"It looks like you’ve clicked on an article about 'Clippy.' Would you like to know more?" For a generation of Microsoft Office users, "Clippy’s" cheerful, if occasionally intrusive, pop-ups were an ...

Microsoft has added Clippy into Microsoft Teams as part of a sticker pack. “Clippy has agreed to come out of retirement! Whether you loved him or hated him, Clippy is back with a Retro Sticker Pack in ...

A tiny anthropomorphized paperclip is making a comeback as people revive Clippy’s memory in protest. Remember Clippy, a ...

In case you missed it, likely by being born too late, "Clippy" was arguably Microsoft's first virtual assistant. In operation from Microsoft Office 97 to Office 2007, Clippy popped up in Microsoft ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Clippy hasn't had an easy life. Microsoft's iconic but polarizing virtual assistant first appeared in Windows 97 as a small paperclip to help Microsoft Office users. It was given the ...

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 ...

AI always reminds me of Clippy, the infamous talking paperclip added to Microsoft Office in the '90s. This little guy frustrated users, was based on a faulty understanding of how people want to use ...

Does the name Clippy ring a bell? If it does not, it might be easier for Microsoft users to recall the paper clip-shaped talking animation with googly eyes everyone thought disappeared from existence ...

Baby boomer Bill Gates may remember the 1960s "Paul is dead" rumor that dogged Beatle Paul McCartney. Now, the Microsoft chairman is spinning his own urban myth for the millennium generation: Clippy's ...

If you used Microsoft years ago, you may remember Clippy, an animated paperclip with big eyebrows and even bigger eyes. The tool was established in 1997, developing lovers and haters alike, as he ...

COMMENTARY--Last week, Microsoft announced that its much-maligned Office Assistant, a.k.a. "Clippy," would be turned off by default in the just-released Microsoft Office XP. The official spin was that ...

Microsoft's Clippy, the cartoon paperclip helper, might come back as an emoji, the company said. More than 320,000 users across Twitter and Instagram have said they want to bring Clippy back. Clippy ...