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Asus gives its mid-range VivoBook laptops a makeover

Asus is updating its mid-range laptop lineup with new models sporting 8th-gen Intel core processors, optional support for NVIDIA Geforce graphics, and relatively compact designs. But the first thing you’ll probably notice about the new VivoBook models is the bright new color options. You can still get a boring grey or black model, but there […]

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ReMarkable E Ink writing tablet gets better with age

A year and a half after shipping its first product, the folks at ReMarkable aren’t ready to start talking about a follow-up yet… because they’re still busy pushing out improvements and new features through software updates for their first product: a 10.3 inch tablet with an E Ink display and pressure-sensitive pen input. I caught […]

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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon and X1 Yoga updates coming in June

Lenovo has announced updates to its ThinkPad X1 line of premium laptops… but you’ll have to wait a little while to get your hands on the new models. The 7th-gen Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon is a 2.4  pound laptop that measures 0.6 inches thick and support for up to a 500 nit, 4K display with Dolby […]

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Intel’s Project Athena is a platform for always-on, always-connected PCs of the future

Intel doesn’t really talk about “ultrabooks” anymore… but that’s because the company doesn’t have to. The chip maker introduced a set of specifications for thin and light laptops in 2011 and in the years since then thin-and-light has become the rule rather than the exception. Now Intel is hoping to do it again, but this […]

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Intel demos 10nm Ice Lake chips, teases upcoming laptops (and more from Intel’s CES press event)

It’s been a rocky road to 10nm chips for Intel, but the company is finally starting to show off the first “Ice Lake” mobile chips based on a 10nm “Sunny Cove” architecture. During the company’s keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show, Intel provided a brief demo of a few Ice Lake computer prototypes from manufacturers […]

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Samsung introduces Notebook 9 Pro premium convertible and Notebook Flash budget laptops

Samsung is refreshing its notebook lineup with two new models: a premium thin-and-light convertible with an all-metal design and an Intel Whiskey lake processor and a budget model sporting an Intel Gemini Lake processor and a plastic chassis. The new Samsung Notebook 9 Pro is a 13.3 inch convertible with a touchscreen display, pen support, and […]