Intel has Panther Lake running at Computex 2025
Confirms 2026 release date
During the Computex 2025 show, which officially kicked off today, Intel has showcased its Panther Lake-based systems and confirmed that these will be launching in 2026, most likely as the Core Ultra 300 series.
Refreshed upgraded laptops
Acer turned up to Computex 2025 with a wheelbarrow full of refreshed laptops, hurling upgrades at nearly every model it sells. It’s the usual story of faster chips, louder acronyms and shinier graphics, but this time there’s real polish, especially in the Swift range.
BTF-style tricks without the cable Zen
Maxsun’s new Terminator B850BKB WIFI board is doing something funky with PCIe slots.
Intel’s Core Ultra, Arc graphics, and gaming software infected with fresh bugs
Troubled Chipzilla just added another chapter to its ever-growing “How Not to Secure Your Silicon” anthology. This time it’s not just the CPUs taking the heat, its Arc GPUs and even its gaming software have joined the bug bonanza.
Microsoft buries Surface Laptop Studio
No successor in sight
Software King of the World, Microsoft has quietly killed off the Surface Laptop Studio 2, ending production without so much as a farewell tweet and offering no sign of a Surface Laptop Studio 3 to follow.