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HP's answer to the MacBook Neo is thinner, lighter, and comes with OLED
HP is announcing a new laptop that's squarely aimed at Apple's MacBook Neo. The 2026 HP OmniBook 5 14 starts at $699.99 with an Intel Core 5 315 "Wildcat Lake" processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD.
Nuvacore reveals unconventional Core First CPU IP design strategy
NuvaCore says it is developing its new WarpCore CPU IP without first choosing the ISA it will implement. This unusual development strategy is meant to offer the company maximum technology and business flexibility.
Intel's next-gen Nova Lake platforms pass compliance at USB and PCIe standards bodies as launch looms
Intel is prepping Core Ultra 400-series 'Nova Lake' platform launches as CPUs and chipsets pass interoperability and compliance tests with PCI-SIG and USB-IF.
Intel patent outlines embedding MicroLEDs directly into CPU package to light up wording or work as an 'extra asethic component'
A recently published Intel patent reveals a system for embedding MicroLEDs directly into a CPU for diagnostic or aesthetic purposes.
Early AMD 'Gorgon Halo' AI mini-PC packs 192GB RAM for an eye-watering $7,099
GMKtec launches the Evo-X5 Pro, an agentic mini-PC with AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495, 192GB of RAM, and a price tag up to $7,099.
Microsoft refreshes its smaller Surface Pro and Laptop with Qualcomm’s X2 Plus
Microsoft is refreshing its Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch devices with Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon X2 Plus chips.
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 comes in an Extreme version too
Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, this year joined by the 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 too.
The M5 Ultra Mac Studio tears through our benchmark tests
The Mac Studio review unit that Apple sent us to test this year is, put simply, kind of outrageous. It has an M5 Ultra chip with a 36-core CPU and 80-core GPU, 256GB of RAM, and 4TB of storage and costs $12,299. This thing is not for your typical content creation workloads.
Fully custom copper PC features upcycled blowtorch reservoir — antique wooden pedestal complements steampunk design hiding a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, RX 9070 XT
If Edison and Stephenson had teamed up to build a gaming PC, it might have looked like this custom copper and wood all-AMD design.
Nvidia expands CUDA-Q platform to support fault-tolerant quantum processors
Nvidia Corp. said today it’s tackling one of the major headaches for developers of quantum applications with the launch of a new orchestration layer within its open-source CUDA-Q platform. The announcement came at this week’s IEEE Quantum Week 2026 event that kicked off in Toronto today.
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