These are the best laptop deals available this week in the US and UK — 14 of the top offers I’d buy with Black Friday behind us

I’ve rounded up all of the best laptop deals available this week in the US and the UK, including everything from bargain Chromebooks to high-performance powerhouses.

Save $150 on the 14-inch MacBook Pro with Apple’s M5 chip

If you’ve been eyeing a MacBook Pro but waiting for a price cut that actually moves the needle, this one is worth a look. The 14-inch MacBook Pro in Space Black with the Apple M5 chip (10-core CPU / 10-core GPU), 16GB memory, and a 512GB SSD is down to…

‘There’s one more thing’: All the best secret reveals from Apple’s past events

Apple’s “one more thing” phrase means a secret product is coming. Here are the best examples.

The Verge Awards at CES 2026
The Verge Awards at CES 2026

Every January, the world of consumer electronics heads to Las Vegas to spend the first full week of the year in the desert presenting, prodding, and gawking at all the new gadgets and gear debuting at CES. The show has once again delivered an avalanche of products, both innovative and vaporous, that will shape the […]

The coolest laptops we saw at CES 2026
The coolest laptops we saw at CES 2026

CES is always jam-packed with new laptop announcements, acting as a barometer for the year’s upcoming releases. The proofs of concept at the show display what could potentially come further in the future. 2026 will soon bring us new chip options from Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm. While I’m excited to see how the latest horse […]

Forget the RAM crisis: the best laptops of CES 2026 have made me excited for the future

We’ve spent the week at CES 2026 in Las Vegas checking out the future of laptops – and these are the most exciting products we’ve seen.

Samsung and Intel co-develop ‘SmartPower HDR’ for Panther Lake OLED laptops, with up to 22% power savings — dynamic voltage control lowers power without sacrificing panel brightness

SmartPower HDR will use up to 22% less power, leading to 30-40 minutes of extra battery life on Panther Lake laptops. Co-developed by Samsung and Intel, this tech enables dynamic voltage control on OLED laptop screens wher…

Dell reveals people don’t care about AI in PCs – and a new truly embarrassing Windows 11 fail shows why

Dell says people are ‘not buying PCs based on AI’ – just as a cringeworthy AI agent fail pops up with terrible timing for Microsoft.