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It was the original virtual assistant, released years before Siri, Alexa, and Bixby. Now, almost two decades after it was axed, Microsoft's Clippy is officially back. The friendly anthropomorphic ...

Microsoft's Clippy has been resurrected for a cameo appearance in the company's latest Copilot update, which broadly aims to make its AI assistant more friendly, warm, and human-centered in its ...

Today, Microsoft introduced Mico, a new and more personal avatar for the AI-powered Copilot digital assistant, which the company describes as human-centered. This new avatar is designed to be more ...

With more than 170 closed security vulnerabilities, Microsoft's Microsoft's patch day this month was unusually extensive. Among other things, 17 fixes for critical vulnerabilities are available for ...

What if Clippy were powered by AI? That seems to be the pitch behind Microsoft's new "expressive, customizable and warm" face of Copilot's voice mode. The friendly blob listens, reacts and changes ...

Copilot now has its own virtual character for its voice mode. Copilot now has its own virtual character for its voice mode. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things ...

Now that Microsoft is not-quite-forcing you to upgrade to Windows 11, it’s time for them to take break, let you settle in, lay off some of the heavy-handed marketing that’s been the company’s staple ...

Microsoft is clearly distancing itself further and further from OpenAI. After its first large language model, the company is now also introducing its first in-house developed image generator.

The Kestrel web server flaw allows request smuggling attacks, but the actual risk depends on the application code and deployment. Microsoft has patched a critical vulnerability in ASP.NET Core that ...

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