Microsoft’s New ‘Fara-7B’ AI Agent Rivals GPT-4o, Runs Locally on Your PC

Microsoft’s Fara-7B is a 7B-parameter computer-use agent that runs locally on PCs, rivals GPT-4o on web tasks, and adds ...
TweakTown

Microsoft has left behind nearly 1 billion PCs on Windows 10

Microsoft has left behind 1 billion PCs after it severed security updates for Windows 10, according to the latest figures ...

Microsoft debuts Fara-7B, a small ‘computer-use’ model that runs natively on PCs

Microsoft Corp. today showcased its vision of an agentic artificial intelligence future for everyday consumers with the ...

Too many PCs linked to the Microsoft Store? Here’s how to fix it

To get the list of devices linked to Microsoft Store, scroll down to Device Management for Microsoft Store, and select Manage ...

Microsoft Releases Its First Computer Use Agentic SLM

Microsoft today announced Fara-7B, its first agentic small language model (SLM) designed for computer use.

Microsoft is speeding up the Teams desktop client for Windows

Microsoft says it will add a new Teams call handler beginning in January 2026 to reduce launch times and boost call ...
USA Today

No Microsoft announcement about disabling computers sharing fringe content | Fact check

A Feb. 3 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows the headline of an article with a picture of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. "Microsoft To Disable Computers of Users Who Share ...
Reuters

Fact Check: Microsoft did not say computers sharing 'non-mainstream content' will be disabled

Microsoft did not announce plans to disable computers of people who share “non-mainstream content" online to combat misinformation in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, contrary to what posts shared ...