Browse from the PastWe're probably never getting another Command & Conquer game, but at least EA has revived this obscure 12-year-old curio for some reasonI'm willing to guess you didn't think you'd be reading about Command & Conquer when you woke up this morning, much less this particular C&C game.Image credit: EA Phenomic, EA. News by Sherif Saed Contributing Editor Published on Nov. 27, 2024 I am a big Command & Conquer fan, but even I had to look up what Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances was before writing this. Now, why would I feel the need to research this particular game today? The answer to that question is quite simple, actually.EA, out of nowhere, just created a Steam page for that game (via PCGamesN), indicating a re-release is coming soon.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances is something of an unusual entry into the storied, and unfairly dormant, real-time strategy series. It was a browser-based, free-to-play MMO, back when browser-based games were a thing.The game went online in May, 2012, well over a decade ago, but its certainly not a title that comes to mind when someone thinks Command & Conquer.The Steam version will likewise be free-to-play, and will even include the game's strategic layer (which C&C isnt typically known for), but one that formed a core component of the original browser release. It is, however, going to be incredibly interesting to see how EA translates the social, invite-your-friends elements of the browser game into this desktop app.Tiberium Alliances lets you take control of one of two factions, GDI or NOD. You get access to each of their various buildings, units and defenses, and you can research upgrades for each in the same way you would in the classic RTS games. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.The meta/strategy layer involves territory grabs, alliance forging with friends and some very 2010s browser game action, all of which will seemingly also return in the upcoming Steam release. Speaking of which, the Steam store page only has coming soon as the expected release date, but considering how obscure Tiberium Alliances is, it could be the sort of thing that shadow-drops at The Game Awards or something.While it may be a nice novelty to jump back into what is, quite frankly, a relic of a bygone age, what C&C fans really want are remasters of more classic games. It never made sense that the Command & Conquer Remastered Collection was all there was to it. For a moment there, it looked like EA was digging through its archives and willing to revive some of its older franchises, but nothing followed that release - unless you consider the re-packaging and re-release of Command & Conquer games on Steam earlier this year, which I do not.

"Happening in 2025".Palworld may be in the firing line of Nintendo, but it's still going about its usual business with new announcements, updates, and now collaborations.In the latest development, Palworld developer Pocketpair has announced it's teaming up with the action-adventure sandbox game Terraria. There are no details about what exactly to expect from this crossover, but it's coming at some point in 2025.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

From the creator of Final Fantasy.Earlier this year, Square Enix revealed it would be bringing Mistwalker's turn-based RPG Fantasian to multiple consoles including the Switch. We're now a week out from the arrival of Fantasian Neo Dimension and the first review is in!As usual, it comes from the Japanese outlet Famitsu, and it's delivered a score of 8/9/9/8 which gives it a total of 34/40. This information has been shared by 'Ryokutya2089' (via Gematsu).Read the full article on nintendolife.com

India has bucked the global trend in initial public offerings this year, establishing itself as a rare bright spot for tech listings while other major markets face continued headwinds. The worlds most populous nation is now preparing for an even more substantial wave of startup IPOs in 2025.More than 20 startups are preparing to list next year, according to multiple sources familiar with the plans. These include business-to-business marketplaces Inframarket and Zetwerk, farm-to-produce venture CaptainFresh, professional services marketplace UrbanCompany, jewelry retailer Bluestone, security firm OneAssist, and offline-to-online retailer Magicpin.Quick commerce startup Zepto, managed workspace provider Table Space, and industrial goods platform Ofbusiness are also planning to file for IPOs next year. Additional companies eyeing public listings include Rebel Foods, logistics firm Porter, e-commerce platform Meesho, investment app Groww, mattress seller Wakefit, automobile platform CarDekho, SaaS company Capillary, and payments firm Pine Labs, though some listings may extend into 2026.If they go through as planned, the companies will join a wave thats been gaining momentum. Already 12 startups, including seven technology firms, have gone public in 2024 in India, making it the only major market to show consistent growth in listings over the past decade, according to Pitchbook data.This performance stands in stark contrast to other leading markets. The U.S. has recorded 22 venture-backed tech IPOs this