Apple has a new range of high-end MacBook Pros running on its M1 Pro and M1 Max silicon, with a new design and more ports. Designed to compete with the best ultrabooks and premium laptops , the new line was announced during Apple's online "Unleashed" event today and will come in 14.2-inch and 16.2-inch models.

The MacBook Pro 14-inch starts at $1,999, while the

Microsoft may be doubling down on its aspirations towards developing its own silicon to increase the competitiveness of its products. The company recently posted a job opening for its Surface division, asking for candidates for the position of "Director of SoC Architecture".

Understanding what this opening implies for Microsoft's efforts in the area is slightly harder - the company kept the language in the post general enough that there isn't a clear commitment to a strategy. This could either mean that Microsoft is looking

We are just a few hours away from Apple’s big MacBook Pro keynote address, but last-minute leaks are still filing in about the SoC that will power the laptops. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman , the more powerful follow-up to the M1 curiously won’t be called the M1X. Instead, it will allegedly carry M1 Pro and M1 Max designations depending on its GPU core configuration.

Rumors suggest that the new MacBook Pro’s

You might think, as Apple prepares to announce its next series of machines powered by the latest M1 series chips, that its divorce from Intel was well and truly over. Intel thinks differently. In an interview with Axios' chief technology correspondent Ina Fried shared by Marketwatch , Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said he wants Tim Cook back.