It’s that time once again: CES 2026 is here.

Think of CES like a harbinger of what’s next in technology. Every January, the industry descends upon Las Vegas to pull back the curtain on the products that will power the upcoming year. Not only will you gawk at massive walls of bleeding-edge OLED monitors and oddball demos of all sorts of PC gear, but CES often serves as the grand reveal for new generations of processors—and the army of laptops you’ll find them inside.

This year is no different—but what is different is that for CES 2026, PCWorld’s crack team of PC experts will be blogging about the gaudy sights and fresh new tech goodies live as we see them. The show proper kicks off Tuesday, January 6, but many of the biggest blockbuster keynotes will take place on Monday, and CES Unveiled will even showcase a horde of goodies Sunday night. It’s a packed week, y’all, and the PCWorld team is here and primed to cover all of it.

Check out our early primers on what we expect from major PC chipmakers and the laptops of CES 2026, then bookmark this page and check back throughout the week for the hottest announcements and wildest sights from the show. Here’s hoping we don’t get too unhinged as the announcements, interviews, and briefings bleed into a week-long haze.

It’s Vegas baby. Let’s get weird! ~Brad Chacos

CES 2026 blog: New PC tech hot from Las Vegas!

32 mins ago, By mcrider

AceMagic shoots for nostalgia with NES, PlayStation mini PCs

Michael Crider / Foundry

AceMagic is showing off mini PC concepts that will look familiar to anyone whose birth year starts with a 1. These two concepts are planned to run on the same basic specs, going up to a Ryzen AI HX 470 processor, 64GB of RAM, and 4TB of M.2 storage. There’s no mention of price, of course — the memory crunch has everyone terrified to commit to a number.

40 mins ago, By mcrider

Godzilla keycaps are here to demolish your desktop

Michael Crider / Foundry

Godzilla keycaps. And because a giant monster always needs something to fight: Mecha Godzilla keycaps. Officially licensed from Toho, made from PBT plastic, and sold for about $80 USD for a full set. These are great for fans, especially if you like the Showa era aesthetic.

Michael Crider / Foundry

1 hour ago, By mhachman

Mobile Ryzen coming to desktop sockets? Not no.

I’m sitting in with Jason Banta, AMD’s vice president and general manager of client at AMD, and the topic is socketed desktop processors.

A socketed desktop processor means that you should be able to buy and install a replacement, right? That’s what I was thinking when I sat down. But mobile chips go directly to laptop makers.

AMD is for now leaving open the possibility that you’ll be able to buy a mobile Ryzen laptop part and drop it into a desktop socket. You’ve never been able to do that before…but in 2026, who knows?

AMD

3 hours ago, By bchacos

The 10 best laptops of CES 2026

CES technically kicked off on Tuesday, but the PCWorld team has been running around for glimpses of the hottest new tech since Sunday. And honestly, we visited with a bunch of PC vendors before the holidays for secret in-depth briefings ahead of the show. That’s why we’re already able to pinpoint the 10 best laptops of CES 2026 on day two of the show. From laptops with refined dual-stacked monitors, to the return of Dell’s XPS brand, to wonderfully repairable ThinkPads and fire-breathing gaming laptops, we’ve zeroed in on the best of the best of sho...

Pcworld.com

Message History

Add new keyword

Delivery option(s)