year, almost flat from the 21 tech IPOs of 2023 and falling significantly short of 53 listings the U.S. market saw in 2020. Chinas tech IPO momentum has similarly waned, with 56 listings this year compared to 117 in 2022. Europe has managed just one more tech IPO than India, while the UK market has remained dormant, with no tech listings in 2024.The IPO markets have been opening slower than we expected in March, Morgan Stanley analysts wrote in a recent note. Even having got fit since 2022, many unicorns still remain unprofitable businesses.Indian food delivery platform Swiggys $1.35 billion listing this month is the largest global tech IPO this year, according to JPMorgans analysis.Talking with TechCrunch, Anand Daniel, a partner at Accel whose firm saw two portfolio companies list this month, observed that India is fast becoming a promising hub for tech IPOs driven by its strong capital markets and a thriving innovation ecosystem that continues to attract substantial investor interest.The shift is a significant one for the Indian market, which has historically struggled with exit opportunities and faced skepticism from domestic institutional and retail investors regarding loss-making companies going public.JPMorgans India head of equity capital markets, Abhinav Bharti, attributed Indias unique position to several factors: macroeconomic growth, increasing domestic capital, and political stability.No other country globally provides you with this much political certainty and continuity of policy, he told TechCrunch in an interview. You can argue against a policy decision, but you cannot argue against the fact that they havent been consistent.The growth in Indias capital markets has been particularly noteworthy. What else has grown is actually the liquidity, which is a multiple of the market growth, Bharti said. If you look at 2019 to 2024, full-year averages, the market cap has doubled. We were at about $2.6 to $2.7 trillion dollars. We are now at $5.2 trillion to $5.3 trillion. In the same period, the daily liquidity has tripled, from $5 billion to $15 billion.The surge in IPO preparations comes amid a slowdown in private market dealmaking. The muted environment and additional scrutiny from VCs forced startups to let go of their peak 2021 valuations, said a partner at one of the largest venture capital firms in India who asked not to be named.But more interestingly, it also forced them to improve their finances. The result is that many startups in 2021 that wanted to become IPO ready in 5 years are already there.In addition to Zepto, TableSpace, and others, Prosus-owned PayU recently announced plans for a 2025 listing, while pharmaceutical e-commerce platform Pharmeasy is preparing for an IPO following significant restructuring this year. Financial services firm MobiKwik is also planning to list next year.Tech companies and healthcare firms represent more than 50% of S&P 500 Index. The same firms account for less than 20% on Indias benchmark Nifty 50. Theres a lot of room for growth for tech companies in India, said Bharti.

In BriefPosted:7:40 PM PST November 27, 2024Image Credits:Aleksander Kalka/NurPhoto / Getty ImagesFTC reportedly opens antitrust investigation into MicrosoftThe FTC has launched an antitrust investigation into Microsoft, according to multiple reports that corroborate earlier reporting by the Financial Times.The agency is said to be looking into whether Microsoft violated antitrust law in multiple segments of its business, including its public cloud, AI, and cybersecurity product lines. Of particular interest to the FTC is the way Microsoft bundles its cloud products with its office and security tools, says The New York Times. As it notes, the aggressive move comes as the FTCs chair, Lina Khan, is likely to depart once Donald Trump enters office.Its unclear if Trump will continue President Joe Bidens push to rein in big tech companies. Under Biden, the FTC sued Amazon and Meta, accusing them ofstifling rivals, while the Justice Departmentsued Google over its dominancein ad technology andApple for making it difficultfor customers to leave its product ecosystem.Topics

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The Cleveland Browns have played professional football on the tempestuous shores of Lake Erie since 1946. The franchise has always insisted on its lunch pail aesthetic: No cheerleaders, no mascot, no logo; just beer, bratwurst with stadium mustardsomething to do on Sunday after church. The teams name itself was straightforwardly derived from Paul Brown, its first head coach. The original Cleveland Municipal Stadium mens rooms had a single huge trough for urine, egalitarian and economical. All of this clashes with todays experience economy in what is now Huntington Bank Field, which includes $18 canned IPAs and pop songs pumped over the loudspeakers between every down. Indeed, the lamentable, unpredictable winter conditions of Lake Eries southern shores challenge the soul. For the fans, those conditions are the stadium, and understanding this is crucial to getting to the bottom of the architectural and cultural failure that is the new domed stadium proposal by HKS Architects.A Cleveland Browns tailgate on game day (Erik Drost/Flickr/CC BY 