Ewan Spence: "After what seems an age (and three years between flagship smartphones is more than an age), Microsoft returns to the world of smartphones with a pair of handsets designed around Windows 10. I’m looking at the smaller of the two handsets, the Lumia 950, and while it’s one of the best Windows smartphones I’ve used in a few years, the improvements that Microsoft has made and the advances in software have not been enough to keep up with Android and iOS. Technically accomplished, and with many intriguing features, the Lumia 950 shows just how far Microsoft has fallen behind the competition in mobile, and the herculean gap it has to overcome to find parity with the iPhones and Galaxys of the modern smartphone world."
And, for once, some of what it can do looks genuinely useful.
Microsoft is laying off more employees, a new round after they cut thousands last year. It seems like many big tech companies are doing the same.
Amidst the AI frenzy of 2023, major players like Google, Microsoft, and Meta are in the spotlight, launching their own generative AI systems.
