Dell announces a MacBook Neo rival

Dell has announced a new budget laptop designed to sit underneath the recent XPS 13 and compete directly with the MacBook Neo. The Dell 14S is a 14-inch portable laptop revealed at IFA 2026 with configurations that'll include either the Intel Core 5 320 or Core 7 350.

The laptop can be configured with up to 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage and it comes with two high-speed USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 ports, an HDMI 1.4 port and the 3.5mm headphone jack that's bizarrely missing from the XPS 13. At 2.53lbs it's lighter than the MacBook Neo's 2.7lbs and Dell states battery life is capable of up to 21 hours of Netflix streaming. We'll know the final price closer to the release date, with Dell saying the 14S is coming "later this fall".

Mark Gurman interview

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Our Global Editor-in-chief Mark Spoonauer sat down with Mark Gurman, one of the biggest Apple leakers in the industry. When it comes to first looks at devices and breaking news, few have Gurman's track record.

When the two Marks come together to chat, something interesting always comes from it, and you can watch the latest chat in the video embedded above or read all about it in article form right here.

Ternus takes the reins at Apple

Today is John Ternus' first day as CEO of Apple. After 15 years at the top job, Tim Cook stepped aside yesterday with an emotional memo to Apple staff. Cook wrote that he had experienced "the privilege of a lifetime serving as your leader."

Cook, who took over from Apple's late co-founder, Steve Jobs, told the company's staff he took “enormous comfort in handing the helm to someone as brilliant and wonderful and capable” as Ternus.

The new CEO, who was promoted from senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will have his first true test next week when he presents Apple's upcoming "Surprise and shine" iPhone 18 Pro event.

Cook also bid farewell in a public tweet yesterday, thanking Apple's global community for the inspiration it gave him.