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GPD has announced a major change for the Duo, its first dual-display laptop. Previously equipped with the Ryzen 7 8840U like the Win Mini 2024, the GPD Duo will actually be available with AMD's Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 APU and its new Radeon 890M iGPU.

If you own a Framework Laptop 13, you can soon run it with a RISC-V mainboard. The DIY laptop maker has announced a collaboration with DeepComputing to bring a new motherboard with a StarFive JH7110 processor. It's a quad-core 64-bit chip with SiFive U74 cores, BXE-4-32 graphics, and a max speed of 1.5 GHz.

Sipeed has introduced a new laptop called Lichee Book 4A. The main highlight is the ability to upgrade the processor with the RISC-V compute modules. It starts at $189, which is the pre-order price for the barebones variant with no Core Board installed, and goes all the way up to $349 with an LM4A module, 16 GB of RAM, and 128 GB eMMC storage.

MAINGEAR has introduced the ML-16 as the brand's first Intel Core Ultra 7 155H-powered laptop. It is touted to deliver peak portability in gaming, yet packs an 80 watt-hour (Wh) battery, a full keyboard and an aluminum-panelled build. It starts at under $2,000 with DDR5 RAM and NVMe Gen4 SSD storage.

For as low as $509, the NUC X15 gaming laptop offers a mid-range CPU that is mostly on par with the current Core Ultra 7 155H and the equivalent of an RTX 3050 on the dGPU side. It also features 16 GB DDR5-4800 RAM, 1 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD storage and even a Thunderbolt 4 port.

GPD has posted some benchmarks of AMD's upcoming Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU. It manages to trade blows with high-end desktop chips in Cinenbench 2024's single-core benchmark. Similarly, its Radeon 890M iGPU outperforms Nvidia's GeForce RTX 2050 in 3DMark Time Spy.

The Amazon Basics 65W GaN charger is on sale on Amazon-owned Woot. It can be yours for just $10.99, which is a very affordable price tag for a fast-charging brick. The deal will remain active for six days from now or until the inventory is out, so you need to act fast.

The slimmer model variant of the legendary Lenovo ThinkPad T14 is now on sale for just $544 as the Chinese PC maker has cut the price of a refurbished Core i7 configuration with 16GB RAM by more than 50%.

Released yesterday, the latest graphics driver for Intel Arc and Iris Xe comes with day-zero visual enhancements and performance optimizations for Destiny 2: The Final Shape and Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree. Older titles such as Chivalry 2, Crysis, and Crysis 2 receive performance improvements of up to 16%.

The Legion Pro 5 is further equipped with a 240Hz QHD screen in addition to the well-known AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX and RTX 4070 GPU. Also, Lenovo's 16-inch gaming laptop is now considerably discounted thanks to two stackable coupon codes.

The Anker 737 power bank with 24,000 mAh battery capacity, three ports, 140W maximum power output, and sleek design is on sale. You can get one for just $88.95, which is a record-low price. But the discount will only remain active for a limited time, so you need to act fast.

This laptop is powered by the SpacemiT’s K1 processor with 8 RISC-V cores and expanded AI features, as well as up to 16 GB LPDDR4X RAM plus 1 TB SSD storage. Canonical ensures full compatibility with the Ubuntu 23.10 distro.

Flow Computing is a Finnish startup that is making a big claim with its companion chip. It is said to offer an instantaneous 2x performance boost when paired with any CPU. The company has even gone further and said that the performance gain can be as much as 100x with software tweaks.

The Framework laptops are best known for their modular and repairable design. Now, the company has taken things to the next level by open-sourcing the 3D CAD files for its 16-inch laptop. This will enable users with 3D printers to make their own accessories.

It may have taken almost four months, but Honor has finally released the MagicBook Pro 16 powered by Intel's Meteor Lake-H platform. Not only does the laptop cost significantly more in Europe than in China, but it also lacks its optional NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 GPU.