2.0)Last month the Cleveland Brownss owner Jimmy Haslam, who is personally worth $8.5 billion dollars as of 2024, announced plans to leave Lake Erie for a new domed stadium in nearby suburban Brook Park close to the regional airport, not unlike what the Chicago Bears are doing in Arlington Heights. Haslams proposal entails a $2.4 billion stadium project, split halfway between the team and taxpayers, with an additional $1 billion development next to the stadium itself. This puts the taxpayers on the hook for $1.2 billion, a sum that Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne dismissed as a fantasy. Maybe if ole Jimmy could just pick himself up by his bootstraps, he could afford his own stadium like fellow billionaire (former Microsoft executive) Steve Ballmer, who just enjoyed the opening of the Intuit Dome, the LA Clipperss new arena he paid for in full.Ground view of newly proposed stadium (Courtesy HKS Architects)Certainly, Haslams latest choice to uplift a beloved civic symbol to an airport parking lot is the latest icing on the cake after a long list of decisions he and the team made that left Clevelanders pissed off. From the decision to trade out draft picks for an unprecedented $230 million guaranteed contract to a quarterback who today has more sexual assault settlements than touchdown throws, to getting embarrassed in the playoffs by the team who hosed them in that trade, to now getting stadiumcucked by Steve Ballmer: Its so over. At least in the roaring 1920s, robber barons were competing to see who could create more civic assets, generating morsels of public good here and there. (Just head 10 minutes east of downtown to see Rafael Violys new $350 million addition to the Cleveland Museum of Art that houses an impressively large collection, free and open to the public to this day.) But todays billionaire class seems to have different priorities: The Cleveland Browns are dead, and Jimmy Haslam has killed them.Howd We Get Here?Lake Erie isnt some doggone fishin reservoir you can walk away from, Jimmy: It holds the blood of a decisive American victory over the British Royal Navy in 1812. It has the largest commercial fishing industry of any Great Lake because its the shallowest (with a max depth of 210 feet). Fishing contributes over a billion dollars to Ohios economy alone. Its by far the stormiest of all the Great Lakes by a wide margin, which is partly why Lake Erie is estimated to hold the highest density of shipwrecks in the world. This unsettling fact is well considered while listening to the tale of a nautical mishap told in Gordon Lightfoots Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.Lake Erie frozen over with Clevelands skyline in the background (Erik Drost/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 2.0)This is recent history in the life of a lake. Deep below the shipwrecks is the Cleveland Shale, a geologic formation which holds the remnants of Dunkleosteus, a ferocious apex predator who ruled what was a tropical sea some 359 million years ago. The name Erie pays homage to the native peoples who lived on the very southern shores were discussing, formed from the Iroquois term Erielhonan which means long tailed cat. This is in reference to the frenetic weather, a phenomenon that would later be known by scientists as: Lake effect. It occurs when cold air masses move over long expanses of warm water, making the southern shores of Lake Erie one of only a handful of places in the world where this type of weather is felt, in a way that Diller Scofidio + Renfros Blur Building could only dream of.View of Cleveland Municipal Stadium circa 1960s (Author Unknown/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain)Cleveland Municipal Stadium came to Lake Erie in 1931, a venue designed by Walker and Weeks, a local firm. That relic stood firm until 2000, when Populous replaced it with Huntington Bank Field. Now, it is widely known that the Browns are a historically bad football teamthey havent won a Super Bowl since the contest was invented in 1967. But it is not widely known that the early Browns were such a dominant team playing in the AAFC between 194649 (winning 92 percent of their games, and all four championships) they caused the entire league to default and be folded into the NFL.The team today is in last place in the AFC North, and their play is awful, abysmal, a disgrace. But sometimes it feels to me like Browns fans are not so much rooting for their team to win as much as they are daring anyone to come to the lakefront and simply play Cleveland football as it was meant to be played. So Long, Lake Erie?The world was treated to exactly that last week on the nationally televised Thursday Night Football game between the Browns and division rival Steelers. An average viewership of 13.72 million watched a relatively lackluster first half turn into an aesthetic masterpiece as a huge accumulation of snow blanketed the stadium. The scene caused an uproar on social media, with national pundits and regular fans alike connected in awe and lamenting a future dome. (And the good guys won!)In terms of the proposals planning merit, the plan by Haslam and HKS is admittedly a sensible option. The large brownfield site of former Ford Engine Plant Number 