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The Verge’s hands-on reveals what works — and what doesn’t — on Microsoft’s $5,899 AI-first laptop.
Reviews of the Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra from Wired and Gizmodo detail a $2,600 starting price, a nearly $6,000 top configuration, a bright Mini-LED screen and the compromises of Nvidia's new ARM chip.
9-1-1 Season 10 live stream: where to watch — October 17, 2026, at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT / 5 p.m. PT on ABC in the US; October 18 at 1 a.m. BST on Disney+ in the UK; November launch expected in Australia on Disney+; October 17 at 8 p.m. ET on GlobalTV and StackTV in Canada.
Blockintosh runs Minecraft Bedrock Edition on Apple Silicon Macs and enables full crossplay with all other Bedrock platforms — but it’s unofficial, unannounced by Mojang, and currently limited to Discord-based previews.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra launches globally at $2099 / Rs 1,74,999 — no Flip sibling, no Exynos option, and one upgraded camera among otherwise iterative refinements.
Amazon has begun discounting pre-orders of Apple's new Apple TV 4K, pricing it at $289.99 shipped while some direct Apple orders have slipped to late November, according to 9to5Toys.
HP is running steep discounts on laptops, monitors and printers through HP.com this week, including a ProBook cut to $501 and a ZBook Fury workstation at $1,509, Wired's coupon roundup reports.
Tulsa King season 4 starts streaming Friday, October 16 — here's where it's available, what it costs, and why Indian viewers are locked out.
Samsung has set a mid-October deadline for Qualcomm to fix thermal throttling in the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chip—or the Galaxy S27 Ultra will launch with Samsung’s own Exynos 2700 instead.
OpenAI has rolled out GPT-Live-1.1, its latest voice model for the ChatGPT app — and with it, a broader, more regionally tailored set of voices across six languages, including Hindi, Japanese, Korean, French, German and Mexican Spanish.
KB5127648 breaks Smart App Control on some Windows 11 24H2+ devices — but only if it was previously disabled. Microsoft offers registry and Group Policy workarounds for IT admins. No consumer fix is available.
Google Home now supports local Matter control for Philips Hue lights, improving responsiveness and enabling operation without internet. The upgrade rolls out automatically, alongside refreshed smart home controls and minor Gemini for Home improvements.
Samsung's internal lab evaluations show Qualcomm's 2nm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 throttling heavily under prolonged workloads, prompting a request for thermal fixes this month.
Honeycomb will release the Echo Aviation Controller XPC on November 20 for $179.99, bringing dedicated flight simulation controls and swappable throttle sliders to Xbox and PC players.
Samsung has scheduled the Galaxy F70 5G India launch for October 18. Teased on Flipkart below Rs 20,000, it brings a 120Hz AMOLED screen, Gorilla Glass Victus, and OIS.
Samsung is testing its in-house Exynos 2700 for the Galaxy S27 Ultra following thermal issues with Qualcomm silicon, while regulatory listings reveal a reshuffled four-phone lineup with stripped-back connectivity.
Apple iPhone Duo pre-orders open in India today at 5:30 PM IST — the first time the company’s long-rumoured foldable is available for booking. It arrives as Apple’s most expensive iPhone yet, with prices starting at Rs 2,99,900 for the 256GB model and climbing to Rs 4,49,900 for the 2TB variant. Sales begin October 23.
Vivo V80 launches globally with Zeiss-branded telephoto, AI-powered portrait tools, and a 7,200mAh battery — priced at ₹34,999 in India, $499 in the US.
Dell XPS Googlebook launches at $999 (US) and ₹84,990 (India) — Snapdragon X Elite, 16GB RAM, 512GB storage, 13.4-inch 2.5K 120Hz LCD. No OLED. No 2-in-1. No desktop Android apps. But it’s here — and shipping now.
Southwest Airlines will equip all 810 of its Boeing 737s with Starlink in-flight Wi-Fi by fall 2027 — making it the first major U.S. airline to complete a full fleetwide rollout of SpaceX’s low-Earth-orbit broadband service.
SANDMARC has launched a full-grain leather case for the iPhone Duo — and it’s available for pre-order now.
Linux now boots on PS5 consoles running firmware up to 13.60 — a jump from the previous hard cutoff at 7.61.
OpenAI has upgraded its ChatGPT Chrome extension so the chatbot can view open browser tabs to compare information, or in Work mode, control them to fill forms, send messages and organize tabs into groups.
Link to Windows beta adds remote shutdown, restart, sleep, and update-install controls for Windows PCs — all from Android.