Trump suspended Microsoft from an H-1B-related green card program after Vice President JD Vance accused the company of abusing visas to replace U.S. workers, then honored Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Vance said Microsoft laid off 6,000 U.S. workers while obtaining 6,300 H-1B visas and almost 3,000 green cards. The result is a public contradiction between immigration enforcement and high-profile praise for a major AI-linked tech company.
Microsoft opened Surface Laptop Ultra preorders and confirmed the device will ship on October 16 at a starting price of $2,599. The entry-level model starts at $2,599. The listings specify availability and pricing for the 15-inch mini-LED laptop, including its breakaway USB-C port and the option for high-end configurations aimed at intensive AI developer workloads.
Microsoft used its first live event in two years to announce the Surface Laptop Ultra, plus a set of Windows 11 changes focused on local AI and agentic workflows for developers and home users. The Surface Laptop Ultra starts at $2,599, shipping on October 16 with up to 128GB of LPDDR5x unified memory and either a 5,120-core or 6,144-core Blackwell GPU. Users will get new Surface AI-friendly hardware and Windows 11 updates intended to better support running and deploying local AI and agent-style tasks on-device.
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