HP’s Omen X 2S 15 joins the Asus ZenBook Pro 15 in the second-screen club. It has a six-inch 1080p touchscreen above the keyboard. It’s there for activities that you probably use your phone for while gaming: watching a stream, chatting, listening to music or monitoring your system stats via the command center. You can also …

For its new small-business-focused ThinkBook S line, Lenovo has jettisoned much of the traditional ThinkPad baggage in favor of a consumer-friendly but relatively durable clamshell laptop design. The ThinkBook S comes with a subset of the security and support options that differentiate Lenovo’s enterprise from its mainstream hardware. There’s an extended warranty, better service and some of the company’s ThinkShield features, …

Lenovo’s bringing its AMD-based ThinkPad laptops out of A-series exile and rolling them into its main X- and T-series, indicated by “5” in the model number. The first models welcomed into the stable: The Thinkpad T495, T495s and X395, variations on the Intel-based T490, T490s and X390 introduced at MWC in February 2019. The new models incorporate second-generation Ryzen Pro …

Two years in to the life cycle of the latest version of the Intuos Pro, a mainstay professional graphics tablet, Wacom has decided to bring out a small size. That means the entry price for the 8,192-levels-of-pressure Intuos Pro drops to $250 — and going small isn’t as much of a sacrifice as you might think. As a tablet, it seems …

Unless you’ve experienced the joy of hunting down a functional computer that hadn’t been updated in a decade in order to file your expenses, you probably won’t appreciate the new Internet Explorer mode for the Edge browser introduced on Monday at Microsoft Build 2019. Kidding aside, this seemingly minor feature is exceptionally important, for example, if your employer has mission-critical …

For the graduate who’s looking forward to Borderlands 3 or The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening more than a new smartwatch, feed their need for speed with a great gift to celebrate. At a loss as to what will thrill them? Here are some suggestions to get you started, no matter how little — or how much — you want …

Light, powerful or affordable: Pick two. Given the state of technology today, you can’t get all three. Nvidia’s MX line of mobile graphics processors (GPUs) is designed as a compromise between Intel’s lackluster integrated graphics and more power- and space-hungry discrete graphics like Nvidia’s GTX mobile chips to deliver on weight and power without punishing creators and gamers who need …

Beats’ Powerbeats Pro wireless headphones can now be preordered at Apple.com. They’re scheduled to be available in stores next week, on May 10.   Preorder at Apple Note that CNET may get a share of revenue from the sale of products via the link above. At first, you’ll only be able to get them in black. The ivory, moss and navy models won’t be available …

This story is part of Mother’s Day Gift Guide. CNET editors round up the hottest gadgets for Mom this year. Instead of eyeing that Apple Watch for Mother’s Day, give her something that will really get her heart pumping instead of just tracking it. She may not have as much time as she used to for gaming, but you can …

Garmin has rejiggered its Forerunner smartwatch line with a greater emphasis on the needs of runners — tracking stats and analyzing them to understand your performance, training history and goals. The new line consists of five models: the Forerunner 45, 45S, 245, 245 Music and 945. The entry-level Forerunner 45 and 45S series will ship in May starting at $199.99. …