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TODAY'S FEATURED STORY

A Surface History: Microsoft's Ever-Evolving Vision for the Future of Computing

With its wide-ranging family of hardware, Microsoft has reimagined how we compute—again and again. As the company turns 50, let's revisit the twists and turns of its transformative Surface line.

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The $449 Switch 2 Is Having a PlayStation Vita Moment—and I Hate It

The high cost of Nintendo's new console harkens back to Sony's doomed handheld.

Trump Tariffs Could Push iPhone Costs as High as $2,300

The iPhone 16 Pro Max, which tops out at $1,599, could retail for almost $2,300—but only if manufacturing hubs can't lower their tariff rates and Apple passes on the extra cost to you.

AI for Interior Design: How I Used ChatGPT to Pick the Perfect Paint Color

OpenAI's new image generator helped me narrow down hues from well-known brands by creating mockups of each room in my house—no paintbrush required.

The General Public Is a Lot More Worried About AI Than AI Experts

AI pessimism is even more common among female AI experts than male experts, Pew Research finds. But there's one area where everyone agrees.

FCC to Weigh Loosening Power Limit Rules for Starlink

SpaceX has been urging the FCC to revise the 'equivalent power flux density' rules, calling them outdated and a barrier to delivering better Starlink service.

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Apple's M4 Silicon Tested and Compared—in All the New Macs

We stacked up the very latest iMac, Mac Mini, Mac Studio, and MacBook Air and Pro models to see how the different flavors and implementations of Apple's M4 chips perform.