Our expert picks for the best noise-cancelling headphones, per budget and styleCheck out our Bose 700 review…and our Sony WH-1000XM4 review At such a steep cost, the No. 5909 wants you to believe it isn’t in competition with more affordable popular noise-cancellers like the Bose 700 and Sony WH-1000XM4. It is, and it brings some serious performance to the table. However, Mark Levinson’s real sales pitch is to offer a hybrid hi-fi model that rivals the market’s top circum-aural, closed-back headphones....

Siri This much expected feature finally got announced at WWDC, bringing Apple’s snarky digital assistant from the iPhone to desktop. Just like on iOS, you can ask Siri to do things like get directions, create a playlist or look up something on the web. It will keep a running list of the conversation, so you can reference back to previous things it said. Apple also opened a Siri API to developers so the smart assistant may be about to get a whole lot smarter....

Microsoft isn’t telling exactly when they’ll roll out the Fall Creators Update, but as it says in the name, they’re aiming for autumn. The company says that despite the name, it’s not picking up the slack from the earlier Creators Update, but is rather continuing on its themes of inspiring creativity. Joe Belfiore, who left the Windows Phone team for a year but has since returned to the company for other consumer-focused initiatives, announced a slew of features for the fall update....

The company initially released the fix for the Internet Explorer vulnerability on Sept. 23. But it had to be manually downloaded and installed, and the instructions Microsoft included to do so, if you could even find them, were pretty confusing to anyone who wasn’t an IT administrator. By contrast, the patch released yesterday (Oct. 3) is available through the regular Windows Update channel, which means the machine will download and install it for you as soon as you let it....

Design The biggest aesthetic change Microsoft made with the Surface Book 2 was making it larger. The 15-inch model is the new flagship, with a larger screen and base. (If you prefer the 13.5-inch size, don’t worry; that’s still available. See Configurations, below.) The magnesium lid is still a matte gray, with the Windows logo in reflective silver. It continues Microsoft’s plain-but-modern look that emphasizes the screen over all else. Lifting the lid reveals the 3240 x 2160 display with a 3:2 aspect ratio, as well as the base, which includes the removable base with keyboard....

Currently, Best Buy offers the MSI GF65 Thin with RTX 3060 GPU for $799 (opens in new tab) — its lowest price ever. Typically, it retails for $1,099, so that’s $300 off and one of the best gaming laptop deals of the season. Shop: Best Buy’s entire sale (opens in new tab)More: Best gaming laptop deals MSI’s GF65 Thin RTX 3060 gaming laptop doesn’t sacrifice performance for price. This particular model packs a 15....

For $1,899, the Summit E13 Flip offers powerful performance from its Intel Core i7-1185G7 processor, a vibrant 13.4-inch display, and a clicky keyboard packed into a sleek, durable chassis. However, the Summit is pricey, even compared to the Apple MacBook Pro. Not to mention that its battery life doesn’t cut it against the competition and its speakers are rather quiet. Despite these problems, the Summit E13 Flip’s premium business qualities more than make up for its faults....