HP to launch EliteBook X G2 laptop with AMD, Intel and Qualcomm CPU options

EliteBook X G2 has three platforms to choose from

With CES less than a week away, a new report from Windows Latest claims to have HP’s full showcase list for Las Vegas, including laptops and accessories. The outlet says he obtained high-resolution images and product names, even though specs are still missing for many items.

One laptops of the list that stands out is the EliteBook X G2 series . Today’s lineup includes the EliteBook X G1a (AMD) and EliteBook X G1

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LG presents full Ultragear Evo lineup: 5K OLED and Mini-LED monitors, promotes its new 5K AI upscaling tech

LG details UltraGear evo monitor lineup for CES 2026

LG has published a CES 2026 page for its UltraGear evo gaming monitor lineup, with a focus on 5K and 5K2K panels and a new AI upscaling pitch. The page also highlights multiple models as CES 2026 Innovation Awards honorees.

LG says a built-in processor handles “ 5K AI Upscaling, ” scaling external inputs to the panel’s native resolution in real time. The company adds that AI Upscaling

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 prices already pushing toward $4,000

RTX 5090 price climbing, but where’s the peak?

Not a single day has passed in the new year, and RTX 5090 pricing is already hitting a record high for the year. The $1,999 MSRP can only be found on NVIDIA’s official store for the Founders Edition. If you are lucky, NVIDIA may drop more cards through Verified Priority Access, and that may be the only way to buy the flagship Blackwell model at MSRP.

The same story

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MSI teases MPG Ai1300TS PCIE5 and Ai1600TS PSUs with “world’s first proactive and instant protection” for GPUs

MSI teases new MPG TS series with GPU power protection for CES 2026

MSI is teasing two new MPG power supplies: MPG Ai1300TS PCIE5 and MPG Ai1600 PCIE5 . The names currently show up on MSI’s own “Shout Out for MSI” eligible model list, while the standalone product pages are not live yet (it’s where we found the picture below).

Based on the model names, the lineup targets 1300W and

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Samsung starts shipping 34-Inch 21:9 360Hz QD-OLED panels with “V-Stripe” subpixel layout

ASUS, MSI, and Gigabyte now receiving Samsung 34-inch QD-OLED panels with V-Stripe subpixel layout

Samsung Display says it has started full-scale supply of a 34-inch QD-OLED panel that combines a 21:9 ultra-wide format with a 360Hz refresh rate. The company says mass production began in December 2025, and panels are now being shipped to seven monitor makers, including ASUS, MSI, and Gigabyte.

The new panel uses what

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MSI announces 32-inch 4K QD-OLED gaming monitors with 5-layer Tandem OLED panels

MSI updates 32-inch 4K QD-OLED lineup with “DarkArmor” and Uniform Luminance

In a new press release MSI introduced two new 32-inch 4K QD-OLED gaming monitors: the MPG 322UR QD-OLED X24 and MAG 321UP QD-OLED X24. Both models use a 3rd-gen 5-layer Tandem OLED panel with EL Gen 3 technology.

MSI says both displays add a new DarkArmor film that increases light absorption to reduce

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PS5 “ROM keys” show up on PS5 Dev Wiki, but this is not (yet) a jailbreak

PS5 “ROM keys” have been leaked, better not update from 12.00 firmware

Keys labeled as “PS5 ROM Keys” were added to the PS5 Developer Wiki, and screenshots of that page started circulating on social media since yesterday. In plain terms, “ROM keys” are part of the PS5’s startup security. The console runs a small boot program first (BootROM). That code checks and decrypts the next step in the boot process. The leaked key material can

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Two years after launch Intel Meteor Lake offers 93% of original performance on Linux, tests show

Intel Meteor Lake on Linux: benchmarks show 93% of launch day performance two years later

Phoronix revisited Intel’s Core Ultra 7 155H “Meteor Lake” on Ubuntu Linux, using the same Acer Swift Go 14 laptop purchased at launch. The goal was to see how performance shifted after two years of kernel, compiler, and driver updates, ahead of expected Panther Lake laptop news at CES next week.

The launch-era tests from December 2023 used Ubuntu 23.1

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ASRock Taichi Radeon RX 9070 XT White with built-in LCD will launch at CES 2026

ASRock brings RX 9070 XT Taichi White OC with LCD screen to CES 2026

ASRock has published a CES 2026 update that confirms the Radeon RX 9070 XT Taichi White 16GB OC will be released next month.

The new Taichi card specs match that of the original (black) model. The card features a Navi 48 XT GPU, 16GB GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, and boost clocks up to 3100

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ACEMAGIC teases NES-inspired Retro X5 Mini-PC with Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 APU

ACEMAGIC to launch AMD Strix Point powered retro PC

ACEMAGIC has posted a teaser for a “Retro X5” mini PC, leaning hard into pixel art and classic console styling. The company calls it a compact system “coming soon,” built around the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 from AMD.

AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 is a Strix Point part with a 12-core, 24-thread layout (Zen 5 plus Zen 5c), paired with Radeon 890M

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