1 currently sits vacant and demolished just steps away from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, creating an unpleasant welcome to the city and an unlikely candidate for any other type of development. The downtown stadium location being gone would free up the lakefront site for a mixed-use redevelopment, a much more preferable use type than a hulking mass that sits empty 358 days of the year.The new stadium would also host concerts, and other sporting evens like soccer and basketball. (Courtesy HKS Architects)Yet, there are 450 acres of underutilized space right next door in Burke Lakefront Airport, which the City of Cleveland has been trying to close for years, recently paying for and releasing two new studies, proving that it would be best to halt all flights and redevelop. In my opinion, a renovation of the current stadium would be worth it in anticipation of the eventual closure of Burke and placing a new stadium there. The Cleveland airport was the first American airport to offer direct rail travel to a central business district; and the proposed stadium relocation shows upgrades and connections to the first stop on that line. The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authoritys Rapid train was already a widely chosen form of transportation for Browns fans. But the new stadium could show decreased transit use, due to the proposed 14,000 parking spaces and that the station being replaced is the southernmost and westernmost park-and-ride rail station in the network. The proposal itself by global architecture firm HKS is still in early stages, but uniquely the field is sunken below ground level which is clearly a response to the need to dig much of the existing site out for brownfield remediation. This gives the project an opportunity for a low profile above-ground visual language of smaller, angular and occasionally gabled roof structures. The renderings show old growth treeswhich should be illegal for publicly funded projects if it isnt in the budgetlining walkways improbably covered in swaths of adoring fans.The extremely thin and vaguely supported glass roof over the field itself is the most questionable element of the proposal. Im curious how snow load and heat gain will manage the aforementioned lake effect weather, but more so disinterested in the busy lines and disappointing payoff.Parasitic Farce of a New StadiumAll in all, the whole thing lacks any particular identity, which is admittedly hard to do in a stadium, but if the project is located close to or integrated within a city context; that city context helps to do so. Without that context, it just looks like a suburban Walmart in a gaming PC costumeand the inside will have all the bells and whistles of modern NFL game entertainment: 5 seconds of pop music between every down, tickers of the sportsbook over/unders, and all the latest monsters of line-go-up culture. The only safe bet is that all the little mens urinals will each have their own little walls between every little fixture so that absolutely no one thinks you might be gay. The $1 billion development slated to help tie the stadium together with the airport next to it is vaguely planned as mixed-use, likely with some hotels, bars, and what have you. This stitching component is the most worrisome part of the whole proposal. Between the generic design elements and lack of any surrounding context, the whole thing feels completely bottled. A downtown stadium spreads its fans and activities into the city context itself in an egalitarian fashion, whereas this new development will coerce people to spend time and money before or after an event without ever leaving.Interior view of new stadium proposal (Courtesy HKS Architects)The new stadium will just be an extension of common airport space: More fuel for the trad social media influencers who claim that generic architecture is somehow manifesting from societys trends toward socialism over rugged individualism and not the actual culprit: Financed and planned captive environments. The design feels to me like none of the 1,500 employees at HKSs 29 corporate offices around the globe have even been to Cleveland, let alone eaten bratwurst with stadium mustard and a beer in -30 degreesFahrenheit windchill watching the worst team in the league and thinking damn this is the life.Therefore, I propose to retire the Cleveland Browns at the lakefront and if ownership so chooses, let the team move to Brook Park under a new identity. Let the records, history, name, and colors sink down to the festering depths and join the shipwrecks and the sailors and the ancestral peoples and Dunkleosteus fossils and the shale at the bottom of Lake Erielhonan. This seems like a more fitting ending than this vile sapping of a simple pastime now lining the pockets of a greedy letdown like Jimmy Haslam. By leaving the values of kinship and camaraderie aside, and falling head over heels for billionaire worship, Cleveland has betrayed its workaday identity. It deserves this parasitic farce of a new stadium.Ryan Scavnicky is an assistant professor at Marywood University School of Architecture. He is the coordinator of the new Bachelor of Virtual Architecture degree program. He hails from the icy shores of Cleveland.

Women in Design (WiD), a Boston Society for Architecture Knowledge Community, is proud to announce the winners of the 25th annual WiD Award of Excellence. The 2024 winners are Aisha Densmore-Bey and Elizabeth Lowrey. Presented by WiD and the Women Principals Group, the peer-nominated WiD Award of Excellence is presented in recognition of individuals who have built their life around design, whose work exemplifies the best of process and product, and who uses their position of achievement to give back to the world of design and to the community at large. Aisha and Elizabeth are both pillars of the New England design community and recognized nationally for their work. Their dedication to championing innovation in the built environment and lifting up those around them is unmatched, said Mary McCarthy, co-chair of Women in Design. We could not be prouder to have them represent the 25th annual WiD Award of Excellence and join the ranks of the talented, dedicated and collaborative women that have come before them.Dr. Aisha Densmore-Bey has devoted her career to enhancing access to and visibility of the design professions. As a multi-hyphenate creative, she combines artistry with advocacy, actively creating change, making sure to bring others along. Elizabeth Lowrey has devoted her lifes work to designing inspiring and beautiful interiors where people build community, create, and innovate. Rooted in her parents activism, her conviction that we are better together guides every project she leads.Densmore-Bey and Lowrey will be celebrated at an awards ceremony on December 4, 2024 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the BSA Space at 290 Congress Street in Boston. Ticket information can be found here. For more information on the Boston Society for Architecture and WiD, please visit the BSA website here.About the Boston Society for Architecture (BSA)The Boston Society for Architecture (BSA) is a nonprofit membership organization focused on improving the quality of life for Boston-area residents by championing innovation in the built environment, with particular emphasis on sustainability and social equity. We achieve this by connecting our diverse and passionate network of over 4,500 architects, firms and allied members through collaborative initiatives that create solutions towards a more equitable and sustainable future. We extend and deepen these efforts philanthropically through our BSA Foundation, with donations and hands-on work in our community. The BSA is one of the oldest and largest chapters of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). For more information about the BSA and the BSA Foundation, visit architects.org.

Tomasz Zajda - stock.adobe.comNewsEurocontrol works with Atos to support public cloud moveAir traffic management organisation Eurocontrol has deployed a multi-region public cloud environment as part of a wider digital transformation of its operations, which is being undertaken with support from AtosByCaroline Donnelly,Senior Editor, UKPublished: 27 Nov 2024 12:25 Atos has overseen the deployment of the first multi-region public cloud for pan-European civil-military aviation organisation Eurocontrol, which will be used to host air traffic management (ATM) applications.News of Atoss involvement with the project emerged in an announcement that it had secured a contract extension with Eurocontrol to continue supplying mission-critical services to the European airspace management and aviation sector.This contract extension reflects the mutual trust and confidence between the two organisations and serves as a testament to the expertise of the professionals managing Eurocontrols most sensitive assets, demonstrating a deep understanding of their business needs and constraints, said Atos.Under the terms of the contract, Atos will be tasked with bolstering the resilience of Eurocontrols IT infrastructure by managing the platforms, networks and security systems that underpin its critical applications.Atos will also be responsible for introducing cloud technologies to Eurocontrols infrastructure setup through the deployment of a multi-region public cloud that will host the organisations ATM applications.In a statement to Computer Weekly, a spokesperson for Eurocontrol confirmed the cloud deployment went live last month, and has been signed off and accredited by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.Air traffic management is a highly regulated industry so, together with our partners, we had to design a cloud that was acceptable to our regulator and compliant with the highest levels of safety, quality and security, the spokesperson said.In October, Eurocontrol delivered European aviations first certified mission-critical cloud-based platform on which our new digital products will be based, and which will connect us to aviation stakeholders in a harmonised, efficient and secure way.The contract extension between Atos and Eurocontrol builds on a partnership the pair embarked on more than 10 years ago, in support of the work the latter party does to ensure the aviation industry operates in an efficient and environmentally friendly way.It will also help Eurocontrol meet the aims and ambitions of its 10-year Integrated Network Management (INM) programme, through which it is working to replace its core legacy networking systems by 2030 to meet the changing demands of the aviation sector.By 2030, INM will renew Eurocontrols main operational systems through a collection of technical releases that are putting the focus on user-centric design and early validation, the spokesperson continued in the statement to Computer Weekly.By involving users at every stage of development in close cooperation with our INM partners, Eurocontrol ensures that new tools and systems meet real-world operational needs.Punit Sehgal,CEO of Belgium and Luxembourg at Atos Group, said the company was pleased to be supporting Eurocontrol in its work.Eurocontrol represents one of our most important partnerships in our air traffic management business, and I am grateful that it has once again entrusted Atos with the management of its mission-critical assets, said Sehgal.We will continue to marshal Atos Group capabilities to support Eurocontrol in its ambition to support growth across its aviation network.Antonio Licu, CIO of Eurocontrol in Brussels, said: At Eurocontrol, we are committed to ensuring the highest standards of safety, efficiency and innovation in European aviation.He added: By leveraging Atoss expertise in mission-critical infrastructure and cyber security, we are confident in our ability to enhance the resilience and future-readiness of our IT systems. This partnership will play a crucial role in supporting the growth and evolution of European airspace management.Read more about aviation technologyLeading IT provider in the air transport industry announces strategic collaboration with multicloud networking firm to gain enhanced access to secure cloud-based offerings.British Airways has admitted that up to 185,000 more people than first thought may have had personal details compromised in Augusts data breach.In The Current Issue:Computer Weekly announces the Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2024From beauty model to tech role model this years most influential woman in UK techComputer Weeklys Women in UK Tech Rising Stars 2024Download Current IssueRisk of Trump and Big Tech deregulation Cliff Saran's Enterprise blogAI and analytics? Been there, done that Write side up - by Freeform DynamicsView All Blogs

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNETWhat's the deal?Amazon is currently selling the Asus Vivobook S 15 laptop for $959, putting it $350 less than what it typically sells for.ZDNET's key takeawaysTheVivobook S 15, Asus' first Copilot+ PC, normally retails for $1,299, but it is currently on sale for $999 on Amazon.It is sleek and lightweight with a gorgeous OLED display, great battery life, and snappy performance.However, because of the nature of Windows on ARM laptops, it's not yet optimized for certain apps and games.Asus' first Copilot+ PC with the Snapdragon X Elite chip is the Vivobook S 15, a sleek and lightweight 15-inch laptop with a gorgeous display and ultra-snappy performance. Right now, it's currently $350 off the regular price, making it a steal for some of the newest processor technology on the market.The chassis' minimalist, all-metal design is lightweight and airy, and it feels more premium than last year's Vivobook S 14. It's only 0.58 inches at its thinnest point, and it weighs just 3.13 pounds, making it particularly well-suited for hybrid or remote workers who want a powerful laptop with a gorgeous display that doesn't weigh a ton.Also:The best Black Friday deals live nowLike all of the new Windows on ARM laptops released this summer, the Vivobook S 15 is fast and responsive with nice battery life, but it comes with new technology that isn't fully optimized for all tasks quite yet, which could limit its use case for some users.For the average consumer, however, this is the epitome of a laptop that looks and feels good right out of the box, and it starts with the brilliant 3K OLED display.With an 89% screen-to-body ratio and ultra-thin bezels, the screen is brilliant and high-contrast, rocking a max 600-nit brightness and 120Hz refresh rate for some silky-smooth and crisp image quality.The display's 16:9 resolution gives it that premium widescreen feel, lending itself well to both watching and editing media, but it might not be for everyone. Most 15-inch laptops come with a 16:10 resolution, which might feel more "natural" for some, but ultimately the distinction is subtle. Kyle Kucharski/ZDNETWith 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD, Asus is able to keep costs close to that $1,000 price point with just