This sought-after RTX 4080 configuration of the Asus ROG Strix G18 is further equipped with 32GB RAM and a 2TB SSD in addition to a Pantone-validated QHD display with 240Hz and Dolby Vision HDR support.

The powerful 16-inch gaming laptop from MSI also comes with a 240Hz QHD display, an Intel Core i9-13980HX as well as 32GB DDR5 RAM and a 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD.

At Computex, Tuxedo showcased a 14-inch laptop prototype powered by a Snapdragon X Elite processor, 32 GB LPDDR5X, PCIe 4.0 SSD storage, USB4 connector and vapor chamber cooling. Linux was not actually running on it, as full ARM compatibility is coming with Kernel 6.10 or 6.11 later this year, so Toxedo is not mentioning a specific launch date.

The AMD Strix Point Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has surfaced on Geekbench courtesy of recently unveiled Asus TUF Gaming A14 and ProArt P16 laptops and first performance numbers seem quite impressive and in line with what we've seen in Zen 4 Dragon Range HX APUs. We also get to see the new RDNA 3.5-based Radeon 890M posting OpenCL numbers exceeding those of a GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q.

The Apple MacBook Air 13 with an Apple M3 SoC, 8 GB of RAM, and 256 GB of storage is on sale for less than $900 on Amazon. With an average user rating of 4.6/5 on Amazon and an outstanding 92% review score from us, the MacBook Air 13 checks all the boxes for an almost-perfect daily-use machine.

A very intriguing configuration of the first-gen ThinkPad T16 with the AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U is now available for under $800 as Lenovo grants a huge discount on certified-refurbished units of the 16-inch business laptop.

NVIDIA has not officially commented on the release of next-generation laptop GPUs yet. In the meantime, a major leak has detailed the RTX 5050 through RTX 5090 with two versions of the RTX 5080 too.

The MNT Pocket Reform is a particularly compact notebook that is now available. The system follows an open source approach and thus allows for extensive modification by users.

Weibo tipster @体验more has shared some hands-on pictures of a new Xiaomi power bank with a Cyberpunk-inspired design. Its specs are similar to the CUKTECH 20 portable charging, with a 25,000 mAh total capacity and three USB ports. However, unlike CUKTECH's offering, it maxes out at 212W of fast charging.

The ThinkPad L14 Gen 3 has been discounted to a very affordable price and comes with adequate specs including a well-performing AMD Ryzen 7 Pro octa-core processor as well as a reasonable amount of memory.

ASUS has revealed the ZenScreen Duo OLED MQ149CD, a device that resembles its Zenbook Duo and Lenovo's Yoga Book 9i. The ZenScreen Duo OLED MQ149CD is actually a portable monitor though, which contains a pair of 14-inch OLED panels that can combine to deliver 21-inches of screen real estate while weighing roughly 700 g.

Users looking to buy a productivity-focused laptop with a large screen might want to check out the HP Pavilion 16. Arriving with a current-gen Intel Core Ultra 7 155U processor, 16 GB of memory, a 512 GB SSD, and a decent selection of ports (albeit no USB 4), it is currently marked down to $649.99.

Other outstanding features that are rarely seen at this price point include 32 GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM, 5 MP webcam, microSD card reader, fingerprint sensor and dual Thunderbolt 4 ports. This version, however, features an IPS touchscreen instead of an OLED.

Unveiled at the end of last week, NixOS 24.05 comes with version 6.6 of the Linux kernel, Gnome 46 alongside KDE Plasma 6, as well as support for the Lomiri and Mate 1.28 desktops. Another highlight worth mentioning is the introduction of ztsd compression for firmware blogs.

The Razer Blade 15 is on sale, and it’s enjoying a massive $1,000 discount from the regular prices. You can currently get the Nvidia RTX 4070 variant of the gaming laptop for $1,799.99, while the RTX 4060 variant is currently down to $1,499.99. Both packs Intel Core i7 13800H, 16 GB of RAM, 1 TB of storage, and a 15.6-inch QHD display with a 240 Hz refresh rate.

