Microsoft’s AI Boss Wants Copilot to Bring ‘Emotional Support’ to Windows and Office

Microsoft’s AI Boss Wants Copilot to Bring ‘Emotional Support’ to Windows and Office

We don’t save any of the material with Copilot Vision, so once you close the browser after your session, it all just disappears. It fully deletes. But I’m thinking about if and how to introduce it in the future, because a lot of people do want that experience. If you could just say, ‘What was … Read more

Microsoft’s Copilot AI Gets a Voice, Vision, and a ‘Hype Man’ Persona

Microsoft’s Copilot AI Gets a Voice, Vision, and a ‘Hype Man’ Persona

Microsoft deleted the over-eager office assistant Clippy some 17 years ago, but the vision for an friendly and optimistic AI helper has apparently found its way out of the Recycle Bin. The company is overhauling Copilot, the text-based artificial intelligence tool bundled with Windows and other software, with the addition of vision, voice, and the … Read more

This Is Why Your Rear Car Window Has Weird Spots

This Is Why Your Rear Car Window Has Weird Spots

Photo: General Motors Glass is a vital component of any car. It’s how we’re able to glance up at the road from our phones without our faces getting blasted with wind. If someone drives enough, they’ll become very aware of every line, scratch and smudge on their windshield. They might even notice a strange pattern … Read more

Delta Is Still Canceling Hundreds Of Flights And The Feds Want To Know Why

Delta Is Still Canceling Hundreds Of Flights And The Feds Want To Know Why

Delta Air Lines is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Aviation Consumer Protection on the heels of it canceling hundreds of flights for a fifth straight day after a software update bug from CrowdStrike crashed Microsoft systems around the globe. Airlines Have to Pay Up for Poor Service Transportation Secretary Mayor … Read more

Huge Microsoft Outage, Linked To CrowdStrike, Takes Down Computers Around the World

Huge Microsoft Outage, Linked To CrowdStrike, Takes Down Computers Around the World

Banks, airports, TV stations, hotels, and countless other businesses are all facing widespread IT outages, leaving flights grounded and causing widespread disruption, after Windows machines have displayed errors worldwide. In the early hours of Friday, companies in Australia running Microsoft’s Windows operating system started reporting devices showing Blue Screens of Death (BSODs). Shortly after, reports … Read more

Microsoft Faces EU Charges Over ‘Abusive’ Bundling

Microsoft Faces EU Charges Over ‘Abusive’ Bundling

Brussels has accused Microsoft of illegally abusing its dominance in the business-software market at the expense of smaller rivals, following a complaint at the height of the pandemic by US competitor Slack. The European Commission said on Tuesday it found that Microsoft was restricting competition by selling its video-conferencing software Teams together in bundles with … Read more