Thinking About Surface Laptop (Premium)

As promised, I preordered a Snapdragon X-based Surface Laptop as soon as I could. But I ended up canceling that and changing to a higher-end configuration. Because reasons.
Chief among them, I want to get this right.
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Windows Copilot Runtime Isn’t a Runtime, and WPF is Back, Baby (Premium)

During Monday’s Microsoft AI event, Pavan Davuluri threw out an unexpected term, Windows Copilot runtime, without really explaining it. Today, we have a bit more information about that, and some news about the new approach to “native” apps on Windows.
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Intel Reminds Everyone It Still Exists on Qualcomm’s Big Day

Shut out of today’s Microsoft AI event, Intel tried to undermine Qualcomm’s big day by promoting its coming microprocessor family for Copilot+ PCs, the second-generation Core Ultra chips.
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Live Blog: Microsoft AI Vision Across Hardware and Software

I will be live-blogging the Microsoft special event today at Thurrott.com!
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Think Globally, AI Locally (Premium)

In the 1990s, web browser upstart Netscape bragged about operating on “Internet time,” a term that roiled Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates so badly that he once sputtered that the only way to win that battle was for his company to ship new products at do… Continue reading Think Globally, AI Locally (Premium)

Microsoft Puts the PR in AI (Premium)

Overly reliant on OpenAI and facing a coming generation of on-device AI that it can’t control, Microsoft’s latest small language model (SLM) is most notable for the PR offensive that accompanies it.
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Intel Claims Big AI Performance Gains in Next Core Ultra Chips

At its Vision 2024 event today, Intel talked up AI acceleration for the enterprise. But the big focus outside the company was on a single slide onstage.
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