Vague Patch Notes: In which I do not memorialize Elyon
You can thank Justin for this column in which I memorialize Elyon, a game that was once known as Ascent: Infinite Realm and actually looked pretty cool...
Lenovo ditches fans in favor of solid-state AirJet tech in super-slim, 1.8-pound AeroBlade laptop concept – company also lands at IFA with a 14-inch rollable screen notebook that expands to 17 inches
Lenovo is rolling out two new laptop concepts at IFA 2026: A 1.83-pound, 0.39-inch-thick AeroBlade using Frore System’s AirJet solid-state cooling tech, and a compact 14-inch rollable-screen portable that expands to a 17-inch screen, dubbed Project Swan.
Lenovo details its RTX Spark laptops — Yoga Pro 9n and Yoga 9n 2-in-1 get full specs, stylus support
Lenovo detailed its RTX Spark laptops ahead of IFA in Berlin, releasing full specs and showing off stylus compatibility.
Lenovo’s IdeaPad Vibe laptops stand out with seven colors and swappable keycaps – 14,15-inch models with Snapdragon X and AMD AI 400 CPUs to start at $699
Lenovo’s latest IdeaPad laptops are all about colorful vibes. The Vibe lineup will come in seven hues, with swappable keyboard keycaps so you can match the chassis or go for a pop of contrast. The 14- and 15-inch laptops will land later this year, starting at $699.
Lenovo ThinkCentre X Ultra packs Gorgon Halo — AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495 shows up in mini workstation
AMD’s Gorgon Halo chips are breaking cover. Ahead of IFA, Lenovo showed off the THinkCentre X Ultra with an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495.
Nvidia’s RTX Spark N1X launches in October for laptops and desktops — 18 or 20 CPU cores, paired with 5,120 or6,144 CUDA cores, up to 128GB of unified memory
Systems with Nvidia’s RTX Spark N1X chips will launch in October in mini PCs and laptops, with the chips coming in two configurations.
Nvidia PAIR utility joins every GPU in your home into a cluster for agentic AI tasks — tool uses spare cycles to keep agent swarms from hammering one GPU
Nvidia’s Personal AI Router (PAIR) clustering utility lets agentic AI workloads take advantage of every spare GPU cycle on a home network, potentially making for faster execution and more private inference.
Lenovo’s New IdeaPad Vibe & IdeaCentre AIO Bring Fresh Style To AI PCs
Lenovo is leaning heavily into self-expression for its IFA 2026 consumer lineup. Instead of the usual gray and silver colorways that PC makers have traditionally produced, Lenovo partnered with the Pantone Color Institute to offer its new IdeaPad Vibe laptops and IdeaCentre AIO i desktops with a more colorful and vibrant palette to choose
NVIDIA RTX Spark PCs Packing 1 Petaflop Of Local AI Land In October
NVIDIA is locking in the release window for its Arm-based RTX Spark platform. At IFA 2026, the company confirmed that RTX Spark Windows PCs spanning compact desktops and thin-and-light laptops will arrive in just a few weeks with designs from over half a dozen OEM partners. These systems represent a new class of hardware pairing a 20-core
Intel’s Core Ultra 400 ‘Nova Lake’ launch schedule leaks out — mass production in Q4, first Nova Lake CPUs in Q1 2027
Intel’s Core Ultra 400-series ‘Nova Lake-S’ CPUs are on track for mass production next quarter, but they will only launch in Q1 2027 with 28-core models coming first.