Microsoft’s Project Solara is an OS for AI agent gadgets
… Project Solara is designed for agent-first devices, and the platform is “highly flexible,” according to Microsoft fellow Steven Bathiche. …
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Microsoft Build 2026: The 7 biggest announcements
… An OS designed to connect AI agents across devices Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO8Z04KMARE We got a glimpse at Project Solara, an Android-based operating system designed to run agents across a variety of devices. …
AMD’s revenue jumps 38 percent from last year as Q1 data center sales hit $5.8 billion.
… Link: AMD Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results | https://ir.amd.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1284/amd-reports-first-quarter-2026-financial-results | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Windows is back on the Microsoft menu
… Microsoft has been clear that it sees Windows as a home for AI agents and workloads, but it also unveiled Project Solara this week, a new platform for agent-first devices. …
Apple’s AI promises are finally, almost, sort of, here
… It pitched Siri as an all-encompassing virtual assistant that ties together all your Apple devices, with multimodal features, a dedicated app, an all-in-one AI agent and more. …
Microsoft Build
… Microsoft just introduced a couple of concept gadgets at Build 2026 that are powered by a new platform, Project Solara , which is made to run AI agents on devices taking the form of everything from smart speakers to security badges or earbuds. …
Inside Google’s Beam Lab, an AI face appears
… Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/verge-google-beam-ai-agent.jpg?quality=90&strip=all Today, Google is experimentally revealing “Beam video agents,” which it’s pitching as an exploration into the future of real-time communication with AI agents, using Google Be… …
Would you let robots spend your money? Google is betting on it
… The purchases use a technology called Agent Payments Protocol AP2 , essentially a digital paper trail and approval process for having an AI agent carry out a task like buying something. …
007 First Light is like a James Bond movie in the best way possible
… Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTUoIyTMw0Q What really makes First Light work is the variety in missions. We go from tracking government workers in underground London nightclubs to a sprawling, multilevel Slovakian castle hosting a major chess match to uncover a double agent. …
Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
… Microsoft is telling employees that the decision is about converging on Copilot CLI as its main agentic command line interface tool across Experiences + Devices, but sources tell me the decision is also a financial one. …