Due to rose-tinted retro spectacles, people may have forgotten their frustrations with Clippy.

Close enough: Welcome back, Clippy. Microsoft Copilot announced it has updated its AI companion to bolster its personality and appearance — and it has given it a name. Say hello to Mico. "Copilot now ...

Clippy has become an unlikely protest symbol against Big Tech. The trend started when YouTuber Louis Rossmann posted a video earlier this month titled “Change your profile picture to clippy. I’m ...

(NEXSTAR) – A tiny anthropomorphized paperclip is making a comeback as people revive Clippy’s memory in protest. Remember Clippy, a paperclip with floating eyes that served as Microsoft Office’s ...

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 ...

Microsoft’s (MSFT) AI-powered Copilot is getting a major update that the company says makes it feel more personal, and that includes giving it a name and face. Mico, short for Microsoft Copilot, is ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

As an elder millennial, I remember Clippy well. I don't remember Microsoft Office's animated paperclip fondly, but I'll never forget him. The rarely helpful assistant would pop up to make suggestions ...

Microsoft 365 may be all the rage now, but there were also simpler times when the only version offered by Microsoft for its Office products was the "perpetual" version. To be clear, it still exists, ...

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 ...

If you’re an IT veteran, you probably remember Clippy. Claiming to be a friendly digital assistant, he popped up out of the blue and badgered you with unhelpful suggestions while you were trying to ...