Surface Pro 11 and Laptop 7 review: an Apple Silicon moment for Windows

Enlarge / Microsoft’s Surface Pro 11, the first flagship Surface device to ship exclusively with Arm processors. Andrew Cunningham Microsoft has been trying to make Windows-on-Arm processors a reality for so long that at one point I assumed it would never happen. The first attempt was Windows RT, which ran well enough on the puny … Read more

Silicon Valley is ramping up staff screening against Chinese espionage threats

Silicon Valley companies are stepping up their security vetting of staff and potential recruits as U.S. officials express heightened concerns about the threat of Chinese espionage. Tech giants like Google and high-profile startups like OpenAI have stepped up their screening of personnel, according to several people who work directly with the groups. The move comes … Read more

Silicon Valley-based Lightspeed Ventures shifts focus to secondary markets

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. One of Silicon Valley’s largest investment firms, Lightspeed Venture Partners, is shifting its focus to the secondary market, in a sign that the traditional venture capital model is under threat. Lightspeed has filed with the … Read more

Researchers are developing the world’s smallest quantum light detector on a silicon chip

This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! The silicon ePIC quantum chip, mounted on a printed circuit board for testing and comparable to a motherboard in a personal computer. Credit: University of Bristol × close to The silicon ePIC quantum chip, mounted on a printed circuit board … Read more