Microsoft's choice to end support for the second-gen Surface Duo fits into its larger plan to slim down its Surface device lineup. This decision comes almost a year after Panos Panay, the former head of Windows and Surface, left the company. With the Surface Duo line officially wrapped up, it looks like Microsoft has no plans to bring it back.

When Microsoft debuted the Surface Duo 2 in October 2021, the company pledged to provide three years of software updates for the dual-screen device. Since then, the company has released just one platform update for the Duo 2,

The Windows giant ventured into the Android foldable market after years of development with the Surface Duo in 2020, though the device failed to gain major traction due to better competition, subpar specs,

Key Takeaways Analysts at Oppenheimer downgraded shares of Microsoft from "outperform" to "perform" on Tuesday.That's rare on Wall Street, with nearly all of the analysts currently tracking the software giant holding "buy" or equivalent ratings.

Oppenheimer analyst Timothy Horan downgraded shares of Microsoft to Perform from Outperform without a price target on Tuesday, citing concerns about AI spendin. Microsoft is one m

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is seen as a prime beneficiary of AI adoption. After all, it is heavily invested in OpenAI, the brains behind ChatGPT.