As is typical, there is a lot of overly-hysterical media which is then repeated on social media sites. Best to look at your carrier's website.
There are not, so far, any new "laptop bans" and in fact almost all of the laptop bans which did exist have been removed.
There are heightened security measures at many airports. What is an unknown is how unforgiving anyone is of the newly-posted deadlines for those airports and whether those deadlines are enforced by air carrier employees / contractors or security personnel.