Microsoft has created a magnetic charging solution for its Surface Laptop Ultra that uses USB-C. After scrapping its proprietary Surface Connect magnetic charging on its smaller Surface devices last year, the Surface Laptop Ultra has a charging cable that attaches magnetically to the right-side USB-C port.

It's still a proprietary solution, but the USB-C port it slots into still works for video, data, and other USB-C connectivity like you'd expect. Microsoft is calling it Magnetic Connect, and I'm surprised the company hasn't shortened that to Mag-C.

Microsoft announced its Surface Laptop Ultra earlier this year, which comes equipped with …

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Several configurations of the Apple Watch Series 12 are $50 off for the first time for the remainder of Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days. This includes both sizes (42mm and 46mm) of the GPS + Wi-Fi watches, as well as their pricier 5G-ready counterparts.

Normally $399, the 42mm Series 12 is currently set at $349.99 at Amazon and Target. It costs $100 more for the cellular model. The 46mm model starts at $50 more, costing $399.99 at Amazon and Target, while its 5G version is $499.99 during the sale.

Apple Watch Series 12

Where to Buy:

• $399 $349.99 at Amazon (42mm, GPS)
• $499 $489 at Amazon (42mm, 5G + GPS)

This isn’t the only Apple Watch that’s cheaper. The SE 3 is down to just $199, and it’s a fantastic option if you don’t need the latest design or comprehensive set of tracking features and sensors in the Series 12.

Read our Apple Watch Series 12 review and our SE 3 review.

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Finding concrete data about gray-market peptides is a Sisyphean task. Unlike bona fide clinical drug trials, there are no official numbers. There's little to no safety data. Some peptides have more anecdotal evidence than others, but a stranger on r/peptides is, perhaps, not an ideal information source. The fact is most people partaking in a dubiously legal activity aren't going to shout it from the rooftops. What we do know abo …

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The New York Times reporter Greg Jaffe says Hegseth has disproportionately blocked promotions of Black and women senior officers, and he's also been purging the military of transgender people.

We're in San Francisco today to hear what's next for Windows and Surface. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Windows and Surface chief Pavan Davuluri will all be holding a "conversation on how local AI will shape the next chapter of the PC."

Microsoft and Nvidia have been working together on the new RTX Spark platform, which is focused on boosting local AI models, creative apps, and even gaming on a series of new laptops. Nvidia's GPU expertise is getting squeezed into laptops like the Surface Laptop Ultra, and we're about to find out exactly what it's capable of.

Microsoft has also been on a mission this year to try …

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Does it feel like people are perhaps a little grumpier or more on edge these days? It’s not like it’s without reason. There are wars. The climate is going haywire. Someone just died of plague. Scientific research is under attack. Machines keep stealing humans’ work. The media is a mess. And just when it all starts to feel a little overwhelming, Jaguar goes and unveils a new car.

The Type 01 is the first model to arrive from Jaguar’s rebirth. The British carmaker was an early entrant to the modern EV market with the 2017 I-Pace, which was fun to drive even if it was too small inside and perhaps completely unreliable. An all-electric sedan was supposed to be next, but a year from the showroom, it was abruptly canceled, leaving the automaker with nothing to sell as old models like the F-Pace ceased production.

Instead, Jaguar got to work on an all-new electric vehicle platform called JEA, which will underpin an all-electric product line. An elevated ownership experience and a starting price of about double the brand’s previous $60,000 entry point was the idea, Jaguar boss Rawdon Glover told me in 2024. Then last year the brand started teasing its relaunch, and everyone got upset. Things got even worse when the first images of the slab-sided and pastel-shaded Type 00 coupe concept leaked.

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