How-To Geek on MSN

Ollama is the open-source app that finally made free local AI useful on my PC

Ollama made local AI feel less like a developer experiment and more like something I could actually use on my PC.
How-To Geek on MSN

Setting up a local LLM is the easy part—here's what you need to do with it next

Put your local AI to work.
Virtualization Review

Running AI Locally, Part 2: From VMware Context to Hands-On Tools

Tom Fenton moves from local AI concepts to hands-on tools for matching LLMs to hardware, running local chatbots with Ollama and benchmarking AI performance.
techtimes

WSL 3 at Build 2026: Near-Native GPU and NPU Passthrough Brings Local AI to Windows

Microsoft previewed Windows Subsystem for Linux 3 at its Build 2026 keynote in San Francisco on Tuesday, delivering the architectural overhaul that AI-focused developers on Windows have been waiting ...
Microsoft

Microsoft announces Fabric Go Local and Windows 365 Link Device Availability in Singapore

SINGAPORE, 9 April 2026 – Microsoft today announced the availability of Microsoft Fabric Go Local in Singapore to support data residency needs for government and regulated workloads, along with ...
TechCrunch

Speechify’s Windows app uses local models for transcription and dictation

Voice AI company Speechify just launched a native Windows app that employs locally stored models to enable dictation across apps, and reading aloud articles, documents, or PDFs using its library of ...
InfoWorld

Windows PCs fade away

The era of true ownership is ending as cloud services and AI are transforming the PC. What does this mean for user control? Last month, I met with a mid-sized law firm facing a common dilemma. Their ...
Virtualization Review

Copilot AI: What You're Missing on Windows 10 PCs

Windows 11 includes a system-level Copilot integrated into the operating system, while Windows 10 supports Copilot only through browser-based or web-app surfaces. Copilot on Windows 11 can initiate ...
CNBC

Microsoft will test a Copilot AI feature that performs work on local files in Windows 11

Microsoft will bring its Copilot Actions feature that can perform certain tasks to its Windows 11 operating system, enabling work with locally stored files. It's coming first to people in the Windows ...
Neowin

Copilot on Windows can now work with your local files while you do something else

If you have a bunch of files to edit but no free time, you can now ask Copilot on Windows to do it for you. Today, Microsoft announced several important upgrades for the Copilot app on Windows. It now ...
ZDNet

Microsoft just blocked a popular way to set up a local account in Windows 11 - here's what still works

Microsoft is blocking another way to choose a local account in Windows 11. You'd force a local account by disconnecting from the network. The block is currently in place in the latest Windows 11 ...
PC World

Microsoft kills two more ways to install Windows 11 with local accounts

Microsoft is tightening the reins on new installations of Windows 11 with stricter Microsoft account requirements. As participants in the Windows Insider Program have ...