Watch the Surface Laptop Ultra Unveiled at Windows Event

Watch Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and the Windows team introduce the next era for the OS, including more trustworthy AI agents, the Surface Laptop Ultra and Nvidia-powered laptops and PCs for creators and developers.

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Timecode Chapters:
0:00 Introduction: Agent 365, Microsoft IQ, and Copilot
1:22 Microsoft Execution Containers (MXC) & Agent Containment
2:32 Agent Identity, Observability & Enterprise Management
3:32 Microsoft Defender Agent Security & Risk Containment
4:58 Hybrid Intelligence & Local Model Execution
5:45 MAI Code 1.1 Flash & Local Model Compression
6:34 New Windows 11 Taskbar Search & Quick Actions
7:45 Copilot App Integration & Native App Creation
9:10 Copilot Autopilot: Autonomous File & Email Workflows
11:00 Surface Laptop Ultra Announcement & Performance
11:56 NVIDIA RTX Spark & Gaming Announcements
12:20 Surface Laptop Ultra Hardware Specs & Magnetic USB-C
13:48 Surface RTX Spark DevBox & Pre-Orders
14:13 RTX Spark Laptop Ecosystem (Lenovo, ASUS, Dell, MSI, HP)
15:10 NVIDIA DGX Station for Windows & Desk-Side AI Performance

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Google debuts new 'experimental' AI game platform named Google Playground

Google is making another big swing at building a dedicated video game platform—this time opting to produce one for games made with generative AI. The new venture, Google Playground, is a platform for making, sharing, and playing games made using generative AI tools.

In today's announcement, a Google spokesperson described Playground as an "experimental gaming platform" that "Lets users create, play and share fully custom games with no coding experience required.

"With Playground’s conversational interface, users can create custom games by typing what they want, remixing starter prompts or getting guided support to help them share their creativity with the world," the company stated. "Essentially acting as a director, users can refine the rules with prompts, customize characters and tweak the environment until it’s what they envision. And since Playground is browser-based, games are playable across phones and laptops."

Google Book OS Is Here And It Runs Like A Phone

Google just announced five new flagship laptops from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo that are designed around how much we rely on our phones. 📱

Starting at $899, these machines run Google Book OS – a brand-new operating system created from the ground up to reflect modern mobile workflows.

Head to PCMag’s YouTube channel where we break down what this brand-new ecosystem actually means for your daily routine. 🤖

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Old habits die hard: Microsoft tries to limit our options, this time with AI

Microsoft recently announced it’s pulling back Copilot from several of its core Windows apps — Photos, Notepad, the Snipping Tool, and Widgets. Rolling back these forced AI integrations is the right move, but this is just the most recent example of Microsoft going too far without user consent. 

Copilot was pushed onto users

Over the past year, Copilot wasn’t offered to Windows users — it was installed on them. The M365 Copilot app began auto-installing on any Windows device running Microsoft 365 desktop apps, with no prompt and no consent. A new physical keyboard key was added to laptops that launched Copilot by default, with no simple way to remap it. By default, Copilot was pinned to the taskbar starting with Windows 11 PCs. And, going a step further, Microsoft planned to embed it into three of the most fundamental surfaces for the operating system: the Windows notification center, the Settings app, and File Explorer. 

Then came the user backlash. 

When Microsoft says it now wants to be “intentional” about Copilot, they’re really admitting that they made repeated choices to serve their business over their customers. 

This isn’t the first time – Microsoft has a pattern of dec...