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Who makes the lightest laptop of them all? Apple? Dell? HP? Nope! The answer is Lenovo. The company has just released the details of its LaVie Z ultrabooks, the result of collaboration between Lenovo and Japanese electronics manufacturer NEC.
Two versions are available; the HZ550 and the HZ750. The former is an ultrabook only but the latter includes a 360-degree hinge similar to that on the Yoga series, making it a 2-in-1 device. Both are the lightest ever introduced in their respective classes, with the HZ550 coming in at 1.72 pounds and the HZ750 at 2.04 pounds. The systems are slim, too, measuring just 16.9 millimeters thick.
You might worry that such tiny, featherweight systems will be fragile, but Lenovo says it has tackled that problem with a unique magnesium-lithium chassis. The company says this material is 50 percent lighter than aluminum, but just as strong.
Performance looks solid, as well. Both notebooks have 5th-generation Intel Core processors, and the HZ750 can equip up to a Core i7 dual-core. Both models have a 128GB solid-state drive, Yamaha speakers, 802.11ac WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, and a 13-inch 2560 x 1440, anti-glare display. The HZ550 comes with four gigabytes of RAM, while the HZ750 can be upgraded to eight gigabytes.
Both will hit the United States in May 2015. The HZ550 will start at $1,299 while the HZ750 will be priced at $1,499. Lenovo says the systems will also be available in Japan sometime this spring.
Did you think hitting delete on your AI chatbot conversation actually makes it disappear? Georgia Tech researchers just proved that's not entirely true. They have built a forensic tool called ORISA that can dig deleted conversations from your phone and even rebuild them into a working chatbot session you can keep talking to.
How can ORISA bring deleted AI conversations back?
Touchscreen laptops have been around for years. You can get them in all sizes and shapes. Just not from Apple. For years, the Cupertino giant has treated the idea of a touchscreen MacBook the way I treat a meeting that could have been an email: with open contempt. However, Wednesday looks like the day the company could finally change its mind.
The latest Apple invite puts the “Pro and Tell” showcase in Los Angeles at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET) on October 28, 2026. Instead of a regular live-streamed keynote, it is an invitation-only, hands-on event for a handful of press and creators (similar to what the company did for the MacBook Neo earlier this year).
Two residents of Chicago have filed a lawsuit in the US over claims that robots run by Coco Robotics and Serve Robotics captured their facial and hand measurements without consent, bringing renewed attention to the food delivery robots. The cases raise a troubling question: If a robot delivers food to your door, can it also be gathering sensitive information about you?
According to a report by The Associated Press, the proposed class-action lawsuits were filed in Cook County on Oct. 9 and allege violations of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act. The complaints claim that the robots’ cameras and LiDAR sensors captured information on customers’ faces and hands as they approached the machines to pick up their orders. Both have denied the allegations.