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Microsoft has open-sourced MarkItDown, a tool that can convert PDF, Word, Excel, PPT and other files into well-structured Markdown format with a single click, making it easy to feed directly into LLMs. It has garnered over 138k stars on GitHub.
Microsoft and NVIDIA are collaborating to integrate Grace Blackwell chips into laptops, aiming to challenge Apple's six-year dominance with Apple Silicon.
Nvidia announced the RTX Spark CPU for AI agent PCs, partnering with major PC makers like Microsoft, Dell, and HP, aiming to capture a $200B market.
Microsoft announces the Surface Laptop Ultra, its first high-end Arm-based PC powered by Nvidia's RTX Spark chip, offering up to 128GB of unified memory for creators, developers, and AI builders, positioning it as a direct competitor to Apple's MacBook Pro.
NVIDIA launched the RTX Spark superchip at GTC Taipei, designed for local AI agents with 1 petaflop performance and 128GB unified memory, supported by Microsoft and Adobe. Separately, Sysdig documented the first fully autonomous LLM agent cyberattack with zero human intervention.
Microsoft is canceling Claude Code licenses in its Experiences plus Devices group (Windows, M365, Teams, Surface engineers) by June 30 and shifting to GitHub Copilot CLI for fiscal year-end cost control and tool unification.
This article criticizes GitHub for frequent outages, poor reliability, and prioritizing AI features over fundamental infrastructure, arguing it reflects broader decay in big tech software services.
Microsoft is set to announce new AI models including its first reasoning model, MAI-Thinking-1, along with Windows 11 developer experience improvements and Copilot updates at its Build conference.
Nous Research announces Hermes Agent, developed with Nvidia, running on the new NVIDIA RTX Spark superchip and integrating with Microsoft's security primitives via OpenShell runtime.
The FTC is investigating Microsoft for potential antitrust violations in its cloud services and AI industry practices, following complaints about licensing terms that may stifle competition.
Microsoft announces the Surface Laptop Ultra at Computex 2026, a high-end laptop powered by NVIDIA RTX SPARK with 128GB unified memory and a mini-LED display, positioned as a direct rival to the MacBook Pro.
The article discusses the shift of AI from data centers to laptops and desktops, driven by Nvidia's new Arm-based processors and Microsoft's AI integration, leading to a major enterprise hardware upgrade cycle.
Microsoft proposes the SkillOpt method, which treats documents as trainable parameters. By optimizing natural language documents without modifying weights, it improves model performance. It achieves 52 consecutive wins across 6 benchmarks, with GPT-5.5 improving by 23.5 points and Claude Code by 19.1 points.
Microsoft unveils the Surface Laptop Ultra, a high-performance laptop co-engineered with NVIDIA, featuring up to 128GB unified memory, a Blackwell RTX GPU, and 1 petaflop of AI compute for creators and AI builders.
Microsoft is planning to unveil a unified Copilot super app at Build 2026, with new screenshots revealing a coding surface with GitHub Copilot integration and a Cowork tab for data aggregation. The app aims to consolidate scattered tools into a single home.
Microsoft's Markitdown tool converts PDFs to markdown, saving tokens and cost when feeding documents to AI models like Claude, but requires caution with scanned PDFs, charts, and complex tables.
Microsoft will remotely degrade perpetually-licensed Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac to view-only mode in July 2026 due to certificate expiration, contradicting earlier assurances that the apps would continue to function.
GitHub Copilot is switching from a flat subscription fee to a token-based billing model, causing developer outrage as costs could skyrocket for heavy users. The change has sparked debate over usage habits and Microsoft's pricing strategy.
Microsoft is facing backlash for threatening legal action against a security researcher who publicly posted zero-day exploits, with critics highlighting the company's inconsistent history with vulnerability disclosure.
Nvidia, Microsoft, and Arm are teasing Nvidia's upcoming N1X Arm-powered laptop chips ahead of Computex. The chips will end Qualcomm's exclusivity in Windows on Arm, boosting competition in the laptop market.