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.
Apple’s AI promises are finally, almost, sort of, here
… Instead, Apple marketed AI as a pragmatic, helpful addition to the devices people already own. “Some appear to be racing forward, pursuing AI for the sake of AI… at Apple, our mission has always been to turn the potential of advanced technology into helpful and intuitive products for everyone,” sai… …
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. …
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. …
Google I/O 2026
… New agents, mobile apps and Gemini Omni for Google Flow and Google Flow Music Google If Google can’t make AI agents useful, maybe no one can Google has been working on agentic AI for years. …
John Ternus’ first big problem is AI
… On Alphabet’s February earnings call, executives largely ignored a question about the company’s AI partnerships, including with Apple, though Pichai said he was looking forward to Google powering “the next generation of Apple foundation models based on Gemini technology.” Ternus, who reportedly has…