The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is after the Redmond giant this time over its dominance in the software market. It wants to figure out how Microsoft's market dominance affects business owners and whether it offers seamless integration with other platforms. Meanwhile, the UK regulator Ofcom said two porn websites are being investigated for failing to comply with age check rules. It also fined an online suicide forum £950,000 for still being available to UK users without a VPN.
7 Days: Windows XP-themed Wikipedia, Google paying users $135 million, and leaked games… In a nutshell, Project Solara aims to provide a software platform for AI agents, along with "tailored" hardware solutions, offering innovative form factors. The idea is to build a diverse ecosystem of devices and experiences that offer an agent-first journey. …
… The social media giant recently laid off over 8,000 heads to fund its massive computing expansion, justifying the cuts by stating that AI tools have made large teams unnecessary and indicating that automated AI agents will handle user support from now on. …
Back in March, Microsoft first revealed Copilot Cowork in Research Preview, a new agentic AI experience through which users can assign tasks to AI to complete in the background. …
… Some of these products include the test automation IDE Aqua, which the company reduced to a simple plugin , and Fleet, which developers abandoned when JetBrains shifted its cloud engineering efforts toward agentic platforms. …
… It also introduced the Daybreak cybersecurity initiative to integrate AI-assisted defense directly into software development. Moreover, its Codex AI agent is now integrated directly into the ChatGPT mobile app for Android and iOS. …
… Ubuntu embraces GenAI The AI wave is everywhere, and Ubuntu-maker Canonical announced that it's going all in on generative AI. However, it's "treading carefully" in how it introduces generative AI in Ubuntu, and that these AI models will be local-first. …
… Tapping into creative possibilities, a dedicated AI Button also provides instant access to video generation from the Gallery, while the AI Photos Agent enables natural language-driven editing — simply describe the change, and it happens. …
… Powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite, it comes with a massive 6,500 mAh battery, 65W fast charging, triple camera setup, and a built-in AI agent. …
… But Spotify had reasons to launch a new CLI tool ; it lets AI agents create and upload AI-generated podcasts directly to your library. …
… Ryzen AI Halo: AMD unveiled the new Ryzen AI Max+ 400 PRO series APUs to succeed the Max PRO 300 series. Its freshly baked $3,999 Ryzen AI Halo local AI processing hub is based on the Ryzen AI Max+ 395, and will get support for Ryzen Max+ PRO 495 once it becomes available in Q3, 2026. …