Copilot Cowork is an AI-driven collaboration platform designed to enhance productivity for Microsoft 365 business and enterprise users. As Kevin Stratvert explains, its standout feature is the task and outcome workflow system, which simplifies managing complex projects by automating repetitive tasks and centralizing essential functions like document creation and team communication. For instance, users can […]
Gaming laptops have spent years trying to close the gap with desktop performance, and for the most part, they’ve gotten reasonably close. The better ones can handle demanding titles at high settings, and a handful at the premium tier now approach desktop territory. But most of them still look and feel like what they are: portable tools dressed in aggressive angles and RGB trim. They don’t particularly feel like anything worth keeping once the next generation arrives.
The MSI Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Draco Epic doesn’t approach the laptop-as-product category the same way. Released as a 40th anniversary special edition, it’s built around the mythic narrative of Draco, the dragon constellation stationed near the North Star, and every element of the design carries that theme deliberately. The lid features five-layer silk screen printing, a Dragon RGB logo, and “Dragon Edition” lettered in Greek, with the 40th anniversary mark worked into the body. It comes with a limited-edition collector’s coin and a numbered Dragon Edition Mousepad and gaming mouse. It’s being positioned as a collector’s item first, and a laptop second.
That said, the hardware inside is no joke. The top configuration pairs an Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus processor with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 laptop GPU carrying 24 GB of GDDR7 memory, running through 270 W of total power via MSI’s OverBoost system. The RAM tops out at 96 GB of DDR5 at 6,400 MT/s across the retail SKU, with four SSD slots supporting SuperRAID 5 at up to 18,000 MB/s sequential read. In practical terms, that’s a machine that can run high-end creative workloads, handle 4K video rendering, and play anything currently available without compromise.
The display matches the hardware ambition. The 18-inch UHD+ Mini LED panel runs at 3840 × 2400 pixels, refreshes at 240 Hz, and hits 1,000 nits with full VESA DisplayHDR 1000 certification. It covers 100% of the DCI-P3 color space and is per-unit calibrated at the factory, which is the kind of detail that matters for anyone doing color-sensitive creative work and not just gaming. The panel also supports G-Sync, making the 240 Hz meaningful in fast-paced games rather than just on paper.
Cooling runs through a vapor chamber design with a dedicated PCIe Gen 5 SSD cooling pipe, keeping the thermal load from the processor, GPU, and storage from competing with each other in a confined space. Connectivity is equally generous: dual Thunderbolt 5 ports offer up to 120 Gbps bandwidth, HDMI 2.1 handles external 4K output, and Wi-Fi 7 with Bluetooth 5.4 rounds out the wireless stack. The keyboard is a Cherry Mechanical unit with per-key RGB across 99 keys, which gives the typing experience a quality that most gaming laptops avoid investing in.
The bundle includes a copy of Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, a detail that adds a lighter counterpoint to the otherwise heavy mythology surrounding the machine. The full package, laptop, mouse, mousepad, coin, and game, comes in a premium color box. At $6,999, it’s clearly aimed at a very specific buyer. Practically speaking, it delivers desktop-replacement performance in a form factor that’s also been designed, for once, to sit on a shelf and look like something worth keeping.
The Nothing Ear 3A earbuds establish a new standard for affordable audio devices. At a price of just $99, they offer an impressive array of features, including high-resolution sound, effective active noise cancellation (ANC), and unique audio recording capabilities. While they are not without minor limitations, their overall performance and affordability position them as […]
Smart Home 101 examines the best smart home devices to consider in 2026, focusing on how they integrate technology with practical household needs. One notable example is the Zafro Smart Tower Fan, which features a built-in temperature sensor for precise climate control and supports voice commands for added convenience. With a whisper-quiet operation of 22 […]
Apple has officially released iOS 26.6 RC (Release Candidate), marking the final pre-release version before the public rollout of iOS 26.6. This update is now accessible to developers and public beta testers, focusing on bug fixes, security enhancements, and system refinements. While it doesn’t introduce new features, its primary goal is to improve your device’s […]
Excel is often celebrated for its advanced features, but some of its most impactful functions are surprisingly understated. My Online Training Hub highlights five such functions, ABS, SIGN, REPT, TRUNC and CELL, that can significantly enhance your spreadsheet workflows. For example, the ABS function, which calculates the absolute value of a number, is particularly useful […]
Apple’s upcoming flagship, the iPhone 18 Pro Max, is poised to redefine smartphone photography. According to leaked information from supply chain sources, the device will introduce a new mechanical variable aperture, a first for Apple, paired with Sony’s advanced IMX905 sensor. This combination is expected to deliver unparalleled image quality across a variety of lighting […]
The Raspberry Pi has spent over a decade proving that small, affordable computers can do serious things. What has sometimes held those builds back isn’t the processor or the memory; it’s the display. The original 7-inch touch screen, launched alongside the Pi back in 2015, became a reliable staple of maker projects everywhere, but its modest resolution and size kept more ambitious builds looking a little rough around the edges. That gap just got a lot smaller.
Raspberry Pi has released a 10-inch variant of its Touch Display 2, completing a family that now spans 5-inch, 7-inch, and 10-inch options. At $80, it’s the largest and most capable screen the company has offered as an official first-party accessory, and it arrives with a meaningful set of upgrades beyond simply being bigger. The resolution jumps to 1200×1920 pixels from the 720×1280 available on the smaller models, and touch support doubles to ten-point capacitive from the five-point that the 5-inch and 7-inch variants offer.
That resolution increase matters more than the raw numbers suggest. On a 10-inch IPS panel with an anti-glare surface and 400 cd/m² brightness, the extra pixel density makes text and UI elements genuinely crisp rather than just adequate. Anyone who’s tried building a home automation dashboard or a workshop control panel with a 7-inch screen knows how quickly the interface can feel cramped. Ten inches gives those layouts room to breathe.
The physical setup follows the same principle the Touch Display 2 family has always used. The display mounts to the rear of a Raspberry Pi 5 using four M2.5 screws, and it draws power directly from the board’s GPIO, so there’s no need for a separate power supply. Raspberry Pi OS detects the screen automatically with full driver support, including the on-screen keyboard. No manual configuration, no hunting for drivers.
The 10-inch model does require a Raspberry Pi 5 or a Compute Module paired with a compatible carrier board. The panel uses four DSI lanes to maintain a stable 60Hz refresh rate, and earlier standard Pi models only support two, so they can’t run this display. For the builders already working with a Pi 5, that’s a natural fit. For those still on older hardware, the 7-inch and 5-inch options remain in production.
A display this size changes what a Pi-based project can realistically look like in a finished state. A kiosk that actually feels like a kiosk. A digital signage panel that doesn’t look like a proof-of-concept. A robotics control interface with enough screen real estate to show sensor data without squinting. Even a portable gaming system that approaches the comfort of a commercial handheld.
The IPS panel supports an 85-degree viewing angle and operates across a temperature range of −20°C to +70°C, which makes it a reasonable fit for environments that aren’t strictly climate-controlled. Both portrait and landscape orientations are supported in software, giving builders flexibility in how they mount the display relative to the rest of the build.
