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As part of its now-live early Black Friday deals, Best Buy is knocking up to $400 off Microsoft’s latest 2026 Surface Laptop Copilot+ PCs, with prices starting from $1,199.99 shipped. The ongoing discounts are now live across both the 13.8-inch and 15-inch Surface Laptop models, with several configurations dropping to the lowest prices we’ve tracked…

Microsoft’s AI diagnostic system correctly diagnosed complex medical cases in a simulation more than twice as often as generalist physicians, according to a study published Thursday in Science. Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft AI’s CEO, called the result a step toward “medical superintelligence.”

In 2024, Microsoft told the European Commission that Google was the only company vertically integrated at every AI layer, from chips to a mobile app store, and that “everybody else must rely on partnerships to innovate and compete.”

Brad Smith said the lack of US action gives the UK a unique opening to lead in terms of regulating AI.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is the latest tech executive to offer lengthy thoughts on how AI safety might be improved.

Microsoft has unveiled a new magnetic USB-C charging system for its upcoming Surface Laptop Ultra, combining the convenience of Apple’s MagSafe with the versatility of a standard USB-C port.

Microsoft announced a launch date for its new Surface Laptop Ultra: October 18th, with a starting price of $2,599 for the lowest-tier configuration (and going up to $6,000 from there). It dropped the news at a showcase event in San Francisco on Wednesday, attended by Satya Nadella and Jensen Huang, the CEOs of Microsoft and…

The developer-focused desktop PC is available to preorder now, and it will start shipping in November.

It’s time for my quarterly report card on how Microsoft is progressing with its campaign to fix Windows 11. You may recall that my first report was published at the start of July, and I was largely full of praise given what happened to Windows 11 in those first three months.

For the past few years, Microsoft’s Copilot client lineup has been a fragmented mess, with its consumer chatbot and its enterprise-focused AI tools sharing a brand name while sporting wildly different interfaces and feature sets.