Think that Microsoft Office’s Clippy was a joke? Microsoft didn’t–Google Patents holds proof of the serious effort that the company poured into ever-unpopular animated “helpers” like Clippy, Microsoft ...

The cloud-filled background is calming, but those shoe charms throw these Crocs into the realm of an SNL skit. Crocs are an infamously ugly shoe style that was listed on Time's 50 worst inventions.

Clippy, the animated paper clip that annoyed Microsoft Office users nearly three decades ago, might have just been ahead of its time. Microsoft introduced a new artificial intelligence character ...

A video animation shows a Copilot Appearance avatar called Mico, floating around an abstract environment during a presentation at Microsoft's Fall 2025 Copilot Sessions event on Wednesday, Oct. 22, ...