Lenovo will open Magic Bay to third-party accessories in 2026, ThinkBook 14+ and 16+ confirmed

Lenovo Magic Bay now open to 3rd party companies

Lenovo has confirmed that the 2026 ThinkBook 14+ and ThinkBook 16+ will support the Magic Bay accessory system. A Lenovo product manager shared the update on Weibo, adding that Magic Bay will also support third-party accessories starting in 2026.

Magic Bay is a magnetic attachment area on the laptop lid. Accessories snap into place and connect through pogo pins on the A-side of the laptop.

That pogo-pin connector is

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Fanless industrial PC features Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and modular design

SolidRun Bedrock RAI300 pairs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 with 50 TOPS NPU in a fanless industrial PC

SolidRun has introduced the Bedrock RAI300, a fanless industrial PC based on the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 . SolidRun positions the system for edge workloads that need x86 compute plus on chip AI acceleration.

The system uses a 12 core, 24 thread Zen 5 CPU with boost up to 5.1 GHz. Graphics come from the integrated Radeon 8

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Court filing claims NVIDIA contacted Anna’s Archive for pirated books used in AI training

Lawsuit says NVIDIA looked to Anna’s Archive for AI training books

A new court filing claims NVIDIA tried to secure access to a large stash of pirated books to train its AI models.

The amended class-action complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California claims NVIDIA staff reached out to Anna’s Archive, a site that hosts millions of pirated books and academic papers.

The filing says the talks were about getting “high-speed access” to the archive’s data

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GPD WIN 5 to become the first AMD Strix Halo handheld to get official Bazzite OS support

GPD Win5 with AMD Strix Halo to receive official adaptation of Bazzite OS

A GPD representative posted on Reddit that “official” work on adapting Bazzite for the GPD WIN 5 has started, and asked users to report issues through Discord.

Bazzite is a Linux gaming OS built as a custom Fedora Atomic image under the Universal Blue project. The project ships Steam pre-installed , and includes a controller-focused “game mode” intended to feel similar to SteamOS on handhelds.

GPD WIN 5 is a Windows handheld PC with

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Intel

(Driver) INTEL Arc Graphics 32.0.101.8425

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AtomMan G7 Pro SFF Gaming PC with i9-14900HX and RTX 5070 Laptop GPU debuts at $1360 (without memory)

Minisforum updates G7 series to RTX 50 GPU

MINISFORUM has listed the AtomMan G7 Pro on its US store. The compact tower pairs an Intel Core i9-14900HX with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU with 8GB of GDDR7.

Basically the main update for G7 Pro over the predecessor is new GPU. This SFF Gaming PC now features GeForec RTX 50 graphics which obviously led Minisforum to advertise the AI TOPS performance, as if it mattered for this

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Amazon buyer unboxes “RTX 5080” with a single 8-pin connector, which turns out to be 5060 Ti

Good ol’ switcheroo

Source: Reddit

A PC builder says an ASUS Prime GeForce RTX 5080 OC 16GB ordered from Amazon arrived with a single 8-pin PCIe power connector. After sharing photos on Reddit, people immediately confirmed that the card does not match any RTX 5080 design and looks like a lower-tier GPU placed in a higher-end box with replaced labels.

Since all ASUS GPUs these days are relatively large, and the fact that we are looking at PRIME RTX 5

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Beelink SER10 to feature Ryzen 9 HX 470 and 10Gb networking, DDR5 and LPDDR5X variants confirmed

Beelink SER10 series: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470, 10GbE standard, and Orange and Green color options on SER10 Pro

Beelink is preparing the SER10 Pro and SER10 Max mini PCs, both based on the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 processor. This is the updated “Gorgon Point” APU, which is essentially a tuned “Strix Point” chip. Beelink lists an XDNA 2 NPU rated at up to 55 TOPS, and Radeon 89

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ASUS ProArt displays add Mac-focused color sync and on-device profile storage

ASUS adds macOS controls and Mac-matched color mode to ProArt displays

ASUS has rolled out new Mac-focused features for select ProArt monitors via firmware updates and a macOS version of ASUS DisplayWidget Center. The update targets MacBook, Mac mini, and Mac Studio setups.

The macOS app lets users change common monitor settings from the desktop, including brightness, contrast, and color temperature. MacBook brightness keys can also control the monitor brightness when the cursor is on the ProArt display.

ASUS ProArt update for Apple macOS

  • Instant display adjustments
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Apple Silicon

Retro Mac mini dock for Apple M4 adds 5-inch screen, Thunderbolt 5, M.2 storage, and 8K DisplayPort

Wokyis M5 Mac mini dock turns M4 series into mini Macintosh

Wokyis has released an upgraded M5 docking station built around Apple’s Mac mini. The dock uses a classic Macintosh-style shell and adds storage expansion plus extra I/O.

Two versions are listed: a USB-C 10Gbps model and an 80Gbps Thunderbolt 5 model (this one is much more expensive). Both include an integrated 5-inch IPS screen with a 1280×720 resolution .

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