PowerToys, the free suite of Microsoft user tools, has added a subtly powerful feature: Advanced Paste, which applies AI to a group of data that you’ve cut or copied, or wish to paste elsewhere. It’s…
In 2023, Microsoft was a big believer in large language models, running in the cloud. At Microsoft Build, the company launched Phi Silica, a small language model designed to run specifically on the NPUs in…
Have you ever asked, why can’t I just tell the PC what I want it to do? If you’re in that camp, there’s good news: A new AI update to the Windows Power Automate app…
If you use the Microsoft Edge browser at work, your days of texting a screenshot of a web page to your spouse or coworker are nearly over. Microsoft is adding screenshot prevention controls to Edge.…
Microsoft is planning to either add subtitles or even dub video produced by major video sites, using AI to translate the audio into foreign languages within Microsoft Edge in real time. At its Microsoft Build…
If you’ve been wondering why you’ve never seen a Surface gaming laptop, don’t blame Microsoft. For years, Microsoft’s Surface has led the way in certain product categories, including tablets and the pull-forward design of the…
So far, the flagship feature of Microsoft’s new Copilot+ PC vision is Windows Recall, an AI-powered local search of your PC. But there’s a catch: Recall is going to suck up a lot of your…
For years, reviews of Microsoft’s Surface Pro came with a big caveat. They were light, they were lovely — and the Windows tablet also shipped with a thin kickstand that sliced into your thighs. Microsoft’s…
Microsoft’s Paint app now boasts not just one, but two AI art tools — Image Creator and Cocreator — and boy, are they something. First things first: Microsoft Cocreator, the scaled-down version of Microsoft’s Bing…
Many of Microsoft’s Surface devices aim at something: a tablet. A mini laptop. A pull-forward design. The Surface Laptop 2024 (7th Edition) is less about the Microsoft hardware than what’s inside it — namely, a…