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Reports claim Apple is preparing a redesigned MacBook Pro that would feature an OLED display and a return of touchscreen functionality. If accurate, it would mark a significant shift for a laptop line that has long resisted touch input while moving away from LCD panels. Details on timing, pricing, and which models would be affected remain unconfirmed.

Microsoft and PC makers have stopped using the Copilot+ branding on new Windows 11 laptops, phasing out the label that was meant to mark AI-capable machines. Reports describe the AI PC branding as tarnished and quietly pulled back rather than formally retired, raising questions about how Microsoft will market AI features in future hardware.

A user reports that after a week of struggling to share their phone's connection as a USB modem for a laptop, they found a fix. The problem, they say, is that the latest Ubuntu update is no longer compatible with the Wi-Fi card driver of an old 2013 MacBook Air. The anecdote is resonating with Linux users familiar with hardware support issues after updates.

Dutch police have arrested a member of the hacker group ShinyHunters, who is suspected not only of cybercrime but of plotting to murder two individuals. According to reports, plans for the killings were reportedly found on the suspect's laptop. The case has drawn attention for combining a high-profile hacking investigation with serious allegations of planned violence.