping a six-year-old PC alive. The AIO water cooling unit for my homebuilt PC just failed, and so I briefly considered building a new system. …
AI is blowing up music production
… There’s not a K-pop of AI that’s going to reorient the listener or the audience. Do you see anybody trying that, trying to push on it? …
These are the laptops I recommend for pretty much anyone
… Product: Framework Laptop 13 2025, AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 | https://framework.pxf.io/c/482924/1459308/17284?u=https%3A%2F%2Fframe.work%2Fproducts%2Flaptop13-amd-ai300%2Fconfiguration%2Fnew CPU: AMD Ryzen AI 5 340, AI 7 350, AI 9 HX 370 / GPU: Radeon 860M / RAM: 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, 48GB, 96GB / Stora… …