The latest edition of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is already drawing to a close, and once again, we’ve seen some truly impressive smart home and home security innovations—and as usual, some are more likely to ship than others.
We’re not counting on the robot lawn mower that picks fruit and lobs tennis balls to canines to actually land in stores, but it certainly counts as one…
AMD Q&A at CES 2026: We talk Ryzen and more
January 8, 2026
A day after AMD announced the Ryzen AI 400 (Gorgon Point) processor for laptops, PCWorld and a handful of other reporters sat down with Rahul Tikoo, senior vice president and general manager of the client business at AMD, to ask about AMD’s client processors: its mobile…
Smart appliances that can be controlled with voice commands are nothing new, but IAI Smart is showing a new line of Emerson Smart appliances at CES that respond directly to voice commands. They don’t need a smart speaker in the middle, and they don’t rely on a broadband…
AMD’s push into socketed desktop PCs that use the Ryzen AI 400 may yield an extraordinary bonus: the ability to buy a mobile Ryzen processor at a retailer like Newegg, install it, then upgrade that mobile processor into a desktop PC that uses it.
At CES 2026, AMD announced the Ryzen AI 400 (Gorgon Point), its next-generation laptop processor. As part of the announcement—detailed in a…
Lenovo’s Yoga Mini i is Lenovo’s answer to one of the hottest categories around: the mini PC. And yes, it’s round, with a light bar that’s as productive as it is fun.
Lenovo claims that this devices takes up a liter of volume. It does not, according to a rather…
The ThinkBook Plus Gen 7 Auto Twist may be a mouthful to say, but the concept is a simple one: it’s a laptop that can recognize you and swivels itself to face you.
Why? Because not everyone sits at their desk. Lenovo’s new ThinkBook might be useful for lecturers walking…
In 2025, Lenovo stole the show at CES with a rollable ThinkBook. At CES 2026, it’s doing it again, but with a rollable Legion gaming laptop widescreen that expands the screen to either side, transforming into an ultrawide gaming notebook at a moment’s notice.
Right now, the Lenovo Legion Pro Rollable concept is a proof-of-concept prototype, but so have the rollable laptops that Lenovo has…
With the Acer Nitro XV270X 5K gaming monitor it’s launching here at CES 2026, Acer seems like it’s sending a signal: 5K is the next step in PC gaming.
And there’s something else, too: Acer’s Pro Designer PE3200QX display boasts a whopping 6K resolution.
Even if…
Intel’s Core Ultra Series 3 chips, aka “Panther Lake,” have entered the market, backed by dozens of PC makers.
“We’ve beeen out there shaping what it means for fundamental computing, said Jim Johnson, senior vice president and general manager of the Intel Client…
The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo (above, right) was an eye-catching design with only a secondary screen that spread the width of the keyboard. In fact, I recall it catching my eye in Spider-Man: No Way Home. But the newest revision dispenses with the keyboard and gives us a full screen on the bottom of the design, for double 16-inch OLED touchscreens.
That is a whole lotta laptop, especially considering…
