HP’s new top-of-the-line consumer laptop is focused on slim AI performance with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X2 chips and Intel’s Panther Lake processors inside.
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HP has announced a revamped lineup of OmniBook productivity laptops at CES, including its latest AI-focused flagship Ultra model. While pricing and availability haven’t yet been revealed, we know the upcoming HP OmniBook Ultra 14 is ditching its previous AMD Ryzen AI 300-series CPUs in favor of Intel’s Panther Lake and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 series […]

In September, Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme, the laptop chips that, it claimed, would be “the fastest and most efficient processors for Windows PCs.” They might finally give Intel and AMD a run for their money. Now, CES 2026 is bringing us the first actual laptops based on both that […]

The CES show floor officially closes its doors at the end of the day, but there’s still a trickle of announcements and reveals coming out of Las Vegas. If you’re struggling to stay on top of all the new tech, gadgets, concepts, and AI-powered devices as the final day of CES gets underway, we’re still […]
Apple is ready to introduce its cheaper MacBook to the world, according to a new analyst report.
An Apple M1 MacBook Air took a shell shrapnel hit and survived, with the laptop still working despite damage to the screen and the letter K on the keyboard missing.
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LG announced a 17-inch laptop that fits in the form factor of a 16-inch model while still sporting an RTX 5050 discrete GPU.
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LG is teasing the 2026 Gram Pro laptops that will be fully unveiled at CES, including what the company claims is the “world’s lightest 17-inch RTX laptop.” The LG Gram Pro 17 (17Z90UR) and Gram Pro 16 (16Z90U) will introduce a new ultralight “Aerominum material” developed by LG that aims to reduce a laptop’s weight […]
RAMageddon in 2026? There are dire predictions for laptops regarding the memory crisis, and we could see a lot more 8GB notebooks.
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In 2024, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X chips finally made Arm-based Windows laptops viable. Unlike previous Arm laptops that struggled to even run Windows well, this new class offered solid performance and the best battery life on Windows, and they impressed us in Microsoft’s own Surface Laptop and Surface Pro offerings. But inconsistent app compatibility remained the […]