Gaming laptop design is in good part about efficient thermal management, and Acer claims to have an appropriate solution in the Predator Helios 700-- a keyboard users can slide out to expose two air intakes.

Acer calls it the keyboard "HyperDrift," and says the mechanism allows for improved cooling and performance. The keyboard slides towards the user, making for an admittedly bulky device, even if it adds an ergonomic wrist rest. Furthermore, the keyboard includes MagForce switches on the WASD keys for "analog-like" control, as well as per-key RGB lighting and a Turbo hotkey to overclock the CPU.

HP announces a first 15-inch Chrome OS notebook-- the simply named Chromebook 15, a device featuring a full-size keyboard complete with number pad, as well as an IPS touchscreen and 64GB of storage.

The display inside the device is technically 15.6-inch, and offers 1920 x 1080 resolution. The aforementioned keyboard features backlit keys, while inside the laptop are an Intel Pentium Gold 4417U CPU, integrated Intel HD Graphics 610, 4GB DDR4 SDRAM and 64GB eMMC storage. Connectivity comes through x2 USB-C ports, x1 USB 3.1 port and a microSD card reader.

Customers with a liking for Google Pixel devices should be pleased with the latest report from The Verge, as Google confirms to the news website it has more tablets and laptops planned for the near future.

The story follows a March 2019 Business Insider report claiming Google is actually cutting back on laptop and tablet efforts. According to BI, "roadmap cutbacks" have lead to the search giant shifting employees out from the division behind the Pixelbook and Pixel Slate, and as a result will probably "pare down" on hardware. Interestingly, Google is yet to deny the BI story, even in the aforementioned statement given to The Verge.

Xiaomi announces a 2019 version of the MacBook-style Mi Notebook Air, with an update featuring a choice of 8th generation Intel processors within a metal body all of 5.71mm thick.

The Mi Notebook Air is a 12.5-inch notebook with a 1920 x 1080 display surrounded by 5.71mm bezels. It comes in a number of configurations, with either an 8th gen Intel m3-8100Y or Core i5-8250U processor. The m3 model comes with 4GB of memory and 128/258GB storage, while the i5 model includes 4GB of memory and 256GB storage.