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Microsoft announced a bunch of new in-house AI models at Build 2026, including a new "flagship" model: MAI-Thinking-1. It's an ambitious step into model development for Microsoft, which introduced its initial in-house models last year - before then, it had relied on OpenAI's models. The two companies recently renegotiated their deal to loosen ties. According […]

Launched at Build, Microsoft Scout is a new AI assistant meant to bring the power and flexibility of OpenClaw into the Microsoft 365 system.

Microsoft’s OpenClaw-style agent appears in Teams, just like a human colleague, and automates your dull office tasks.

The specification lets developer, compliance, and security teams define their own policies for agents to follow in portable policy files.

Much like Google, Microsoft is launching its own version of OpenClaw. Microsoft Scout is an always-on assistant that integrates into Microsoft 365 apps like Outlook, OneDrive, and Microsoft Teams, allowing businesses to assign a virtual assistant to employees to help with organizing calendars, expense reporting, email drafts, and much more. Unlike Copilot that lives inside […]

The company demoed Solara on an Echo Show-style smart display and a smart key badge.

Microsoft just announced "Project Solara," a new OS designed for gadgets that run AI agents, at Build 2026. The company is calling it "a new platform built from the ground up to power agent-driven experiences." It's built on Android, not Windows. Microsoft demonstrated two concept Project Solara devices at Build today: Desk concept and badge […]

Microsoft only just announced a new Surface Laptop Ultra at the weekend, and it's now revealing a miniature Surface PC aimed at developers. The new Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is powered by Nvidia's new Arm-based RTX Spark chips, just like the Surface Laptop Ultra, and is optimized for sustained workloads and local AI tasks. […]

Microsoft’s annual developer conference is kicking off on June 2nd in San Francisco with the keynote presentation streaming live at 12:30PM ET / 9:30AM PT, and we will be following along here with everything as it’s announced. The Verge’s Tom Warren reports that we can expect to hear about new AI models and agentic OpenClaw-like […]

T-SQL on Microsoft Fabric - Episode 1: Mastering Data Retrieval with SELECT, WHERE, and ORDER BY Learning Goals In this lesson, you will learn how to: Read data from tables using SELECT Filter rows with WHERE Sort query results with ORDER BY Get familiar with standard T-SQL syntax Practice directly in Microsoft Fabric Warehouse 1. Understanding Database and Schema In Fabric Warehouse, objects are commonly organized like this: Warehouse | |-- sales | |-- Customers | |-- Orders | |-- hr | |-- Employees | |-- finance |-- Transactions Schemas help you: Group related tables Manage permissions Organize large systems more effectively 2. Create a Schema Create a schema for the sales dataset: CREATE SCHEMA sales ; Check existing schemas: SELECT * FROM sys . schemas ; 3. Create Tables Create the Customers table: CREATE TABLE sales . Customers ( CustomerID INT , CustomerName VARCHAR ( 100 ), City VARCHAR ( 50 ), Country VARCHAR ( 50 ) ); Create the Orders table: CREATE TABLE sales . Orders ( OrderID INT , CustomerID INT , OrderDate DATE , Amount DECIMAL ( 10 , 2 ) ); 4. Insert Sample Data Customers INSERT INTO sales . Customers VALUES ( 1 , 'John Smith' , 'New York' , 'USA' ), ( 2 , 'Emma Brown' , 'Chicago' , 'USA' ), ( 3 , 'David Wilson' , 'London' , 'UK' ), ( 4 , 'Sophia Taylor' , 'Manchester' , 'UK' ), ( 5 , 'Michael Lee' , 'Singapore' , 'Singapore' ); Orders INSERT INTO sales . Orders VALUES ( 101 , 1 , '2026-01-10' , 1200 . 00 ), ( 102 , 1 , '2026-01-15' , 800 . 00 ), ( 103 , 2 , '2026-01-20' , 2500 . 00 ), ( 104 , 3 , '2026-02-01' , 500 . 00 ), ( 105 , 5 , '2026-02-05' , 3200 . 00 ); 5. SELECT Get all columns: SELECT * FROM sales . Customers ; Get specific columns: SELECT CustomerName , Country FROM sales . Customers ; 6. Alias Rename columns in the output: SELECT CustomerName AS Customer , Country AS Nation FROM sales . Customers ; 7. WHERE Filter rows using conditions. Customers in the USA: SELECT * FROM sales . Customers WHERE Country = 'USA' ; Orders greater than 100

An anonymous security researcher called “Nightmare Eclipse” has been publishing a series of significant security exploits against Microsoft Windows—including one that breaks BitLocker. Microsoft has threatened legal action against the researcher. Lots of recriminations are being traded back and forth.

Microsoft is kicking off its yearly Build developer conference in San Francisco today, sandwiched between the recent Google I/O and Apple's upcoming WWDC event. While tickets to attend Build in person are sold out, the conference is being streamed for free online, with CEO Satya Nadella opening with a keynote at 12:30PM ET / 9:30AM […]

Some report burning through their whole monthly "AI credit" allotment in a single day.

It's Microsoft's least-weird attempt at a high-end mobile workstation.

But the hardware refresh is tethered to a bundle with pricey AR glasses.

Microsoft is heading to San Francisco this week in a bid to win back developers at its Build conference. I've been attending Build since the days when Microsoft called it the Professional Developers Conference, and I can't remember a more pivotal moment. As Microsoft continues to reshuffle its entire business around AI, it's moving Build […]

Computex 2026 is kicking off in Taipei, Taiwan this week, where Nvidia, AMD, Qualcomm, Intel, and other tech brands are announcing new laptops, handhelds, chips, and more. Nvidia unveiled RTX Spark, its first family of consumer PC chips, arriving in laptops and mini PCs starting this fall. Intel is launching two new custom chips made […]

Over the past several years, Microsoft has largely managed to withstand populist calls to break up Big Tech while peers faced sweeping lawsuits. But a probe by the Federal Trade Commission suggests that grace period could be nearing an end. Earlier this year, Bloomberg outlined the contents of civil investigative demands (CIDs) - similar to […]

Here's how to watch Microsoft Build 2026.

Once upon a time, Microsoft had to write off $900 million betting an Arm-based Nvidia chip could power its first flagship Windows portable, the original Microsoft Surface. But today, it's trying again. Microsoft and Nvidia have just announced the Surface Laptop Ultra, a computer with a new Arm-based Nvidia chip at its core. There's a […]