Live Captions are more useful than I thought they'd be. They not only caption any video you have (like a video of a wedding or graduation, say) but they will also translate any audio -- whether that's on the screen or via the tablet microphone. Just make sure you enable that in the app's settings.

It's the dawn of a new era in Microsoft's eyes as the first wave of Copilot PCs are now available as of June 18. This "new class of Windows PCs," as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella describes them, contains hardware designed to run as many generative AI processes locally as possible, rather than having to rely on data centers. These laptops all have an Arm-based Snapdragon chipset from Qualcomm that includes a neural processing unit (NPU) to handle such tasks. Microsoft has stipulated that Copilot PCs need to have at least 40 TOPs (tera operations per second) of NPU performance, and 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage at minimum. The systems each have a dedicated Copilot button on the keyboard and they're all slated to have strong battery life.

Microsoft announced the Surface Pro 10 for Business and the Surface Laptop 6 for Business on Thursday, as expected. But what differentiates these new Surfaces from earlier models is that these new laptops actually feel like they were designed with businesses in mind -- and the Surface Pro 10 is perfect if you're coming down with spring fever. Microsoft is accepting orders for both devices today, with shipments beginning April 9. Prices begin at 1,199 for both. Consumer versions of the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 are likely due in May. Microsoft has scheduled a second event just before its Build conference, with additional Surface hardware and AI improvements in Copilot and Windows on the table.

The four-legged robot Dyret can adjust the length of its legs to adapt the body to the surface. Along the way, it learns what works best. This way it is better equipped the next time it encounters an unknown environment. The name Dyret (Norwegian for "The Animal") is an acronym for Dynamic Robot for Embodied Testing. "We have shown the benefits of allowing a robot to continuously adapt its body shape. Our physical robot also proves that this can easily be done with today's technology," says senior lecturer Tønnes Nygaard at UiO's Department of Informatics.

This week, a machine came out on top, and an Ivy-League dropout finally got a Harvard degree. A Google-created program called AlphaGo beat its flesh-and-blood opponent, Ke Jie, not once but twice at the game Go. And artificial intelligence isn't just playing games: it is going to be a tool in France to measure whether business students tuning in online are staying attuned to class.

Microsoft stripped the numbers from its new Surface Pro hybrid, and we talk the future of fashion, as well as why the perfect prosthetic hand is still many years way. Meanwhile, Google's AI-powered Go player beat the world's best human Go master. There are, however, still two matches left. The refreshed Surface Pen also adds tilt sensitivity.Microsoft made the Surface Pro both lighter and quieter Microsoft has left the Surface Pro line untouched since late 2015, but the company finally gave it a subtle refresh today. Announced at an event in Shanghai yesterday, the new Surface Pro has updated 7th-gen Intel Core processors and enhanced 12.3-inch PixelSense display, plus an LTE option due later this year. Microsoft calls this "the lightest, the best sounding, the fastest and the quietest Surface Pro ever," and the company was keen to stress that its machine is 1.7 times faster than the iPad Pro.

The technology landscape changed immensely in 2016–especially among the players that influence the digital marketing and advertising environments. Five key technologies played a hand in this year's advancements, but the speed of progress for each varied, and not all lived up to expectations. With the familiar traffic light as our analogy, let's take a deeper look and also consider what 2017 has in store for all of them. I've given each area an objective (but unscientific) status value based on my own observations through the year, defined as follows: From Advertising To Experience Current landscape: Research suggests that U.S. consumers are exposed to between 3,000 and 5,000 commercial messages daily. Little wonder that marketers, who are investing a lot of money and effort in marketing campaign development, still struggle to break through the noise.