Enlarge / The Surface Laptop 5 in its new "sage" color. Its design is otherwise familiar. (credit: Microsoft)

The Surface Pro 9 isn't the only new Surface portable that Microsoft is refreshing today. It's also sprucing up both the 13.5-inch and 15-inch members of the Surface Laptop family, giving them some new color finishes and updated 12th-generation Core processors from Intel. But if you were hoping for an updated AMD Ryzen edition of the laptop, you'll be disappointed—there's no Ryzen edition being announced today, and if Microsoft is planning one, it isn't sharing anything about it right now.

Both Surface Laptops will be available to buy on October 25. The 13.5-inch laptop starts at $1,000, while the 15-inch version will run you at least $1,300.

The laptops' designs (including size, weight, ports, and screen size and resolution) aren't changing at all from the Surface Laptop 4. The 13.5-inch laptop weighs 2.8 pounds (or 2.86, with the all-metal finishes) and comes with a 2256×1504 screen, and the 15-inch laptop weighs 3.44 pounds and uses a 2496×1664 touchscreen—both screens are compatible with the Surface Pen accessory, and both feature the Surface line's signature 3:2 aspect ratio.

Enlarge / The Surface Laptop 5 in its new "sage" color. Its design is otherwise familiar. (credit: Microsoft)

The Surface Pro 9 isn't the only new Surface portable that Microsoft is refreshing today. It's also sprucing up both the 13.5-inch and 15-inch members of the Surface Laptop family, giving them some new color finishes and updated 12th-generation Core processors from Intel. But if you were hoping for an updated AMD Ryzen edition of the laptop, you'll be disappointed—there's no Ryzen edition being announced today, and if Microsoft is planning one, it isn't sharing anything about it right now.

Both Surface Laptops will be available to buy on October 25. The 13.5-inch laptop starts at $1,000, while the 15-inch version will run you at least $1,300.

The laptops' designs (including size, weight, ports, and screen size and resolution) aren't changing at all from the Surface Laptop 4. The 13.5-inch laptop weighs 2.8 pounds (or 2.86, with the all-metal finishes) and comes with a 2256×1504 screen, and the 15-inch laptop weighs 3.44 pounds and uses a 2496×1664 touchscreen—both screens are compatible with the Surface Pen accessory, and both feature the Surface line's signature 3:2 aspect ratio.

Enlarge / The Surface Laptop 5 in its new "sage" color. Its design is otherwise familiar. (credit: Microsoft)

The Surface Pro 9 isn't the only new Surface portable that Microsoft is refreshing today. It's also sprucing up both the 13.5-inch and 15-inch members of the Surface Laptop family, giving them some new color finishes and updated 12th-generation Core processors from Intel. But if you were hoping for an updated AMD Ryzen edition of the laptop, you'll be disappointed—there's no Ryzen edition being announced today, and if Microsoft is planning one, it isn't sharing anything about it right now.

Both Surface Laptops will be available to buy on October 25. The 13.5-inch laptop starts at $1,000, while the 15-inch version will run you at least $1,300.

The laptops' designs (including size, weight, ports, and screen size and resolution) aren't changing at all from the Surface Laptop 4. The 13.5-inch laptop weighs 2.8 pounds (or 2.86, with the all-metal finishes) and comes with a 2256×1504 screen, and the 15-inch laptop weighs 3.44 pounds and uses a 2496×1664 touchscreen—both screens are compatible with the Surface Pen accessory, and both feature the Surface line's signature 3:2 aspect ratio.

Enlarge / Microsoft's Surface Pro 9 is actually two totally different computers that look the same from the outside. (credit: Microsoft)

Microsoft is introducing a pair of typical, iterative updates to its Surface Pro convertible tablet PCs today. One is a modest upgrade to the Surface Pro 8, with 12th-generation Intel processors that promise much-improved performance for things that benefit from lots of CPU cores. The other is a refresh of the Surface Pro X, with a new Microsoft SQ3 Arm processor provided by Qualcomm.

The catch is that both of these tablets are now called "Surface Pro 9," an admission on Microsoft's part that it knew about the number 9 all along (and also possibly an effort to stop people from thinking that a Surface Pro X is one better than a Surface Pro 9).