the right amount of hardware on this machine. And it feels even better in tandem with the snappy, responsive performance the Snapdragon X Elite processor provides.Also: My new favorite travel accessory is an origami laptop sleeve that's full of wonderThe Vivobook S 15 features the 12-core, 3.4GHz chip with a 45 TOPS NPU, the same one found in the HP Omnibook X 14, but slightly below the 3.8GHz chip in the Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Edge.The benchmarking scores in Cinebench reflect that same hierarchy, with numbers above the Omnibook and just below the Galaxy Book 4 Edge. In testing the CPU's performance, I got a single-core score of 106 and a multi-core score of 969. In Geekbench, I got a single-core of 2447 and a multi-core of 14384.Remember that these scores were recorded while the device was plugged into power. While on battery, I got scores about 30% lower -- somewhat more of a difference than I expected. This is in comparison to the HP Omnibook X 14, which had a much narrower gap in scores in my testing, something I noted as I was reviewing it.Also: I used this ultralight portable monitor for a week and can't go back to one displayThis paints a picture of a laptop that has somewhat variable battery life, depending on what you're doing and what kind of mode you have the laptop in. There's no escaping the power this display requires, and if you're someone who typically ignores battery setting profiles and keeps your machine blasting at "Best Performance," you may want to adjust the power modes in either the MyAsus software or in Windows (or both) because you'll see a drastic difference. That being said, the Vivobook S 15's 70Wh battery performance is good, but the user must manage it to maximize its efficiency. During the battery test that ZDNET runs on all laptops, I got about 10 and a half hours before it died, but that number fluctuated in subsequent tests with different power mode settings.Also:The best laptops under $1,000: Expert tested and reviewedOptimization is the theme here, and this also extends to its performance. The Windows on ARM architecture provides fantastic up-front performance in ways that are immediately apparent to most users. But when you start looking closely at more specialized tasks, things have the potential to get tricky.For example, the Vivobook S 15's aforementioned 16:9 resolution OLED screen seems like it would be perfect for editing video. While the integrated Qualcomm Adreno GPU is up to the task, its interaction with different apps and their performance in Windows (via Prism) is still a work in progress. Kyle Kucharski/ZDNETDuring my testing, I ran DaVinci Resolve for Windows on ARM, and it worked mostly fine, but the performance is still not 100% optimized. There was some lag, graphic stuttering, and quirkiness, especially with 4K video. Adobe Photoshop, however, ran smoothly, with local AI-generative tasks popping off seamlessly with help from the NPU on board the Snapdragon. I expect performance to continue improving as Windows improves and developers improve their products for the platform.The other elephant in the room is gaming, which is not entirely up to speed with Windows on ARM. Yes, technically, you can game on this laptop, but many titles still don't run, and the ones that do are not well-optimized. Although the Vivobook S 15 looks like something you might want to game on, I wouldn't recommend it as a dedicated gaming laptop. At least not yet.Also: One of the best ultraportable work laptops I've tested isn't made by Dell or LenovoInstead, I see the Vivobook S 15 as a primary driver for remote workers or digital nomads who are already integrating AI into their workflows and appreciate an aesthetic laptop with a brilliant display that handles media well. Supporting that use case, it has a generous selection of ports: two USB-A ports on the right-hand side, two USB-C on the left, an HDMI port, a MicroSD slot, and a headphone jack.It also has a "full" keyboard (the number pad on the right side has slightly smaller keys, as typical for sub-16-inch machines), which is satisfying and responsive to typing on. The keyboard has colorful LED backlighting that can be configured in many different lights and effects. Still, again, this is not something that I would consider high on the priority list when optimizing battery life. ZDNET's buying adviceThe Asus Vivobook S 15 is a sleek and lightweight laptop with a gorgeous OLED display and solid battery life -- as long as you're mindful of your power usage. I'd recommend it to forward-thinking digital nomads who want a performant, AI-ready laptop with a blazing-fast Snapdragon X Elite processor. It's a solid investment for people who regularly swap between creative work, productivity software, and media.All things considered, the sale price of $959 is very competitive for this laptop, particularly for the display alone.Featured reviews