Intel stock dropped nearly 29% to close at $65.76 on Friday, its worst single-day performance since 1974, despite beating Wall Street's earnings estimates for the quarter. The company's fourth-quarter revenue forecast of $15-16 billion fell well short of the $17 billion analysts expected, with Intel citing a projected 12% drop in PC shipments in 2026 due to rising memory prices, plus a fab shutdown in Israel following a fatal explosion.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-31
Microsoft has launched the Surface Laptop Ultra, a new flagship Windows laptop built around Nvidia's new RTX Spark N1X 'superchip,' aimed at handling on-device AI, gaming and content creation in one machine. At 4.4 pounds, it's lighter than the 16-inch MacBook Pro but is the thickest among the new wave of N1X-powered laptops, including HP's OmniBook Ultra.
wired.com
· 2026-10-16
Microsoft and Qualcomm confirmed at the Snapdragon 2026 Summit that they will no longer market new Surface and Snapdragon-powered PCs as 'Copilot+' devices, even though the underlying AI features remain unchanged. Surface VP Brett Ostrum and Qualcomm's Kedar Kondap both told Windows Central the companies still emphasize AI capabilities, just without the Copilot+ label that debuted with Arm-based Windows PCs in 2024.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-25
At Gamescom 2026, Dwarf Fortress co-creator Tarn Adams told PC Gamer that executives are chasing a fantasy where AI lets a CEO generate games at the push of a button while cutting the workforce that makes them possible. He argued this mirrors broader corporate behavior, citing his own father losing a job at a sewage plant because management didn't understand the technical work he did.
pcgamer.com
· 2026-09-01
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