Microsoft’s vision of Windows as an “agentic OS” is meeting fierce resistance from users exhausted by Copilot pop-ups and forced Microsoft accounts. The backlash suggests a widening gap between Microsoft’s AI ambitions and what users actually want from their operating system.
Following Windows President Pavan Davuluri’s controversial tweet about an “agentic OS,” a concept designer has visualized Windows 26. The concept shows floating widgets, AI-powered search, and smarter Copilot integration. Many users are embracing this vision over Microsoft’s current AI-heavy approac
Accenture CEO Julie Sweet says leaders must embrace constant reinvention in the AI era. The company invests $1 billion annually in reskilling its 779,000 employees and recently cracked the top five of Fortune’s World’s Best Workplaces list. Sweet emphasizes that genuine human connection remains irre
Google’s DeepMind has made a breakthrough in understanding fluid dynamics using specialized AI models. The research uncovered new families of unstable singularities that have stumped mathematicians for over 100 years. This could lead to better aircraft design, weather systems, and energy distributio
Cisco Systems delivered a massive earnings beat driven by AI infrastructure demand, sending shares toward all-time highs not seen since 2000. The company raised its full-year outlook and revealed hyperscaler AI revenue will triple to $3 billion in fiscal 2026.
Neurotech experts are calling out billionaires like Elon Musk and Sam Altman for pushing “dumb transhumanist ideas” that could hinder legitimate medical research. While real progress is being made in treating conditions like paralysis and blindness, the focus on brain uploading and cyborg fantasies
The CEO of Arc Raiders publisher Nexon claims every game company now uses AI tools. Developers from studios like Strange Scaffold and Necrosoft are calling these claims “bullshit” and refusing to use the technology.
Just weeks after becoming billionaires, Mercor’s founders abruptly canceled an AI project involving thousands of contractors. Hours later, they offered to rehire workers at significantly lower pay rates, sparking outrage among the workforce.
Anthropic is pouring $50 billion into new data centers to power its Claude AI assistant. The massive infrastructure investment comes as cloud providers scramble to meet exploding AI compute demands.
The European Commission is proposing to delay implementation of “high-risk” AI system rules until August 2026, with a potential one-year grace period. Former ECB president Mario Draghi calls for pausing the next phase entirely until drawbacks are better understood. Critics argue the regulations jeop
