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Former Surface chief Panos Panay left Microsoft for Amazon nearly two years ago, and now rumors are emerging that Amazon is in the early stages of creating a “large-sized foldable device” that might compete with Huawei’s folding laptop. That’s the rumor from Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who says the device, if development progresses, is “projected to enter mass production in late 2026 or 2027.” Perhaps the Surface Neo will finally become an Amazon reality.

The big focuses of Microsoft’s Build 2025 keynote were AI agents, the open agentic web, and Copilot upgrades that aim to solve coding bugs in a pinch. Microsoft’s Azure AI Foundry is also expanding its model list to include Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini from Elon Musk’s xAI. Check out our video for more.

Instead of copying and pasting the text you want to translate, a new feature coming to Edge will let you convert a PDF into over 70 languages by simply clicking the “translate” button in the browser’s address bar. The feature is rolling out to Canary users now, but will be generally available next month.

Microsoft has dropped the $999 variants of the Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7, Windows Central reports, meaning those devices start at $1,199 at the Microsoft Store. The slightly higher price creates more space between the $799 12-inch Surface Pro and $899 13-inch Surface Laptop.

Microsoft’s Skype mobile app points toward Microsoft Teams, as spotted by my colleague Tom Warren. The company shut down Skype for good today.

Per The New York Times: