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Nvidia used GTC Taipei 2026, held June 1–4 alongside Computex in Taiwan, to unveil RTX Spark, a Grace Blackwell-based superchip for Windows laptops and desktops promising up to one petaflop of local AI performance. That is not just another “AI PC” sticker for the palm rest. It is Nvidia’s...

Apple used WWDC 2026 on June 8 to preview macOS 27 Golden Gate, a Mac operating system built around Apple Intelligence, a redesigned Siri experience, Liquid Glass refinements, and a fall release window for Apple silicon Macs. The show was polished, the demos were disciplined, and Apple’s message...

Getac announced on June 3, 2026, that its ZX80 family of eight-inch rugged tablets will expand in July with the Windows 11-powered ZX80W and hazardous-location ZX80W-EX, both built around Qualcomm’s QCS6490 Arm platform for fanless field computing. The news is not just another rugged-tablet...

Basel-Stadt’s Department of Education said on June 10, 2026, that it is expanding its school digitalization program by issuing 11,000 Surface Pro 11 devices to pupils in grades 5 through 9, with rollout having begun in August 2025. The Swiss canton is not merely refreshing classroom hardware; it...

Nvidia announced RTX Spark, a new Arm-based Windows PC “superchip” for local AI agents, at Computex 2026 in Taipei on Monday, with Microsoft, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, MSI, and Surface systems due this fall. The pitch is not merely faster laptops. It is Nvidia’s bid to turn the Windows PC from a...

Getac on June 3, 2026 expanded its 8-inch ZX80 rugged tablet line with the ZX80W and ZX80W-EX, two Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC devices built on Qualcomm’s ARM-based QCS6490 platform for field, industrial, logistics, utilities, defence, and hazardous-area deployments. The announcement is not...

Microsoft has announced Surface Laptop Ultra, a 15-inch Windows-on-Arm Surface laptop due this fall with an NVIDIA Blackwell RTX GPU, up to 128GB of unified memory, a mini-LED PixelSense Ultra touchscreen, and a chassis under 18mm thick and under 4.5 pounds. The useful answer for buyers and IT...

Microsoft released several Windows 11 Insider Preview builds on June 8, 2026, splitting Windows 11 26H1 testing into a new Beta branch in the 28000 build series and a separate Experimental branch in the 28100 series. The move looks procedural, but it is more than bookkeeping. Microsoft is...

At Computex Taipei 2026, held June 2–5 in Taiwan, How-To Geek’s standout picks centered on NVIDIA’s RTX Spark Arm platform, Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra, Intel Arc G3 handheld chips, Dell’s cheaper XPS 13, revived AMD X3D CPUs, and early Wi-Fi 8 routers. The common thread was not novelty for...

NVIDIA and Microsoft jointly unveiled RTX Spark on June 1, 2026, at GTC Taipei during Computex, presenting an Arm-based Windows PC platform that combines a Grace CPU, Blackwell RTX GPU, up to 128GB of unified memory, and roughly 1 petaflop of AI performance. This is not just NVIDIA returning to...

Microsoft and Nvidia used Computex 2026 in Taipei to unveil RTX Spark, a Windows-on-Arm PC platform built around a 20-core Arm CPU, Blackwell-class Nvidia graphics, up to 128GB of unified memory, and fall-2026 systems from Microsoft Surface, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, MSI, Acer, and Gigabyte. The...

Microsoft used Build 2026 in San Francisco to reposition Windows 11 around native apps, Windows on Arm, local AI development, and agent-driven hardware, while announcing developer tools and devices meant to make that strategy practical. The pitch was not merely that Windows will get more AI...

NVIDIA announced RTX Spark at GTC Taipei and Computex 2026 as a Grace Blackwell-based Windows PC superchip for thin laptops and compact desktops, pairing a 20-core Arm CPU, a Blackwell RTX GPU, up to 128GB of unified memory, and 1 petaflop of FP4 AI performance. The company is selling it as more...

Computex 2026 ran from June 2 to June 5 in Taipei, Taiwan, with Nvidia, Microsoft, Intel, Asus, MSI, Dell, Gigabyte, Corsair, BenQ, and Alienware using the show to push new PCs, handhelds, components, displays, and AI-first hardware. The most important story was not any single trophy product. It...

Getac launched the ZX80W and ZX80W-EX in early June 2026 as 8-inch, fully rugged Windows 11 on Arm tablets for field workers in logistics, utilities, defence, public safety, and hazardous industrial sites where ordinary laptops and consumer tablets are too fragile. The headline is not that the...

NVIDIA used Computex 2026 to introduce RTX Spark, a Grace Blackwell-based Arm superchip for slim Windows laptops and small desktops, pairing a 20-core Grace CPU with a Blackwell RTX GPU, unified LPDDR5X memory, and NVLink-C2C interconnect. That does not make it a Steam Deck 2 chip, and NVIDIA...

Microsoft’s June 2026 Windows story is no longer about whether AI PCs are real, but whether Windows, Arm silicon, native apps, and local agents can finally converge into a platform shift that users and developers can actually feel. NVIDIA’s RTX Spark push, Qualcomm’s second-generation Snapdragon...

Pocket-lint’s top Computex 2026 picks are Nvidia’s RTX Spark platform, Asus’ ROG Xbox Ally X20 Bundle, Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra, MSI’s MPG OLED 322URDX36 monitor, and Intel’s Arc G3 handheld processors, all shown or announced around the Taipei trade show this week. The list reads like a...

If you need a Surface Pro for work in June 2026, buy a current model only if your need is immediate and your required apps, drivers, peripherals, and accessories are already validated on Windows on Arm. If you are about to pay full price for a premium 13-inch Arm Surface Pro and you can wait...

NVIDIA announced RTX Spark for Windows laptops and desktops in early June 2026, pairing Arm CPU cores, Blackwell-class RTX graphics, and up to 128GB of unified memory in systems from Microsoft, ASUS, Dell, and other PC makers. The pitch is bigger than another AI PC badge. It is NVIDIA’s attempt...