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Microsoft Wants to Solve Everyone's Problems With AI, But Can Copilot Get the Job Done?
CEO Satya Nadella and team show tools for building and scaling agents and AI apps and a new version of Microsoft 365 Copilot. Very cool demos, though there’s still a lot of work to do.
Living With the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10: I'm Not Sure About the AI, But Battery Life Is Stellar
Having used this long-lasting 2-in-1 for some time now, I can say Lenovo's AI tools aren't really useful yet, but performance is impressive thanks to its Intel Core Ultra 200V.
Living With an HP EliteBook Ultra G1i: An Impressive Copilot+ PC With a Little Heft
It's not the lightest laptop, or the one with the best battery life, but it does a good job of balancing features and performance.
Living With the ThinkPad X9 14 Aura Edition: A Spiffy Ultraportable With AI Smarts
With the X9, Lenovo gives the ThinkPad a contemporary makeover with plenty of AI-powered optimization features.
Living With the Galaxy S25 Ultra: Samsung's AI Shines in This Year's Model
The S25 keeps what's good about Galaxy and bolts on some impressive AI. For top-end buyers, it's an easy choice.
Living With an HP EliteBook X G1a: A Solid Enterprise PC With Handy AI Features
This sleek 'Strix Point' laptop looks great, but is the performance worth the top-dollar price tag?
Can Microsoft Win the AI Race? I Want to Try These Copilot Features First
At its 50th anniversary event, Microsoft welcomed us 'to the era of AI companions' and showed off intriguing Copilot features it says are the 'very first glimmers' of what its AI can do.
At Google Cloud Next, We're Off to See the AI Agents (And Huge Performance Gains)
Google's AI has led to fun projects like reworking The Wizard of Oz for The Sphere in Vegas, but the real moneymakers are billion-dollar investments like its upcoming Ironwood TPU.
Reflections on Microsoft's 50th: What Will It Take to Make It to 2075?
After 50 years, Microsoft is still talking about the same things it did in 1975, but with different technologies. Can Copilot help Redmond stick around for another five decades?
Living With a Dell Pro 14 Premium: A Solid Copilot+ PC With Phenomenal Battery Life
It's pricey, but Dell's Pro 14 Premium offers by far the best battery life I've ever seen.
At 50, Microsoft Makes a Midlife Pivot
Redmond's 2025 roadmap shows a shift toward AI and away from major changes to core products.
Living With a ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition: A Performance Champ
The Intel Lunar Lake version of Lenovo's high-end business laptop offers improved battery life and surprisingly better performance than its predecessor, particularly on my toughest tests.
The Tech Trends Set to Shape 2025
Now that we're a month out from CES, these are the trends that have stuck with me. Yes, AI is on the list, of course, but so are a few things that may surprise you.
Microsoft Woos Business Users With New Surfaces, Pluton Capabilities
A significant upgrade to Pluton should make things like BitLocker and Windows Hello more resistant to attacks, specifically those involving memory safety.
AI Features, Faster Chips, Better Battery Life: Business Laptops Poised to Leap Forward in 2025
And why I expect AI PCs to go mainstream this year.
Why CES's Big Chip Announcements Could Make for a Confusing 2025 for PC Buyers
It looks like we're all going to have to make some tradeoffs between raw performance (particularly for graphics), power consumption, and AI capabilities.
Amazon Explains How It Will Make AI More Efficient and Affordable
At AWS: re-Invent, Amazon tips a slew of upgrades in everything from storage and databases to new computing chips and various AI tools, mostly aimed at reducing cost and complexity.
Copilot+ PC Status Report: Microsoft Still Working on Support for AMD, Intel PCs
I had expected to see Copilot+ PC support for AMD and Intel machines at Ignite, but it's still a work in progress. When it does roll out, a host of new Copilot features await.
Microsoft Wants Every Person to Have a Copilot, Every Business to Have an Agent
Compelling or dystopian? Microsoft's vision of making Copilot 'the UI for AI' is fascinating but incredibly ambitious.
Microsoft CEO Talks AI Growing Pains, Developing a 'Tapestry of AI Agents'
From where I sit, the big challenge for Microsoft is to manage or even hide the complexity of AI from the user while still offering the management, security, and governance the tools require.
