Dell XPS is back! I went hands-on with the new XPS 14 — and it's the best kind of apology

The Dell XPS 14 puts the revived brand in your face in a good way by putting the XPS logo right on the lid, and this machine ...

It took guts for Dell to admit its mistake, here's how XPS will make its big comeback

Last year Dell killed of its iconic XPS line of PCs. Now at CES 2026, Dell has admitted it made and mistake and here's what ...
PCMag

Dell Just Revived the XPS Brand, and I Test-Drove Its Slick 2026 XPS 14 and 16

Back by popular demand (and the Dell faithful's outrage!), the XPS name returns in new 14-inch and 16-inch laptops that also refresh the design. I got some time with these perennial favorites; check ...
CNET

Dell Reverses Course, Brings Back XPS Laptops

Dell's mainstream consumer laptops will still simply be labeled as Dell, but its premium models will again fall under the XPS name. To restart the XPS line, Dell has announced two models today at CES ...
Tom's Hardware on MSN

Dell brings back XPS laptops — ditches the capacitive touch bar, adds 1Hz display option, and upgrades 14 and 16-inch models

Dell is bringing back the XPS laptop brand, and has redesigned the system to remove the controversial capacitive function row ...

CES 2026: Dell XPS is back from the dead

Dell announced the return of XPS at CES 2026 Monday, though the news leaked days prior. Select configurations of the XPS 14 ...

Dell revives XPS brand with new laptops to boost PC market share

Dell has brought back its popular XPS laptop lineup a year after retiring the premium brand, as it looks to drum up demand in ...
Thurrott

Windows 11’s December Patch Tuesday Update Improves File Explorer’s Dark Mode

Microsoft has just released the December Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 24H2, which brings various improvements to File Explorer. Dark mode is finally more consistent, and the ...
Thurrott

New Windows 11 Insider Build Brings File Explorer and Settings Connectors for AI Agents

Microsoft has just released the Windows 11 25H2 preview build 26220.7344 for Insiders on the Dev and Beta Channels. The main change is the public preview of the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open ...
The Verge

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update improves and breaks dark mode

Microsoft is now working on a fix for a brief white screen flash when opening File Explorer. Microsoft is now working on a fix for a brief white screen flash when opening File Explorer. is a senior ...
TechSpot

Windows 11's updated File Explorer remains painfully slow despite using twice as much RAM

Facepalm: Users have long criticized Windows 11 File Explorer as inferior to its Windows 10 predecessor. The essential tool suffers from slow launches, sluggish file searches, and delayed right-click ...
TweakTown

Microsoft's plan to speed up File Explorer in Windows 11 backfires: double the RAM, still slow

TL;DR: Windows 11's File Explorer remains slower than Windows 10 despite a fix that preloads the app at startup, doubling its RAM usage without significantly improving speed. The slower performance ...