… Project Solara is designed for agent-first devices, and the platform is “highly flexible,” according to Microsoft fellow Steven Bathiche. Companies like AccuWeather, Best Buy, CVS Healthcare, and Target are planning to kick off pilots of the hardware. …
… Windows adds guardrails for OpenClaw and other AI agents Image: OpenClaw on Windows. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/windows-11-openclaw.png?quality=90&strip=all Speaking of OpenClaw, Microsoft is trying to make the AI agents safer to run through something called Mi… …
… Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Microsoft Build 2026: All the news about Windows, AI, RTX Spark, and more Stevie Bonifield Jun 4 How to watch Microsoft’s Build 2026 conference Jess Weatherbed Jun 2 Microsoft to unveil new AI models and Windows improvements at Build Tom Warren Jun 1 Microsoft teases… …
… Ternus is a 25-year veteran of the company and the first Apple CEO in about 30 years to come from the hardware sector. According to Apple, he’s led hardware engineering work for every model of iPad, as well as the most recent iPhone family and AirPods. …
… 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 claimed last year that it had made a key breakthrough in quantum computing with Majorana 1, the company’s first quantum processor. …
… Microsoft wants lawyers to trust its new AI agent in Word documents. Microsoft has launched a new AI agent inside Word that’s designed for legal teams. “Legal Agent” will handle document edits, negotiation history, and even complex tasks like reviewing contracts. …
… Microsoft will remain “OpenAI’s primary cloud partner” and ship OpenAI’s latest products first on Azure, but the lack of exclusivity now means OpenAI’s new models can ship minutes later to rival cloud platforms. …
… Software management roles at Amazon are now “Builders Leads,” who will help supervise AI agents and software developers. Microsoft employees I’ve spoken to fear that the company will introduce something similar to Amazon, in a bid to get even more software built by AI agents. …
… Microsoft launched its Maia 200 chip earlier this year, a successor to its first in-house AI chip. The Maia 200 is designed to handle large-scale AI workloads like Claude. …