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Microsoft’s new Intel-powered Surface Laptop 5G lands in August

Image: Microsoft Each new generation of Surface devices typically includes a Surface Pro and Surface Laptop, as well as a later variant that includes 5G technology. That shoe has finally dropped, as Microsoft announced the Surface Laptop 5G on Tuesday. Here, Microsoft had a choice: Add 5G to the consumer version of the Surface Laptop

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Score this 1440p OLED gaming monitor for an absurdly cheap $428

Image: AOC When it comes to PCWorld’s Amazon Prime Day coverage, it’s my job to handle the monitor segment—and this year, it didn’t escape my notice that, despite a general downward trend in OLED prices, the cheapest one during Prime Day was about 20 percent more expensive than last year. But here’s another AOC OLED

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NASA Goddard Center Director quits as agency staffers issue dissent letter

Updated NASA’s Goddard Center Director, Makenzie Lystrup, is to depart after just over two years in the role. NASA veteran warns Hubble faces death by a hundred cuts READ MORE The announcement was made on the same day past and present NASA staffers “exercised their expression of Formal Dissent” regarding the agency’s direction via the

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UK to ban ransomware payments by public sector organizations

The UK government is proposing to “ban” public sector organizations and critical national infrastructure from paying criminal operators behind ransomware attacks, under new measures outlined today. This means the NHS, local councils and schools – all of which have been in the crosshairs of various miscreants in recent years – will no longer be able

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UK Post Office names public inquiry as risk to £410 million Horizon replacement project

The UK Post Office has said the public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal is a risk to its £410 million ($552 million) plan to replace its ageing POS and accounting system, and may force changes to awarded contracts. After deciding to ditch an in-house effort to replace the controversial Horizon system, the government-owned company

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Open source’s superior security is a matter of eyeballs: Be kind to the brains behind them

Opinion The speedrun is one of the internet’s genuinely new artforms. At its best, it’s akin to a virtuoso piano recital. Less emotional depth, more adrenalin. Watching an expert fly through a game creates an endorphin rush without the expense or time of doing it for yourself.  Hell is other people … Thousands play same

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