A week with RTX Spark: everything we’ve learned using Nvidia’s new laptops

Nvidia’s RTX Spark N1X processor is finally here, and we’ve been collectively testing a small fortune’s worth of powerful laptops sporting this new “superchip.” RTX Spark is designed to be…

Surface Laptop Ultra review: a different kind of MacBook Pro

After setting up Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra, I spent five minutes just staring at it. I wasn’t surprised by its MacBook Pro-like design or blown away by its bright display.…

Nvidia, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta gave Trump a combined $92 million for his ballroom

We knew that a number of big tech firms were helping to fund the construction of Trump’s ballroom, but we didn’t know just how much they were giving to the…

Microsoft’s new Photos app combines your PC, OneDrive, and iCloud galleries

Microsoft has redesigned its Photos app for Windows 11, overhauling the editor and image viewer, and combining photos and videos from your PC, OneDrive, and iCloud into a single space.…

Microsoft and Japan took down a cybercrime network behind over a billion scam messages

Since January 2026, YAM Store, CoGUI and Iron Man have collectively enabled more than one billion malicious messages targeting over 75,000 organizations worldwide, including more than 750 million messages geared…

Microsoft has a new machine learning tool to improve weather forecasts

Old-school physics-based weather forecasting and even new AI models typically become less reliable beyond two weeks, a problem Microsoft claims to have solved using machine learning. Researchers with the company…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella ‘remembers’ the review of an acquisition he sat through with Bill Gates that still haunts him; says: I got out of the meeting thinking …

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently recalled a meeting with Bill Gates that still continues to haunt him. Speaking on the Confession with Ali Partovi podcast, Satya…

Xbox is officially embracing the chaos of AI-powered game ports

Team, The first video games emerged some 75 years ago. In the time since, there have been booms and busts, but every year there are more great games to play,…

Microsoft president says UK is best placed to drive AI regulation | TechCrunch

Microsoft president Brad Smith is calling for urgent regulation of AI, and his argument is that consumer products like milk and washing machines have more oversight than the companies building…

Learning to use local AI is exciting, overwhelming, and frustrating

I’m embarking on a journey I’ve so far been hesitant to go on: actually using AI on the regular. Giving my most personal data to cloud services has been a…