Microsoft Research has unveiled Fara-7B, a compact 7-billion parameter AI model designed to run “computer use” agents directly on local devices. By processing screen pixels entirely on-device, the new ...

After decades of using both Google's and Microsoft's productivity suites, it's clear that one continues to deliver the strongest combination of power, flexibility, and collaborative capability. I've ...

Advanced Paste can now perform tasks using local AI models instead of connecting to the cloud. Advanced Paste can now perform tasks using local AI models instead of connecting to the cloud. is a news ...

Enterprises need data, and data needs to be stored, with a flexible, portable environment that scales from developers’ laptops to global clouds. That storage also needs to be able to run on any OS and ...

Upgrading to Windows 11 is still possible even after Windows 10 reached the end of support on October 14, 2025. Although many devices continue to run the retired operating system, switching to Windows ...

ThioJoe demonstrates an official method to set up a local account in Windows Pro without using a Microsoft account, explaining the limitations for Home Edition. He also critiques Microsoft's reasoning ...

Microsoft is broadening its Microsoft 365 Copilot offering with new features aimed at making further foothold in the enterprise, including voice-based interaction, group collaboration tools and an ...

Microsoft keeps nudging users toward signing in with an online account, but you can still complete setup offline and use a local account — the exact method depends on your Windows 11 build. 1- When ...

Abstract: This work presents a 2-mW 70.7-dB SNDR 200-MS/s pipelined-successive-approximation-register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with a continuous-time SAR-assisted detect-and-skip (CTDAS ...

Microsoft is expanding Copilot Actions beyond the web with a new preview in Copilot Labs for Windows Insiders. To catch you up, Copilot Actions already lets users perform tasks like booking tables or ...

The latest Windows 11 Insider Dev build removes all "known mechanisms" that allowed users to bypass the online Microsoft account requirement during Windows 11 setup. Microsoft is cracking down on ...

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