… Smart wearables and AI hardware have been hit and miss up to this point. The Humane AI Pin and the Rabbit R1 failed for various reasons. AI hardware has to make a case for itself and feel like more than a smartphone add-on. …
… It’s an OS that’s designed to be invisible, hosting an Agent Shell that can dynamically load and tailor multiple cloud-based agents. …
… The Surface Laptop Ultra is built to handle AI agents. It will be available with up to 128GB of RAM and is the first Surface to be built on the NVIDIA RTX Spark platform. …
… Microsoft IQ stops AI from going stale by grounding agents Microsoft IQ and Scout connect to workspace data, allowing autonomous AI agents to handle repetitive tasks in the background. …
… This inward airflow design and a built-in dust filter help maintain CPU efficiency during long rendering sessions or intensive 3D work. Local AI and the Zenni Claw Agent A major theme of this announcement is the new wave of agents. For casual readers, "containment" is a concept you need to know. …
… There, the tech giant unveiled new tools and hardware to help developers make native Windows apps and AI agents . Microsoft is also working to improve Windows 11 and its first-party apps as part of Windows K2 . …
… At Build 2026, Microsoft will discuss Windows agents AI assistants that can perform actions on your behalf . Microsoft will also demonstrate how agents can be used to build modern Windows applications and how AI can help port Windows apps to run natively on ARM. …
… Microsoft notes that this integration is first coming to the Microsoft 365 Copilot app, where the Research agent can now show live progress while generating a report. You only have to hover over the AI agent in the Taskbar to check the progress. …
… Introducing Agents on Taskbar New! Windows is adding a new way to monitor your agents from the taskbar. This experience supports agents across first- and third-party apps, with Researcher in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app as the first adopter. …
… Local AI and the need for Containment Getting into the weeds a bit, you start to see that this laptop is aimed very much at AI development and AI workloads. For instance, a major theme of this announcement is the new wave of agents . …