This ultra-thin Lenovo laptop concept uses solid-state cooling
This ultra-thin Lenovo laptop concept uses solid-state cooling

Lenovo is announcing a new concept laptop for IFA 2026 that uses solid-state cooling instead of traditional fans, making it incredibly thin and super light. The 14-inch Project AeroBlade concept laptop is less than 10mm thick and weighs under 1.8 pounds / 830g. For reference, recent ThinkPad X1 Carbons are around 14mm at their thickest […]

Lenovo’s new MacBook Neo competitor comes in two sizes and seven colors
Lenovo’s new MacBook Neo competitor comes in two sizes and seven colors

Lenovo is announcing the IdeaPad Vibe, a productivity laptop aimed at taking on the MacBook Neo with a similar starting price and a wider range of colors. The Vibe comes in 14- and 15-inch sizes, with AMD and Qualcomm chip options due out in October and November, respectively. Intel versions (likely Wildcat Lake) are set […]

Microsoft discloses Azure revenue as part of major financial reporting changes
Microsoft discloses Azure revenue as part of major financial reporting changes

Microsoft is changing how it reports its finances to investors by splitting its businesses into two segments and disclosing quarterly revenue for its Azure cloud business for the first time. The changes are meant to reflect the ongoing impact of AI on Microsoft and how the company now operates. The software giant has previously reported […]

Microsoft Fabric reaches the US government cloud, with general availability from October
Microsoft Fabric reaches the US government cloud, with general availability from October

Microsoft has launched its Fabric data platform in Government Community Cloud High on public preview, with general availability from 1 October, pitched at agentic AI workloads. Europe has no equivalent accredited tier, because its cloud certification s…

Microsoft finally puts a dollar figure on Azure, and narrows what Azure means
Microsoft finally puts a dollar figure on Azure, and narrows what Azure means

Microsoft will report Azure revenue in dollars each quarter for the first time, having grown it 42% to $29.42B in the June quarter under a new two-segment structure. The European Commission reached a preliminary position in June that Azure should be de…

Acer’s new concept hardware is a gaming handheld with a keyboard
Acer’s new concept hardware is a gaming handheld with a keyboard

For the last few years, PC gamers on the go have had a choice: Buy a gaming laptop, or pick up one of the many Steam Deck-inspired handhelds that are a fraction of the size but a lot less versatile. Acer’s latest concept device, Project DualPlay Mini, is an attempt to upend that dichotomy by […]

Microsoft is enabling a Windows 11 security feature that can hurt gaming performance
Microsoft is enabling a Windows 11 security feature that can hurt gaming performance

Microsoft is getting ready to roll out its memory integrity security feature of Windows 11 to more devices next month. The kernel-level protection feature is designed to stop malicious code or drivers running on a Windows 11 machine, but Microsoft previously warned it can also impact PC gaming performance. “Windows quality updates will begin enabling […]

Microsoft 365 outage drags on, but things are improving

Microsoft 365 and Outlook are still seeing service degradations on Tuesday, the company’s status page indicates.

Windows 11 adds toggles to remove Bing results and Store suggestions from Search
Windows 11 adds toggles to remove Bing results and Store suggestions from Search

Windows 11 is rolling out toggles that remove Bing web results and Microsoft Store suggestions from Search, in an optional August update that is being released gradually. Microsoft removed Bing from the Windows Search pane for users in the European Eco…

Microsoft tests fix for latest hours-long Outlook outage

Microsoft says it’s testing a fix for the widespread Outlook issues that have led to email delays and failures.