In brief: At just over 5 pounds (~2.3kg), Origin's 17-inch laptops are packing powerful internals in thin but sizable shells. There's no AMD Ryzen in sight, but an 8-core H-series Intel chip paired with an Nvidia RTX 2070 or 2080 Super does make for a respectable combo on these models, both of which start at around $2,000.

In terms of hardware and design, the new

In a nutshell: The PlayStation 4 has hit another milestone, selling 110.4 million units across its lifetime. That means the PS4 stays in fourth place on the list of best-selling consoles of all time, but it’s edging ever closer to the Game Boy/Game Boy Color’s 118.6 million sales. Sony revealed the figure in its fiscal 2019 earnings report, where it also confirmed the PS5 was on track to release this holiday season.

Why it matters: Nvidia’s GTC 2020 Keynote takes place this Thursday, where it’s almost certainly going to unveil the next-generation Ampere architecture—a “get amped” tagline leaves little doubt. To get people even more excited about the reveal, the company has uploaded a video showing CEO Jensen Huang cooking “the world’s largest graphics card.”

The 27-second video shows Huang pulling what looks like a very heavy board from the oven. It’s likely to

In brief: Laptop manufacturers haven't used Intel's 8th generation 28 W CPUs in their designs, so Intel appears to have decided that Apple is the only company that will be able to use the newer 28 W, 10th-gen Ice Lake parts. The same is true for its 10 W, Ice Lake Y CPUs.

Widespread reports indicate that Apple has been working on ARM-based CPUs for its Macs for years now, presumably to reduce its dependence on Intel chips that

Something to look forward to: If, like me, you lost much of your youth to Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater on the PlayStation 1, get ready to drown in nostalgia: the first two titles in the long-running franchise are being remastered and released in one complete, updated package for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

The collection is being developed by Vicarious Visions, which has experience in this area; the company was behind Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy—a remaster of the first

In brief: Nothing goes better with a new console than a new branding animation. While we don't know what the boot screen for the PlayStation 5 will look like yet, Sony did just drop the PlayStation Studios' new branding on Tuesday. It will appear on bootup of all new first-party PlayStation games.

Games from all Sony-owned PlayStation development studios will have a spiffy new animated logo. Sony revealed that all of its developers producing PS4 and PS5 content will now fall under the "PlayStation

Something to look forward to: Virtual reality platforms finally got their killer app, of sorts, with the launch of Valve's highly-anticipated VR title Half-Life: Alyx. However, if the Half-Life franchise isn't exactly your cup of tea, there's another exciting VR project for you to look forward to: Iron Man VR.

Whether you're a fan of the Marvel universe or not, Iron Man VR is, by all accounts, shaping up to be a phenomenal experience

The big picture: As Coronavirus lockdown orders start to relax in some regions, the conversation is naturally turning to how we can get back to some semblance of normalcy. The path for movie theaters to resume operations, however, is a bit more complex than it is for other businesses.

In addition to coercing reluctant moviegoers back to the box office, operators will have to grapple with the dilemma of what exactly to show on their screens.

Many major studios have halted filming and postponed the release of major motion pictures as a