Review: Microsoft’s Portable Surface Laptop SE is Scaled Down Yet Powerful

Jon Fingas / Engadget:
What to expect from Microsoft’s Surface event: Surface Pro 9, Surface Laptop 5, Surface Studio 3, and potentially a mini PC and Surface accessories  —  – Wildcards: A mini PC and Surface accessories  —  Microsoft is holding its customary fall Surface event on October 12th …

Monica Chin / The Verge:
Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 (13.5-inch) review: strong single-core performance, thin and light, and 3:2, but 720p camera, few ports, and average battery life  —  Microsoft made a few updates to the Surface Laptop, and I’m very sad about one of them … I’m a big fan of Microsoft’s laptop hardware …

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Meta begins testing a single interface to manage Facebook and Instagram accounts and streamlines registration to help users create accounts on both services  —  – Meta is testing new features intended to help people more easily manage their Facebook and Instagram accounts via one interface.

Koh Gui Qing / Reuters:
Records: FTX, its executives, and SBF’s parents bought 19+ properties in the Bahamas worth ~$121M over the past two years as “residence for key personnel”  —  Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX, his parents and senior executives of the failed cryptocurrency exchange bought …

Andrew Liszewski / Gizmodo:
Disney unveils FRAN, an AI tool that helps TV or film producers make an actor look older or younger without the need for complex and expensive visual effects  —  With just a few clicks, actors can look younger or older without the need for expensive visual effects.  —  Alerts

Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft announces a “Fall 2022 Event” for October 12, where it will “talk about devices”, amid rumors of a Surface Pro 9, Surface Laptop 5, and more  —  Microsoft is holding a Surface event next month.  The software giant is officially labeling the event …