For years Dell’s PC business has been sliding into a slow-motion identity crisis; Jeff Clarke’s reassignment to run the division is the clearest signal yet that the company intends to stop drifting and start rebuilding the hardware culture that once made Dell synonymous with premium Windows...
CES 2026 arrived as a turning point for the Windows PC ecosystem: manufacturers and silicon partners moved beyond heady promises and unveiled concrete Copilot+ PC hardware, new AI-capable silicon, and bold form-factor experiments that together signal a rapid, industry-wide push to make on‑device...
Intel’s name quietly appears inside OEM driver files, Mesa and compute-runtime commits list new device IDs, and forum sleuths have turned every breadcrumb into headlines — yet no Arc B770 swept the CES stage. The tiny file flagged in an HP Panther Lake driver package — containing firmware...
Lenovo’s decision to ship a factory‑installed SteamOS build on the Legion Go 2 — if the reports and early hands‑on checks hold — is the clearest sign yet that the handheld PC market is splitting along software lines, not just hardware specs: the same premium chassis and AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme...
Alienware’s surprise push into radically thinner and more affordable gaming laptops marks a clear pivot: the company is broadening the definition of what an Alienware PC can be, and doing so at a time when Windows 11’s refresh cycle and the end of Windows 10 support are nudging many users toward...
Sony Honda Mobility used CES 2026 to push the AFEELA program further into product reality, revealing a pre-production AFEELA 1 sedan that will begin U.S. deliveries in 2026 and — crucially for buyers and industry watchers — teasing a larger, production-intent SUV expected to land in the U.S. as...
CES 2026 made one thing unmistakably clear: AI stopped being an optional spec line and became the operating layer across PCs, displays, and peripherals — and the devices that impressed most were the ones that treated on‑device intelligence as a first‑class design constraint rather than a sticker...
TCL’s CES 2026 showcase made one thing plain: the company is moving beyond displays and into an AI-first strategy for smart terminals, pairing hardware innovations with Microsoft cloud and generative-AI services to push multimodal, cross-device experiences into consumer and commercial products...
Headline: Dell’s XPS comeback at CES 2026 — what it means for Windows 11, buyers, and the PC market
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Dell has quietly — and quickly — reversed course on a controversial 2025 rebrand by bringing the XPS premium laptop family back into its lineup at CES 2026. The relaunch (anchored...
Dell’s blunt admission — that most buyers aren’t choosing laptops because of AI — landed like a splash of cold water across the CES 2026 stage, and the timing couldn’t have been worse for the Windows 11 AI story: while Dell quietly pulls back AI-first marketing, a highly visible Copilot fail in...
Lenovo used its CES stage to unveil Qira, a system‑level, cross‑device AI agent designed to follow users across PCs, phones and prototype wearables—promising continuous context, proactive actions, and hybrid on‑device/cloud intelligence that the company says will begin rolling out on select...
Microsoft used CES 2026 to put a stake in the ground: the future of the car will be cloud-native, AI-driven, and built around software-first engineering — and Microsoft’s Azure, Foundry, and partner ecosystem are being positioned as the secure backbone for that transition.
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iBUYPOWER’s CES 2026 reveal promises a rare blend of ambition and pragmatism: a striking concept PC that pushes hardline, custom-loop cooling into the prebuilt mainstream, paired with a sensible, affordable “Gen 10” parts and case lineup that will actually ship to customers in Q1 2026...
ASUS’s CES refresh treats two of its best-loved ultraportables— the ZenBook S14 and ZenBook S16— to a full generational update: thinner, smarter materials, brighter OLED displays and the very latest AI-capable silicon from Intel and AMD. The S14 moves to Intel’s Core Ultra Series 3 “Panther...
Razer’s CES presence this year felt less like the steady stream of incremental peripherals and more like a series of bold experiments: a desk-sized holographic AI companion that actually speaks and moves, smart headphones with first-person cameras that promise continuous AI assistance, an...
Lenovo and Motorola today unveiled Qira, a system-level, cross-device AI assistant that the companies say will begin rolling out on select Lenovo PCs in Q1 2026 and appear on Motorola phones and proof‑of‑concept wearables later in the year, positioning Qira as a “Personal Ambient Intelligence...
Lenovo’s new Yoga Mini i lands at CES 2026 as a startling example of how much performance and polish vendors can now cram into a palm‑sized chassis — a 0.65‑liter, 600‑gram aluminum cylinder that pairs Intel’s new Core Ultra X7 Series 3 silicon with a surprisingly complete I/O stack and a...
Dell’s return to the XPS name at CES 2026 wasn’t a quiet rebrand correction — it was an admission of error, a design reset and a wholesale product reboot that readmits one of the PC industry’s most recognisable badges back into the premium Windows laptop arena. Background: why this matters (and...
Sony Honda Mobility used CES 2026 to push the AFEELA project beyond a show car and into a near‑production reality, debuting a new AFEELA Prototype SUV while confirming concrete timelines, partners, and commercial plans that make the venture feel far more engine‑room than concept‑stage...
LG’s return to the Wallpaper concept at CES 2026 is no mere nostalgia play — the LG OLED evo W6 is a deliberate engineering and design statement: a nine‑millimeter‑class “True Wireless” OLED that aims to make a high‑end TV disappear into the wall while keeping flagship performance and modern...