HP is expanding its line of AMD Ryzen-powered laptops with a new set of convertibles set to hit the streets this month. The HP Envy x360 15 is a 15.6 inch touchscreen laptop with a 360-degree hinge and a choice of AMD Ryzen or Intel Kaby Lake Refresh processor options, with prices starting at $750 […]
HP Envy 13 (2018) is a 2.9 pound laptop with Kaby Lake Refresh, premium design
The new HP Envy 13 laptop launches this month for $1000 and up and features an Intel Core i7-8550U quad-core processor, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB of PCIe NVMe storage. The notebook sports a 13.3 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel IPS touchscreen display, a 53.2 Wh battery, and aluminum chassis that measures about 0.6 inches […]
Lenovo laptop with 10nm Intel Cannon Lake CPU launches (in China)
Intel may not expect to ramp up mass production of its 10nm processors until 2019, but the company says some of its first 10nm chips are already shipping… and it looks like Lenovo is already taking orders for one of the first laptops to feature an 8th-gen Intel Core processor based on the new 10nm […]
NeTV2 open video development board is also a tool in a legal fight against DRM (crowdfunding)
Hardware hacker and bunnie huang’s latest project is an open source video board aimed at developers. It’s called the NeTV2 and it supports 1080p video at 60 Hz, features two HDMI ports, and is powered by an FPGA and 512MB of RAM. The NeTV 2 board also includes PCIe 2.0 x4 connectors, allowing it to […]
BlackBerry Key2 is coming in June
The next BlackBerry phone is coming soon, and in case you had any doubt that the next new phone would be a follow-up to last year’s BlackBerry KeyOne, this tweet from BlackBerry should make things pretty clear: 🔑2⃣ 👀 pic.twitter.com/t4ZF9yGfhH — BlackBerry Mobile (@BBMobile) May 11, 2018 Yup, it’s the Key2 (or 🔑2⃣ , I guess). Either […]
Deals of the Day (5-11-2018)
Buying refurbished products can sometimes be a bit of a crap shoot, since what you’re buying for is basically a used device that’s supposed to have been restored to perfectly working condition… but you often end up getting a 30-day warranty rather than the 1-year warranty that comes with a new version. So it’s always […]
Android apps on Chromebooks can finally access SD card storage
It’s been nearly two years since Google started rolling out a feature that lets you run Android apps on Chromebooks. And while Android support has come a long way, there’s one thing Android apps couldn’t do on Chromebooks… until now: access an SD card. But starting with the latest Chrome OS beta, it looks like […]
Purism wants to create a GNOME mobile shell for Linux smartphones (and other Librem 5 phone update)
Linux computer maker Purism hopes to ship their smartphone in January, and the corporation has been providing updates about development of the upcoming Librem 5 smartphone periodically since launching a crowdfunding campaign last September (that campaign eventually raised more than $1.5 million through pre-orders). We know that the phone will feature an NXP i.MX8 processor, that it […]
SNK confirms a Neo Geo Mini portable retro arcade console is coming soon
We had a pretty good idea it was coming, but SNK has officially confirmed that it plans to launch a tiny version of its classic Neo Geo arcade system. The miniature replica measures about 6.3″ x 5.3″ x 4.3″ and weighs about 1.3 pounds, has a 3.5 inch display, and features arcade-style buttons and a […]
System76 Galago Pro Linux laptop now comes with 13 or 14 inch display options
Linux computer company System76 is updating its smallest laptop. The Galago Pro first launched early last year, got a processor update in the fall, and now it’s getting a new display option. Normally when we talk about display options, we mean things like resolution or touch panel options. But System76 is offering two different screen […]