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Read the full briefMicrosoft releases new Nvidia-chip AI PCs with revamped Windows 11 TechCrunch Microsoft debuts Nvidia-powered Surface Laptop Ultra, as it aims for AI market Yahoo Finance Here’s the magnetic USB-C port that Microsoft built. The Verge Building Windows for hybrid intelligence Windows Blog Windows and Surface October 2026 news Microsoft Source
The Surface Laptop Ultra finally has a release date — and a starting price of $2,599 The Verge Microsoft looks to reboot the AI PC with Nvidia Axios Microsoft to sell $2,599 Surface Laptop Ultra containing Nvidia AI chip CNBC Microsoft, Nvidia CEOs to unveil new AI laptop at San Francisco event Reuters Microsoft Windows and Surface event 2026: Live updates on the Surface Laptop Ultra and NVIDIA RTX Spark Engadget
Microsoft finally confirms Surface Laptop Ultra pricing and release date, along with world's first breakaway USB-C port Windows Central Microsoft looks to reboot the AI PC with Nvidia Axios Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra Wants to Bring the 'Only Laptop You'll Ever Need' Experience to PCs Gizmodo Microsoft, Nvidia CEOs to unveil new AI laptop at San Francisco event Reuters Microsoft Windows and Surface event 2026: Live updates on the Surface Laptop Ultra and NVIDIA RTX Spark Engadget
Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is available for preorder for $5,999 The Verge Microsoft to sell $2,599 Surface Laptop Ultra containing Nvidia AI chip CNBC Pre-order our most powerful Surface devices ever Windows Blog Microsoft, Nvidia CEOs to unveil new AI laptop at San Francisco event Reuters Everything announced at Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra event The Verge
Xbox has secured exclusive GTA 6 streaming rights The Verge GTA 6 Will Reportedly Be Playable on PC at Launch Via Xbox's Cloud Streaming Service IGN Xbox Lands Exclusive Streaming Rights For GTA 6 At Launch Kotaku Xbox secures exclusive GTA 6 streaming rights — The Verge UA.NEWS
Cornell University protests escalate with spray paint and broken glass The Washington Post How Cornell Punished Each of the 7 Men Accused of Sexual Assault nytimes.com Students vandalize Cornell building over handling of gang-rape allegations The Guardian Activists Smash Windows, Graffiti Day Hall ‘for Jane Doe’ The Cornell Daily Sun Cornell police tried to get phone records in Jane Doe’s sex assault investigation. Her lawyer says records never got to DA CNN
Republic of Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson says he is "delighted" this most trying of international windows is over and hopes "no national team to go through what we have gone through over the last two weeks".
‘I couldn’t let everybody else die,’ says hero Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar CNN I opened cockpit door of plane while being attacked, Indian pilot tells Modi BBC Trump says Iran will be hit ‘very hard’ if it is behind copilot who tried to crash flight to Israel apnews.com El Al says today’s repatriation flights canceled due to UAE pulling approval The Times of Israel In-flight attack on FlyDubai pilot puts aviation security measures under fresh scrutiny Dallas News
Records show Vineland facility in New Jersey emitted health-harming pollution before regulators stepped in DataOne, the Microsoft-linked New Jersey datacenter recently hit with a $1m fine for running unpermitted generators, emitted large amounts of health-harming air pollution for nearly a year before state regulators stepped in, according to public records obtained by Floodlight. The Vineland facility’s 62 gas-fired generators became public in August after a Floodlight/Guardian visual investiga
ATO database names big companies – including Microsoft subsidiary and Netflix – that pay little corporate tax but notes there could be legitimate reasons Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Microsoft’s datacentre business and the Optus parent Singtel are among a string of major corporations generating billions of dollars in revenue in Australia while paying zero income tax. Well-known multinationals including Netfl
Xbox officially announces Mythic Achievements, rolling out to Insiders today TrueAchievements Xbox’s Mythic Achievements are here and they’re just like PlayStation Platinum trophies The Verge ‘Mythic Achievements’ now available for Xbox Insiders Gematsu Microsoft launches testing of Mythic Achievements for Xbox — The Verge UA.NEWS Xbox to get its "platinum": first details of Mythic revealed ixbt.games
Moscow’s jet-powered drones pummel Ukraine’s capital in switch to daytime attacks Europe live – latest updates Russia has hit the National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv with a drone, killing at least one person in the latest daytime attack on Ukraine’s capital. Flames tore through the historic building on Monday as people clambered out of first- and second-floor windows to escape, in dramatic scenes increasingly familiar in the heavily bombarded city. Continue reading...
Wall Street ends higher as investors buy AI stocks; Microsoft rallies Reuters Dow jumps more than 470 points Friday; stocks notch winning week despite Treasury yield surge: Live updates CNBC Yields Subside, Stocks Breathe Easier WSJ Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq rise as investors shake off bond sell-off woes Yahoo Finance World shares mostly advance after global bond sell-off and drop in oil prices ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
Plans to modernise ‘Paris’s ugliest building’ at a standstill after clashes over plans and pricing It has been called a carbuncle on the Paris skyline, a sombre skyscraper where visitors to its viewing platform often joke that the city looks better when you can’t see the building itself. The much-maligned Tour Montparnasse, a lone, dark monolith with tinted windows rising above a historic neighbourhood in the south of the city, is once again at the centre of controversy after its long-awaited re
Microsoft refreshes its smaller Surface Pro and Laptop with Qualcomm’s X2 Plus The Verge Microsoft’s new Surface Mouse has haptic feedback and a customizable action button The Verge Introducing the next Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch with Snapdragon X2 Plus: Greater performance that travels light blogs.windows.com Microsoft’s new 2026 Surface Pro 12-inch and Laptop 13-inch bring Snapdragon X2 Plus power and 5G connectivity Windows Central Microsoft's New Surface Pro 12 And Su
Trump reveals millions of dollars' worth of share deals in big tech and AI BBC Trump discloses more than 1,100 July trades, including up to $25 million each in sales of Microsoft, Amazon CNBC President Trump’s money managers made more than 1,100 trades in July CNN Trump made over 1,000 July stock trades worth up to $270m, filings reveal theguardian.com Trump sells tens of millions in AI, tech shares, led by Microsoft South China Morning Post
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