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It ships in November, if you can afford it.
With features powered by ‘Hybrid Intelligence,’ Copilot can use files on your Windows PC to take actions. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme.
After replacing Steve Ballmer in 2014, Satya Nadella turned Microsoft into a cloud giant. Now he's tasked with making the company a force in AI.
Less than a year after it promised to remove unnecessary Copilot integration from Windows 11, Microsoft announced today that it plans to turn the operating system's Search Menu into a sort of chatbot.
Here’s where things get interesting. The RTX Spark platform has two variants: one with 18 cores and one with 20. We predicted back at IFA that many laptops would contain the 18-core chip, given that that’s, you know, the one that seems more evidently useful for laptops and that Nvidia was demoing the 20-core version in mini PCs at the same show.
Microsoft is rethinking communications, with CEO Satya Nadella calling for employees to become a bigger part of its voice, as AI rivals like OpenAI and Meta, already do.
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Microsoft is betting on local AI, with Nvidia as its wingman. On Oct. 7 we'll see if it pays off
I'll be at Microsoft's event, and here's everything I expect to learn about the Nvidia Spark-powered Surface Laptop Ultra and the future of Windows on Arm.
It seems Copilot has changed significantly.But there are so many names that I don't know if it applies to me.”This article is for those who feel this way. On September 25, 2026, Microsoft announced that it would rebuild Copilot.