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  "id": 12682772,
  "title": "How Microsoft built its MacBook Pro competitor",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/how-microsoft-built-its-macbook-pro-competitor",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-07T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/1006356/microsoft-surface-laptop-ultra-behind-the-scenes"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Before Microsoft releases a laptop to the public, it needs to put the device through its paces. That all happens inside a windowless, warehouse-like lab on the company's Redmond, Washington, campus, where the team developing Surface devices programs robots to press their buttons thousands of times, pelts devices with radio waves from giant antennas, and […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Creative Bloq",
        "title": "The new Microsoft Surface Ultra is literally built for multi-disciplinary creatives",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/the-new-microsoft-surface-ultra-is-literally-built-for-multi",
        "published": "2026-10-07T19:38:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tom's Guide",
        "title": "Microsoft Surface Ultra announced with Nvidia RTX Spark for $2,599 — and it's going right after the MacBook Pro",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/microsoft-surface-ultra-announced-with-nvidia-rtx-spark-for-2-599-and",
        "published": "2026-10-07T21:11:35.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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