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The latest Thermals coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Surface Laptop Studio 2 Hands-On: Microsoft's AI-Powered Convertible Challenges M2 Max MacBook Pro
Microsoft dropped a gauntlet at its September 2023 Surface event: a live Blender render that saw the new Surface Laptop Studio 2 finish in 37 seconds—nearly twice as fast as a MacBook Pro with M2...
Hands-On: Dell 14 Plus Delivers All-Day Battery and Copilot+ AI, but Its Display Is a Dealbreaker for Creatives
The Dell 14 Plus is a laptop that wears its "boring" badge with pride. It doesn't try to dazzle with a sleek chassis or a vibrant OLED panel, nor does it promise blistering graphics performance....
Microsoft Clears KB5063878 of SSD Failures, but Uncertainty Persists
Microsoft has officially concluded that its August 2025 security update for Windows 11 (KB5063878) is not the cause of a spate of alarming SSD failure reports, but the declaration has done little to...
No Mass SSD Bricking in August Patch, Says Microsoft, but Rare Edge Cases Endure
Microsoft and SSD controller vendor Phison have both concluded that the August 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 did not trigger a platform-wide epidemic of dead drives, but the storm of...
MSI Cubi NUC AI 2MG Tested: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Arc Graphics, and AI NPU in a 0.8-Liter Skeleton
MSI has begun shipping its Copilot+ certified Cubi NUC AI 2MG mini PC, and early hands-on testing reveals a palm-sized desktop that pairs Intel’s latest Core Ultra 200-series silicon with an...
Early ROG Ally X Demo Delivers 70 FPS Ray-Traced Doom Gameplay at 18 Watts
ASUS and Microsoft’s premium gaming handheld, the ROG Xbox Ally X, has turned heads at Gamescom 2025 with a stunning early benchmark: 70 frames per second in Doom: The Dark Ages, ray tracing...
Dell XPS 13 9340 Review: Bold Redesign With Core Ultra Meets MacBook Air — and Heats Up
The Dell XPS 13 9340 isn’t just another spec bump. It’s the most radical rethinking of Dell’s flagship ultrabook since the original XPS 13 wowed CES a decade ago. A capacitive function row, an...
SteamOS Turns the Lenovo Legion Go S Into the Windows-Free Handheld Gamers Crave
Lenovo’s Legion Go S arrives with a split personality: it’s a competent but flawed Windows 11 mini-PC in one configuration, and a lean, game-first portable console in another. Reviews of the...
Lenovo Legion Go S (SteamOS) Review: The Windows-Free Handheld That Finally Rivals Valve’s Deck
Lenovo’s decision to strip Windows from its Legion Go S handheld and instead ship with SteamOS transforms a competent but forgettable PC into one of the most compelling handheld gaming devices on...
Switching the Geekom IT15 to Linux Unleashes a Snappy Workstation, But Intel’s Thermal Limits Cripple Sustained Performance
A quiet confession from a recent ZDNET hands-on: pulling a brand-new Geekom IT15 mini PC out of its box, wiping the pre-installed Windows 11, and loading Ubuntu Budgie transformed the machine from a...