Intel showcased “Horseshoe Bend” during its CES 2020 keynote on Monday. It’s a concept device based on research conducted by the company, which showed that end-users simply want a larger, foldable device.
Intel’s Corporate Vice President of Mobile Platforms Group Chris Walker entered the stage with Horseshoe Bend and dubbed it as the world’s first 17-inch foldable OLED PC. Think of it as a laptop with a single, foldable screen without a seam disconnecting the lid from the keyboard. Fully open the clamshell device and you have a 17-inch display. Close the device, and it sports a 13-inch footprint.
Walker didn’t talk about the hardware within at first, but instead focused on demonstrating the possibilities of a unified screen. He showed how users could stream a video on the top portion and scroll through additional videos on the bottom portion. He then opened the prototype into display mode and streamed full-screen video.
What’s notable here is that end-users could have a desktop-like experience in the office, home, or away on business trips. Simply grab a tablet stand, a mouse, and a keyboard and you have a working desktop without the bulk. You also have the benefits of an OLED screen, which consumes less power than LCD panels.
Intel’s “Horseshoe Bend” appeared after Lenovo introduced the world’s first foldable PC, the ThinkPad X1 Fold. Based on Intel’s Core “hybrid” technology, in the form of the recently revealed Tiger Lake processors, the device sports a foldable 13.3-inch OLED screen and 5G connectivity. It’s built for all-day computing and weighs less than one kilogram. Like Intel’s prototype, the screen can split tasks or serve as a single viewing experience, like a tablet.
Dell also announced a couple of new dual-screen devices at CES, one with a foldable screen and one with two distinct screens. The ball started rolling on dual-screen devices last fall with the announcement of Microsoft’s Surface Duo and Surface Neo. Which of these devices run on that same Tiger Lake processor is unconfirmed, but
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ASUS has started selling its UGen Intel Arc Pro B70 graphics card in Europe, bringing its take on Intel’s workstation GPU to customers with a hefty €1,799 recommended price. The card is available in Germany and Austria, while ASUS lists it at CHF 1,799 in Switzerland.
Intel first introduced the Arc Pro B70 in March 2026, with its own branded model starting at $949. ASUS’s version arrives several months later with the same core GPU architecture but a different cooling design and a higher power rating. The price also places it well above Intel’s original starting point, although the two prices are not directly comparable because ASUS’s European figure includes VAT.
Anthropic has officially filed to go public, and buried inside its S-1 is a blunt warning about the technology at the center of its business. The maker of Claude AI says advanced AI could cause everything from large-scale cyberattacks and geopolitical instability to catastrophic or even existential risks for humanity.
The warnings take up a surprisingly large part of the filing. Axios notes that more than 90 pages, or roughly a third of the prospectus, focus on risk factors. Many of them warn about what could happen as AI systems become more capable and autonomous.
AI giants have a growing autonomy problem on their hands. A new Axios report has revealed that Anthropic's Claude recently accessed publicly available Georgia vote count without human authorization, sparking fresh concerns about AI security ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.