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Asus reveals world’s fastest 14-inch gaming laptop, and much more at CES 2020
Asus has revealed a whole load of gaming hardware at CES 2020, with both desktop PCs and laptops, the latter of which are headed up by a model the firm claims is the world’s most powerful 14-inch gaming notebook. That would be the Asus Zephyrus G14 which certainly packs a decent amount of power into a pretty slim chassis which is 17.9mm thick, and the device weighs in at a palatable 1.6kg. The G ... Read more
2020-01-07 00:13:33
HP Elite Dragonfly G2 promises 5G connectivity, 1000-nit touchscreen and an improved Sure View privacy filter
The Original Elite Dragonfly is barely half a year old and it's already getting a successor. The Elite Dragonfly G2 will be available next month with a couple of new upgrades over the previous generation. Firstly, the Dragonfly G2 will receive 10th gen Intel Comet Lake-U Core i3, i5, and i7 options whereas the first generation model was limited to Whiskey Lake-U. The reason to go with Comet Lake ... Read more
2020-01-05 19:37:22
Lenovo's latest Legion gaming laptop relies on an external GPU
Lenovo is kicking off 2020 with a gaming laptop that needs a companion to thrive. It's introducing the Legion Y740S, a slim 15.6-inch laptop (billed as Lenovo's "thinnest and lightest" gaming model) meant to couple with the company's first external GPU, the Legion BoostStation. It has some decent horsepower with up to a Core i9 processor, 32GB of RAM and a 1TB PCIe SSD, but you're stuck ... Read more
2020-01-05 19:36:39
Arlo’s new Floodlight Camera doesn’t need any wiring
Arlo is announcing its newest security camera, the Arlo Pro 3 Floodlight Camera, which has a plate of powerful LEDs to better light the area in the camera’s field of view. Unlike other floodlight security cameras, Arlo’s Floodlight Camera doesn’t require any wiring; it can run entirely on rechargeable batteries. The Floodlight Camera seems to share many of the same features as the Arlo Pro 3, inc ... Read more
2020-01-05 19:36:39
MSI details upcoming gaming monitors, PCs and AIO coolers ahead of CES 2020
We’ll start off with the new monitors set to appear, including the Optix MAG342CQR. This is the world’s first 1000R curved gaming monitor, representing MSI’s strong confidence in the curved monitor market. That confidence is backed up with data from analysts, which estimate that curved monitors make up 60 percent of the gaming monitor market at the moment. Other new monitors we expect to see incl ... Read more
2020-01-05 19:35:02
HP’s 15-inch Spectre x360 gets upgraded with smaller bezels and a good trackpad
Last year, HP overhauled the 13-inch Spectre x360 convertible laptop with some much-needed improvements: a slimmed-down design, reduced bezels, and a functional trackpad. At CES 2020, the company is bringing those same improvements to the larger 15-inch model, too. Much like last year’s Spectre x360 13, the differences between the old x360 15 and the new one are drastic: HP has massively reduced ... Read more
2020-01-05 19:35:02
macOS Catalina: How to master Dark Mode for Mac
Dark Mode for Mac premiered in macOS Mojave as a simple way to toggle the system appearance from the default bright theme. The new macOS Catalina release is a software update that improves how Dark Mode works with new features. The new OS version lets you schedule when Dark Mode is activated. This is based on sunset and sunrise by default. There are also ways to quickly toggle between light or da ... Read more
2020-01-05 19:32:51
Apple 2020: Coming 13-Inch MacBook Pro, MacBook Air — Processor, Keyboard, Display Upgrades
There are some big upgrades possible this year for the 13-inch MacBook Pro — in addition to the usual internal upgrades. It’s 2020 and the fourth-generation 13-inch MacBook Pro, introduced in late 2016, is getting long in the tooth. That means the 13-inch MBP is overdue for some major changes, following Apple’s 16-inch overhaul of the 15.4-inch MacBook Pro. The MacBook Air is also due for some t ... Read more
2020-01-05 19:32:51
Acer is launching three new Predator monitors, including a giant 55-inch model
Acer is announcing three new Predator monitors at CES 2020 today, and that includes a massive, 55-inch 4K OLED model. The giant Predator CG552K is a 4K OLED panel with a 120Hz refresh rate, support for Nvidia’s G-Sync, and support for variable refresh rate via HDMI. Essentially, it’s a TV-sized gaming monitor, and the idea is that it will offer fast refresh rates and lower response times that mos ... Read more
2020-01-05 19:29:24
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT full specs accidentally spilled by XFX
AMD’s almost certainly imminent Radeon RX 5600 XT has had its specs spilled by two GPU manufacturers, no less, with XFX being the latest vendor to publish details of the graphics card on its site (before swiftly yanking them down, after realizing its mistake presumably). Previously ASRock highlighted the RX 5600 XT on its website, before removing the details of the GPU which is expected to be unv ... Read more
2020-01-05 19:29:24