The original 3dfx Voodoo 4 4500 board launched in 2000 was replaced with a custom-made MXM board mounted inside a 2013 Dell Precision M4800 mobile workstation. Modder "sdz" added double the original VRAM for a total of 64 MB, and the MXM variant can now be overclocked to higher core clocks than previously possible.

Security and forensics-focused Kali Linux is back with bug updates and tweaks, as well as new tools and desktop updates. Released yesterday, Kali 2024.2 includes Gnome 46 and Xfce updates for Kali-Undercover and HiDPI, as well as no less than 18 new tools, including coercer, horst, netexec, and snort.

The XMG EVO 14 and EVO 15 laptops have gone official with the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H/Ryzen 7 8845HS CPUs and up to 96 GB of RAM. The smaller EVO 14 starts at less than €1,000 ($1,087.49), while the larger EVO 15 costs less than €1,100 for the base configuration (prices inclusive of Value Added Tax).

At Computex 2024, Acer briefly showed off two new additions to the Swift 14 Copilot+ family powered by Intel Lunar Lake and AMD Ryzen AI 300 SoCs. The chassis is identical to what we've seen previously with the Snapdragon X Elite variant, but Acer is keeping mum on specifications and pricing for now.

Apple's M2-powered MacBook Air from 2022 is currently on sale at Amazon for 17% off, dropping it to its lowest price ever. This sale is for the base model (8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD), although the version with 512 GB of storage is only $30 more than its lowest-ever price.

The Colorful Colorfire MEOW gaming laptop series launched in China in February this year. Now, it's making an international debut, with the brand showcasing the MEOW R15 and MEOW R16 at Computex 2024. As for the highlights, both pack the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS, can be equipped with up to Nvidia 4070, and have high refresh rate displays.

Unleashed yesterday, FreeBSD 14.1 is the second release of the stable/14 branch. Available for multiple architectures, from servers and desktops to embedded platforms, it comes with improvements to the sound subsystem, upgraded versions of OpenZFS, Clang/LLVM, OpenSSH, and more.

Asus showed off the ExpertBook P5 at Computex 2024 based on Intel's upcoming Lunar Lake platform. According to Asus, the ExpertBook P5 is built on a triple AI foundation that also augments some of the security features of the laptop.

Huawei is bringing its first-ever flexible OLED display ultrabook to a new region today (June 5, 2024). Its pricing and availability for the European market has been revealed alongside that of the (also OLED and Intel Core Ultra-powered) Matebook 14, as well as introductory deals and offers that include a free tablet in some cases.

The 2024 Lenovo Yoga 7i Gen 9 has been discounted to new lows with a reduction of $300 for both the Core Ultra 5 125U and Core Ultra 7 155U variants. The price cuts make the laptops really good options for folks who want to spend as little as possible on a 2-in-1 convertible daily driver with decent specifications.

The ExpertBook BR1104CGA budget educational laptop from Asus impresses with long battery life, as well as silent and cool operation. It might not be the fastest educational laptop out there, but it offers a good price / performance ratio at sub-400 EUR.

In addition to the three new games that receive day-one optimizations and the eight new G-Sync Compatible displays, the Nvidia GeForce Game Ready Driver software package labeled 555.99 and released yesterday also comes with optimal settings for three titles. Alongside it, the Nvidia app receives a new beta update.

Alongside GPD, Acemagic is also showcasing a dual-screen laptop in Computex 2024. Called Acemagic Z1A, it comes with a standard notebook design but has a secondary screen that you can hide when you don’t need it. Besides the two screens, it can be equipped with an Intel Core i7 1265U or i7 1255U, supports two M.2 SSDs, features LPDDR4 3200 MHz memory, and weighs 1.8 KG.