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Anduril founder Palmer Luckey told The Verge the company's planned BlueChip laptop, due in 2027, is unlikely to be 100 percent American-made when it ships. He said the display glass, surrounding frame and parts of a ribbon component are set to be built in the US, but sourcing for other parts like memory and CPU/GPU chips still depends on when relevant US fabs come online.
At a hands-on preview event, Apple's redesigned MacBook Pro was shown with a new OLED screen, a Dynamic Island cutout borrowed from the iPhone, and a glowing Apple logo on the lid. The reviewer noted the laptop felt noticeably lighter than the current 14-inch M1 Max model, while keeping an overall design similar to its predecessor.
Apple announced a redesigned MacBook Pro featuring a touchscreen display for the first time on macOS, paired with an OLED panel it calls PROLED XDR. The display reaches 2,000 nits peak brightness, a 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio, and keeps the 120Hz variable refresh rate, while the 14-inch model's weight drops to about 3 pounds.
XREAL has unveiled the Aura, a lightweight pair of XR glasses built with Google and Qualcomm that run Android XR and integrate Google's Gemini assistant. The glasses let users run Android apps, arrange multiple virtual windows, and mirror a laptop screen via USB-C onto a large virtual display without extra software. Pricing starts at $1,099 under a limited-time discount, with shipments expected mid-November.
Microsoft posted first-quarter fiscal 2027 revenue of $92.3 billion, up 19 percent, with net income of $33.6 billion, up 32 percent. The company restructured its financial reporting into two new segments, Agents and Infra and Devices and Consumer, replacing its prior three-segment structure, and will now disclose Azure revenue quarterly. Azure brought in $33.17 billion, up 48 percent year-over-year, while Devices and Consumer revenue fell 3 percent, with Windows OEM revenue down 22 percent amid a weak PC market.
Apple unveiled a new MacBook Pro featuring its first touchscreen and OLED display, branded PROLED XDR, shipping November 6. Pricing starts at $2,900 for the 14-inch M5 Pro model and goes up to $14,549 for a fully configured 16-inch version, with storage now topping out at 16TB.
Lenovo has released the Yoga 9n, a convertible 2-in-1 laptop that emphasizes stylus functionality beyond what most competing tablets or laptops offer. A review of the device notes it comes at a steep price while delivering performance that reviewers found underwhelming relative to its cost.
Microsoft shipped a firmware update on October 22 for the Surface Laptop Ultra that addresses screen flickering, random restarts, and slow reboot times, along with unspecified additional bug fixes and performance improvements. Microsoft says users may need to manually restart their device to complete installation, and the update cannot be uninstalled once applied.
Developer Rafael Rivera found that wallpapers Microsoft emailed to Windows Insiders in mid-October, marking the program's 12th anniversary, carried file metadata showing they were saved using Photoshop on a Mac. Rivera said the ten wallpapers came from Microsoft's in-house design team, and the company has since replaced the files on its design site without comment.
Tom's Hardware Premium published its weekly roundup covering TP-Link's efforts to satisfy US regulators amid scrutiny over its China ties, including a letter of intent with Key Tronic to assemble Wi-Fi 8 routers in Mississippi and nearly $1 billion pledged toward US R&D and manufacturing. The roundup also details testing of Nvidia's new RTX Spark-based Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra for gaming performance, plus an examination of whether costly audiophile-grade headsets are worth it for gamers.
The Verge reviewed Lenovo's Yoga 9n, a 16-inch convertible laptop built on Nvidia's Arm-based RTX Spark processor, which pairs an OLED touchscreen with a magnetic stylus that can also be used on its haptic trackpad. The reviewer highlighted this trackpad-stylus functionality as useful for tasks like photo retouching in Lightroom Classic and Photoshop.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection searches of travelers' laptops and phones increased 32% this year compared to the prior period, according to reported figures. The increase continues a trend of more frequent device inspections at U.S. entry points, affecting both citizens and visitors.