… Besides, you don't need AI for everything. Better alternatives already exist for these tasks. Microsoft should seriously reconsider its push for AI in Windows 11 , or it risks losing users to alternative operating systems . …
… Without dedicated AI hardware, Recall would simply not be viable without tanking performance or battery life. For once, the hardware push and the software experience actually align. …
… RTX Spark combines NVIDIA's full technology stack with Microsoft Windows and is purpose-built for creators, gamers and AI developers in the personal AI era. As well, Jensen shared details of upcoming hardware. …
… Over the years, Microsoft has been pushing more and more apps on Windows that offer no real utility to the vast majority of users. And after AI integration picked up, the list got even longer. …
… In a statement to XDA, Microsoft said the following regarding the Surface line's across-the-board price increase: Due to recent increases in memory and component costs, Surface is updating pricing on Microsoft.com for its current generation hardware portfolio. …
Jasmine Mannan May 25, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming hardware, she's covered just about everything. …
… Lately, maintainers have been axing support for hardware that likely doesn't see any use. And I don't mean hardware that maybe release ten or fifteen years ago: I mean a 37-year-old Intel processor . …
… With the Surface Laptop Ultra, it's clear that Microsoft is confident in what Nvidia is bringing to the ecosystem, and an additional chipmaker entering the fray will almost certainly push adoption and compatibility of Windows on Arm further than before. …
… This initiative is part of Microsoft's broader Windows K2 plan, which aims to improve the OS with periodic stability fixes, a pullback on its Copilot AI push, easier update control, and more. …
… Bard was later rebranded as Gemini in 2024, reflecting Google's broader push to unify its AI efforts under the Gemini model family. Not quite. Google's initial AI chatbot response to Microsoft's Bing AI integration was called Bard, launched in early 2023. …