{
  "id": 14066063,
  "title": "Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wants your PC to become 'an infinite software factory' in final blow to the app store concept — but I'm afraid businesses won't bite the AI apple",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-wants-your-pc-to-become-an-infinite",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-12T23:20:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/pro/satya-nadella-wants-your-pc-to-become-an-infinite-software-factory-in-final-blow-to-the-app-store-concept-but-im-afraid-businesses-wont-bite-the-ai-apple"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced at the recent Windows and Surface event that the company's Copilot and local AI can turn every Windows PC into an infinite software factory, with no need to spend cloud tokens. Rather than killing app stores, Microsoft is moving app hosting into Copilot. Nadella stated, \"Your PC becomes an infinite software factory.\" This new concept is part of Microsoft's ambition to offer unmetered intelligence on every desk and home. While IT leaders remain wary of citizen-built tools, Microsoft's engineers emphasize that local inference does not make sessions offline, and the routing for this feature will be available later this month. Microsoft claims that with hybrid intelligence, Copilot can take action directly on the PC, keep sensitive work on the device, and build any software needed on the desktop without any cloud token spend. However, Microsoft's own engineers caution that local inference does not make sessions offline, and the routing for this feature will not ship until the end of October 2026. The new generation of devices, such as the Surface Laptop Ultra, powered by NVIDIA RTX Spark, will bring this concept to life.",
  "summary": "Microsoft wants every employee building apps with Copilot, but with 93% of tech leaders worried about vibe-coded tools, I don't expect IT to just hand over the keys.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}