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A leaked internal strategy document from Microsoft reveals the company's intention for its AI, Scout, is to 'make people addicted'. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has denied the claims, but 404 Media has countered with evidence pointing to senior staff involvement.

Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn co-founder, will not stand for re-election at Microsoft's 2026 annual meeting, ending a nearly decade-long tenure on the board. He will remain a director until the meeting, later this year.

The Browser Choice Alliance criticizes Microsoft for using its dominant position to push users towards its Edge browser, restricting choices and manipulating user preferences.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made his first appearance on the Latent Space podcast, discussing the MAI model and its technical takeaways. He shared key insights on three elements during the live podcast at Microsoft Build.

Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman stated that the company aims to become one of the top four labs in the world, citing renegotiating their contract with OpenAI as a pivotal moment.

Microsoft and OpenAI have ended their partnership, with Microsoft's AI chief Mustafa Suleyman stating they will now focus on developing AI capabilities from the ground up.

Microsoft announced 7 new MAI models at its Build conference, including MAI-Thinking-1, a from-scratch pretrain. The models are developed by Microsoft's MAI lab, which was established through a deal with Inflection two years ago.

Microsoft is playing catchup with its competitors in the AI space, building out its own frontier AI models and custom accelerator chips to compete with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.

Microsoft has released an open-source framework called ASSERT, which uses AI to turn high-level, natural-language descriptions into thorough tests for evaluating application-specific AI behavior.

Microsoft has announced MAI-Thinking-1, its first advanced reasoning AI, as part of seven new models unveiled at Build 2026. The AI is trained from the ground up on enterprise-grade data and is preferred to Sonnet 4.6 in blind human side-by-side evaluations.

Microsoft has launched Scout, a new AI assistant built on the OpenClaw framework, designed to work alongside users with a persistent identity and style. Scout is an always-on agentic assistant, meant to automate tasks with ongoing user feedback.

Microsoft has announced Scout, its first real personal assistant built on OpenClaw, a new AI technology.

Microsoft has introduced the Agent Control Specification (ACS), an open-source standard aimed at providing developers with a consistent and granular way to control AI agent behavior. This standard aims to address the challenge of ensuring AI agents behave as intended across different environments.

Microsoft has developed a platform called Project Solara, which allows devices to run AI agents instead of traditional apps, based on Android. The platform aims to enable new scenarios for computing using off-the-shelf components and inexpensive development.

Microsoft has released Coreutils for Windows, a collection of basic Unix tools, including ls, cp, and rm, for Windows users. The project is available on GitHub and can be installed using an installer.

Microsoft has created the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, a mini development box designed for local-first AI development, which Qualcomm couldn't match.

Microsoft has developed the Surface Laptop Ultra, a laptop that rivals the MacBook Pro, powered by NVIDIA graphics. The laptop is designed to provide a high-performance computing experience.

Christopher Pence, a 41-year-old Microsoft systems engineer, used the dark web to hire a hit man to kill a young couple he had met a few times in 2021. Pence, who had 16 children, accessed the dark web using an operating system designed for privacy.

Microsoft and Nvidia are partnering to release 30+ laptops and 10 desktops in the fall, starting a new era for the PC industry.

Microsoft has introduced the Surface Laptop Ultra, a new flagship device featuring an Nvidia RTX Spark SoC, a 15-inch mini-LED touchscreen, and up to 128GB of unified memory. The device is set to release this fall.

Microsoft has introduced the Surface Laptop Ultra, designed for 'world makers' who require a powerful and portable device. The laptop features advanced specifications and a sleek design.

Nvidia is expected to unveil the first Windows computers powered by its System on Chip (SoC) at Computex and Build 2026, with devices from Surface and Dell included.

Microsoft Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac will enter a 'reduced functionality mode' on July 13, 2026, after a license-validation certificate expires, allowing only view-only access to files.

Microsoft is under fire for threatening to take legal action and call the cops on security researcher Nightmare Eclipse after they published unpatched bugs in Microsoft products.

Microsoft is at odds with a disgruntled bug hunter, Nightmare Eclipse, who has released six Windows zero-days and promises a 'bone shattering' drop on July 14. Microsoft has responded with a blog post on coordinated vulnerability disclosure.

Microsoft has redesigned Copilot's interface in Microsoft 365 to a minimalist black-and-white, text-focused design to create a more consistent experience across apps. The changes aim to make everything more readable and responsive.

Microsoft Copilot Cowork allows agents to send emails to users' inboxes without approval, potentially leaking data to attackers via rendered images or OneDrive download links. This vulnerability enables attackers to exfiltrate data by opening compromised messages or downloading files through pre-authenticated links.