Microsoft, what did you do??

The Friday Checkout January 31, 2025
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Thoughtful tech news & analysis. Host: Marton Barcza Writing & research: Tristan Rayner Music & editing: Edemski Operated by Tarsier Media GmbH. Impressum: https://tarsiermedia.com

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Exclusive! Grab the NordVPN deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fridaycheckout and get 4 extra months. Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ►►► This video ◄◄◄ This week Microsoft announced the Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 getting Intel versions in business editions, but they are weirdly expensive, Pebble is back, revived by Eric Migicovski, the original Pebble founder, and we learned Deepseek runs on Huawei Ascend AI chips. Episode 234 This video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/tfc-the-surface-microsoft-doesnt-want-you-to-buy ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ►►► Release monitor ◄◄◄ Surface Pro (Intel): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/surface-pro-for-business-copilot-pc-intel/8qfmn9xp1rl9 Surface Laptop (Intel): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/surface-laptop-for-business-copilot-pc-intel/93dzmw6q4w2b Logitech Spot: https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/video-conferencing/accessories/spot-sensor.950-000107.html ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ►►► TechAltar links ◄◄◄ https://patreon.com/techaltar Social media: https://mas.to/@techaltar https://threads.net/@techaltar https://bsky.app/profile/techaltar.bsky.social https://instagram.com/TechAltar https://discord.gg/npKQebe ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ►►► Attributions & Time stamps◄◄◄ Writing & Research: Tristan Rayner Music by Edemski: https://soundcloud.com/edemski Stock assets: Getty Images, AP Archive 0:00 Intro 0:27 Surface, with Intel 2:10 Pebble is back 3:32 Deepseek updates 5:21 Release Monitor 5:36 The Brief

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