The vanilla Surface Pro 9 is the more traditional Intel version, while the "Surface Pro 9 with 5G" includes an entirely different processor and the Arm version of Windows, with all that entails—a performance penalty for the vast majority of third-party Windows apps, but also the promise of better battery life. Both Surface Pro 9 models will be available on October 25.

Enlarge / Microsoft's Surface Pro 9 is actually two totally different computers that look the same from the outside. (credit: Microsoft)

Microsoft is introducing a pair of typical, iterative updates to its Surface Pro convertible tablet PCs today. One is a modest upgrade to the Surface Pro 8, with 12th-generation Intel processors that promise much-improved performance for things that benefit from lots of CPU cores. The other is a refresh of the Surface Pro X, with a new Microsoft SQ3 Arm processor provided by Qualcomm.

The catch is that both of these tablets are now called "Surface Pro 9," an admission on Microsoft's part that it knew about the number 9 all along (and also possibly an effort to stop people from thinking that a Surface Pro X is one better than a Surface Pro 9).

The vanilla Surface Pro 9 is the more traditional Intel version, while the "Surface Pro 9 with 5G" includes an entirely different processor and the Arm version of Windows, with all that entails—a performance penalty for the vast majority of third-party Windows apps, but also the promise of better battery life. Both Surface Pro 9 models will be available on October 25.

Enlarge / Microsoft's Surface Pro 9 is actually two totally different computers that look the same from the outside. (credit: Microsoft)

Microsoft is introducing a pair of typical, iterative updates to its Surface Pro convertible tablet PCs today. One is a modest upgrade to the Surface Pro 8, with 12th-generation Intel processors that promise much-improved performance for things that benefit from lots of CPU cores. The other is a refresh of the Surface Pro X, with a new Microsoft SQ3 Arm processor provided by Qualcomm.

The catch is that both of these tablets are now called "Surface Pro 9," an admission on Microsoft's part that it knew about the number 9 all along (and also possibly an effort to stop people from thinking that a Surface Pro X is one better than a Surface Pro 9).

The vanilla Surface Pro 9 is the more traditional Intel version, while the "Surface Pro 9 with 5G" includes an entirely different processor and the Arm version of Windows, with all that entails—a performance penalty for the vast majority of third-party Windows apps, but also the promise of better battery life. Both Surface Pro 9 models will be available on October 25.

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Twitter is reviewing its controversial policies around permanently banning users, potentially bringing its content moderation more in line with Elon Musk’s vision for the social media platform regardless of whether the Tesla chief becomes its owner.

The Silicon Valley company has been assessing whether there are other content moderation tools that could replace its harshest penalty for the violation of certain rules, according to multiple people familiar with the situation.

But any change is unlikely to pave the way for a return to the platform for Donald Trump, two of the people said, as removing bans for breaching of its policy against inciting violence is not under consideration. The former US president was issued a lifetime ban soon after a mob of his supporters invaded the US Capitol on January 6 last year.

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Twitter is reviewing its controversial policies around permanently banning users, potentially bringing its content moderation more in line with Elon Musk’s vision for the social media platform regardless of whether the Tesla chief becomes its owner.

The Silicon Valley company has been assessing whether there are other content moderation tools that could replace its harshest penalty for the violation of certain rules, according to multiple people familiar with the situation.

But any change is unlikely to pave the way for a return to the platform for Donald Trump, two of the people said, as removing bans for breaching of its policy against inciting violence is not under consideration. The former US president was issued a lifetime ban soon after a mob of his supporters invaded the US Capitol on January 6 last year.

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Twitter is reviewing its controversial policies around permanently banning users, potentially bringing its content moderation more in line with Elon Musk’s vision for the social media platform regardless of whether the Tesla chief becomes its owner.

The Silicon Valley company has been assessing whether there are other content moderation tools that could replace its harshest penalty for the violation of certain rules, according to multiple people familiar with the situation.

But any change is unlikely to pave the way for a return to the platform for Donald Trump, two of the people said, as removing bans for breaching of its policy against inciting violence is not under consideration. The former US president was issued a lifetime ban soon after a mob of his supporters invaded the US Capitol on January 6 last year.