Microsoft Edge becomes AI browser

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The browser wars are back, except this time everyone's fighting over who gets to be your digital butler instead of who renders web pages fastest.

Microsoft scrambling to add AI to Edge right after OpenAI drops Atlas is the corporate equivalent of "me too!" shouted across a crowded room. Neither company is really innovating - they're just racing to be first to wrap ChatGPT around your browsing history.

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TODAY IN AI
Microsoft turns Edge into an AI-powered browser

Microsoft gave its Edge browser a serious upgrade and now it’s starting to act like your own personal AI assistant on the web.

The new Copilot Mode turns Edge into more than just a browser. It can look at all your open tabs, summarize what’s inside them, compare stuff side by side, and even handle basic tasks like booking hotels or filling out forms. It’s basically Microsoft’s version of the “AI browser” everyone’s been talking about lately.

You can also try new features like Copilot Actions, which lets the AI unsubscribe you from marketing emails or make online reservations, and Copilot Journeys, which uses your browsing history to group related topics and help you pick up where you left off.

It’s not flawless yet, though. Copilot sometimes messes up tasks or picks the wrong dates Microsoft even warns that it can “make mistakes.” But it’s clearly part of a bigger move: turning Edge into a full AI-powered workspace that helps you browse, organize, and act faster.

And the timing is pretty wild. This update dropped just after OpenAI launched its Atlas browser, and honestly, they look almost identical. The real difference will come down to how smart each one gets and which AI you’ll actually want following you around online.

TECH BARISTA
OpenAI turns your Mac into an AI co-pilot

OpenAI just bought a small startup called Software Applications, the team behind an unreleased Mac app called Sky basically an AI assistant that lives right on your desktop and helps you get stuff done. It can see what’s on your screen, understand context, and even take action inside your apps while you’re writing, planning, or coding. Think of it like ChatGPT with hands.

The people behind Sky aren’t random either. Ari Weinstein and Conrad Kramer are the same duo who built Workflow, the app Apple bought years ago and turned into Shortcuts. Their third co-founder, Kim Beverett, worked at Apple for nearly a decade on major projects like Safari, Messages, and FaceTime. So yeah, OpenAI just grabbed a team that knows how to build smooth, user-first software.

The deal details aren’t public, but Sky had raised around $6.5 million from folks like Sam Altman and Figma’s Dylan Field. It’s a small acquisition, but strategically, it’s huge.

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GADGETS BARISTA
Redmi K90 Pro Max goes full beast mode

The Redmi K90 Pro Max is basically Redmi going full beast mode. This thing is packed to the edge it’s got the new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, a huge 7,560mAh silicon-carbon battery, and crazy-fast charging with 100W wired and 50W wireless speeds. It’s the kind of phone that wants to outlast, outperform, and outshine anything near its price.

The coolest part though is the sound system. Redmi didn’t stop at dual speakers they threw in a dedicated woofer on the back and tuned the whole setup with Bose. So it’s a proper 2.1 channel system, not just loud, but deep and full. It’s basically the first phone that takes its bass as seriously as its camera.

Speaking of cameras, you get three 50MP sensors a flagship main sensor from the Xiaomi 17, a 5x periscope telephoto, and an ultrawide. On the front, there’s a 6.9-inch OLED display with 120Hz refresh rate and up to 3,500 nits brightness. It’s huge, bright, and smooth, just the way you’d want it for gaming or videos.

Design-wise, there’s a clean black, white, and a cool denim-blue finish, plus a Lamborghini Champion Edition if you want extra flex. Prices start at CNY 3,999 ($561) and go up to CNY 5,499 ($771) for the top model.

STARTUP BAR
Tensormesh teaches AI to remember and run faster

The AI world’s burning through GPUs fast, and everyone’s trying to get more performance without buying more hardware. Tensormesh thinks it has the answer. The startup just came out of stealth with $4.5 million in funding to make AI inference way more efficient.

Their tech comes from an open-source project called LMCache, built by co-founder Yihua Cheng, which helps AI models remember what they’ve already processed instead of redoing the same work. That simple trick can cut inference costs by up to 10x, and it’s already caught attention from Google and Nvidia.

Most AI systems throw away their KV cache after every query Tensormesh keeps and reuses it. That’s a big deal for chatbots and agent AIs that need constant context. Instead of building all that complexity in-house, companies can just plug in Tensormesh and go.

While everyone else is chasing more GPUs, Tensormesh is chasing smarter memory and that might be the real game-changer.