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 (Jon Fingas/Engadget)

Jon Fingas / Engadget:
What to expect from Google’s “Made by Google” event: Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel Watch, and potentially Pixel device previews and Nest hardware  —  – Wildcards: More Pixel device previews and Nest hardware  —  Google’s fall hardware event promises to be special this year.

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 …

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 …

Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft announces the 28-inch Surface Studio 2+ with Intel’s 11th Gen i7, Nvidia’s RTX 3060, Dolby Vision, and 1TB, available for $4,299 or $4,499  —  It’s been a long time since Microsoft updated its Surface Studio line of all-in-one PCs.  While rumors had suggested a Surface Studio 3 was on the way …

Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft details the Surface Pro 9, combining the Pro X and Pro, with an SQ3 Arm chip or Intel’s 12th Gen CPUs, available October 25, starting at $1,000  —  Microsoft is combining its Surface Pro X and Surface Pro lines into a single product this year, the Surface Pro 9.

Cheri Faulkner / NME:
Netflix announces its first in-house game studio, its second game studio in Helsinki, to be led by ex-Zynga Vice President and General Manager Marko Lastikka  —  The studio will be responsible for delivering “a variety of delightful and deeply engaging original games”