Surface Laptop 7 vs. HP OmniBook X: Which one gets the most out of the Qualcomm X Elite processor?

The first wave of Qualcomm Snapdragon X-powered laptops has arrived, and based on our early hands-on experience, they’re among the best laptops you can get. We’re a***yzing two of them today, one from Microsoft and the other from HP, both great brands. The Surface Laptop 7 is powered by Arm-based chips for the first time, and now has a 13.8-inch and 15-inch option. It has also received a glow-up, with slimmer bezels to give it a more modern feel. The HP OmniBook X is replacing our beloved HP Spectre x360 in the lineup, although it’s no longer a 2-in-1 device but a standard clamshell design. Both of these premium laptops have touchscreens and similar internals, so which one is the better buy?

John Doe
New York

Elon Musk’s attempt at an AI Wikipedia hasn’t been updated in months

xAI's Grokipedia, an online encyclopedia with AI-generated articles that Elon Musk once promised would be a "massive improvement" over Wikipedia, apparently hasn't been updated since April 24th, according to a report from Lawfare. "As far as we can tell, no entry has changed in more than three months," Lawfare said....

Jane Smith
Los Angeles

A Windows 11 service you never asked for is making your laptop run warmer and die sooner

Have you ever wondered why your laptop is running warmer than you'd like? You might think it is just the hardware struggling to run the apps you are using. But it is also Windows itself that is causing it — even on high-performance systems.

Sophia Wilson
Atlanta

My decade with Synology is over — a networking company just proved there’s a better way to build a NAS

For years, Synology was the safe bet for home NAS enclosures. And like many of you, I went with the safe bet for the best part of a decade. But things change, and my home storage needs changed. It’s not even because Synology became actively hostile to users, although that’s...

Sophia Wilson
Atlanta

That old tablet in your drawer is the smart home dashboard you keep meaning to buy

Having smart devices in your home can make life a lot easier, but once you have a few, you may start wishing you had a dedicated device to control them. And there are some devices out there that sell themselves as just that — dashboards for your smart home.

Olivia Miller
Seattle

OpenAI says Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit is ‘rotten to its core’

OpenAI has asked a federal judge to toss out Apple's landmark lawsuit accusing the ChatGPT maker of stealing trade secrets, describing the allegations as "meritless." In a motion filed yesterday to dismiss the complaint, OpenAI says that Apple is mischaracterizing both the actions of the AI startup's employees as theft,...

Sophia Wilson
Atlanta

Someone built a Steam Machine face plate that lets you stick your Steam Controller onto it

Valve has been pretty open about what people do with the faceplate of their Steam Machines. In fact, it made the designs for an e-ink front display open-source so you can make your own at home. Now, someone has made their own faceplate that can hold a Steam Controller in...

William Garcia
Boston

Nintendo beats earnings thanks to US tariff refunds it won’t share with gamers

Nintendo has smashed its first-quarter earnings estimates for the fiscal year, bolstered by strong games sales and US tariff refunds, though its customers likely won't receive anything from the latter. In its latest financial results, Nintendo reports that operating profits soared to 142.5 billion yen (about $902 million) between April...

John Doe
New York

Sony proves it’s not reversing its decision as warnings about physical discs appear on new PS5s

After Sony revealed that it would ramp down disc production in 2028, gamers began making their voices heard. The idea was that, if they showed enough support, Sony might rethink its strategy and roll back its decision. Unfortunately for fans of physical libraries, it seems that Sony has already doubled...

Daniel Martinez
Dallas

Someone made a system that loads their Steam games using floppy disks, and it’s pretty genius

As everyone debates Sony's recent decision to go digital-only, people have been finding fun ways to turn their Steam library into a physical form. We've already seen someone turn SSDs into Game Boy cartridges that load a game when plugged in, which was pretty wild by itself. Now, someone has...

Rafael Wallace
Ireland

4 Android widgets I use every day on my Pixel that aren’t from Google

When you buy a new Pixel phone, you are likely — or even pushed — to install and/or use preinstalled Google apps and widgets. However, there are several widgets that I use nearly every day that are not created by Google. In many cases, they work better than the typical...

Daniel Martinez
Dallas

After a week in Zed, I couldn’t go back to how slow Cursor had become

I prefer Cursor over VS Code because it is more agentic, and its $20 subscription gives me generous usage limits that let me get actual work done. I am comparing Cursor with VS Code because both are based on the Electron framework and are similar in speed and performance. They...

John Doe
New York

The empty PCIe slots in your PC can do more than hold a graphics card

When I built my first PC, I figured the PCIe slot was useless outside of plugging a graphics card, and I went my merry way after tossing my pixel-pushing companion into the rig. Unfortunately, this trend continued for longer than I’d like to admit, until I ran into a situation...

Daniel Martinez
Dallas

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Surface Laptop 7 vs. HP OmniBook X: Which one gets the most out of the Qualcomm X Elite processor?

Elon Musk’s attempt at an AI Wikipedia hasn’t been updated in months

A Windows 11 service you never asked for is making your laptop run warmer and die sooner

My decade with Synology is over — a networking company just proved there’s a better way to build a NAS

That old tablet in your drawer is the smart home dashboard you keep meaning to buy

OpenAI says Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit is ‘rotten to its core’

Someone built a Steam Machine face plate that lets you stick your Steam Controller onto it

Nintendo beats earnings thanks to US tariff refunds it won’t share with gamers

Sony proves it’s not reversing its decision as warnings about physical discs appear on new PS5s

Someone made a system that loads their Steam games using floppy disks, and it’s pretty genius

4 Android widgets I use every day on my Pixel that aren’t from Google

After a week in Zed, I couldn’t go back to how slow Cursor had become

The empty PCIe slots in your PC can do more than hold a graphics card

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