According to Techub News, Microsoft unveiled the new Surface Laptop Ultra and outlined a series of Windows 11 updates at its first in-person event in two years. The new laptop is Microsoft’s first device powered by an NVIDIA RTX Spark system-on-chip. The base model starts at $2,599 and comes with up to 128GB of LPDDR5x unified memory and a Blackwell GPU with up to 6,144 cores, designed to support local AI development and deployment as well as gaming. The product will begin shipping on October 16, and preorders are now open. (Ars Technica AI)