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Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops are built to run AI agents locally

Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops, which launched on Friday, are built to run AI agents on the laptop itself. Users can install agents such as GitHub Copilot, Hermes, OpenClaw and Perplexity from the first start-up, without a command line, Nvidia said. Each laptop runs on a single superchip that pairs a Blackwell RTX graphics chip with […]

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Microsoft’s Brad Smith says green card curbs could cripple US tech

The White House crackdown on green cards for skilled foreign workers could “cripple” US tech for more than a generation, Microsoft president Brad Smith told Politico. His comments came a week after the US suspended Microsoft and seven other companies from PERM, the Labor Department programme employers use to sponsor foreign staff for permanent residency. Adobe, Cognizant, […]

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UK watchdog says AWS and Microsoft must do more to ease cloud switching

Amazon Web Services and Microsoft have made it easier to switch cloud providers but still have more to do, the UK competition watchdog said on Friday. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) also proposed bringing Microsoft under its toughest digital rules. The update is the CMA’s first progress check since March, when it accepted voluntary commitments from […]

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Surface Laptop Ultra review: a different kind of MacBook Pro

After setting up Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra, I spent five minutes just staring at it. I wasn’t surprised by its MacBook Pro-like design or blown away by its bright display. I was trying to work out what I’d actually do with a $5,900 laptop. This isn’t just any regular Windows laptop. Microsoft has teamed up […]

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Nvidia, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta gave Trump a combined $92 million for his ballroom

We knew that a number of big tech firms were helping to fund the construction of Trump’s ballroom, but we didn’t know just how much they were giving to the cause. Now the Washington Post published a list of all the major donors to the White House ballroom project, along with how much each contributed. […]

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Microsoft’s new Photos app combines your PC, OneDrive, and iCloud galleries

Microsoft has redesigned its Photos app for Windows 11, overhauling the editor and image viewer, and combining photos and videos from your PC, OneDrive, and iCloud into a single space. The new combined gallery experience aims to make it easier to manage and view your photos without jumping between apps or devices, while also improving […]

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Microsoft says Windows 11 is now up to 20% more responsive and better on 8GB of RAM

Microsoft says months of work have made Windows 11 up to 20% more responsive and that better memory management makes a meaningful difference on PCs with 8GB of RAM. The only published hands-on test found gains on 16GB and larger machines, and none at all on an 8GB PC. Microsoft says Windows 11 is now […]

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How Windows is being optimized for Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops

Microsoft and Nvidia held a launch party for the first wave of RTX Spark laptops last week in San Francisco, where a new wave of AI PCs took center stage amid a packed crowd and a lively hands-on area. A day after the media event, I was invited to a quieter Nvidia event to hear […]

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Microsoft says Windows 11 is now ‘more responsive’ and runs better on 8GB of RAM

Earlier this year Microsoft laid out a plan to fix Windows 11, with a focus on performance, reliability, and the overall OS experience. After months of fixes, Microsoft now says the “result is a Windows experience that’s up to 20 percent more responsive.” Microsoft has made improvements to Start, File Explorer, Search, Edge, and other […]

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Microsoft and Japan took down a cybercrime network behind over a billion scam messages

We’ve all gotten a scam text about a nonexistent parking ticket or a fake package delivery, but hopefully you’ll start seeing fewer of them. Microsoft says it helped dismantle a marketplace for scammers sending phishing messages like those around the world. Through an investigation with Japan’s National Police Agency, it tracked scam activity back to […]

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