Two Razer prototype laptops get stolen at CES

California-based gaming company Razer didn’t have as great a time at CES. Two of Razer’s new prototype laptops have been stolen from its booth in Las Vegas on Sunday. The company is willing to pay US$25,000 to find out who took the products. Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan describes on Facebook that the theft could be seen as industrial espionage. “Our teams worked months on end to conceptualize and develop these units. It is cheating, and cheating doesn’t sit well with us. Anyone who would do this clearly isn’t very smart.”

The said laptops were named Project Valerie and are described as “a new standard of immersive entertainment.” The units had three built-in 17-inch screens to give gamers a less cluttered multi-monitor setup. Tan has said they are working with show’s management and law enforcement to get into the bottom of this issue.

Source: CNN

Blue Screen of Death goes green for Windows 10 beta testers

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Microsoft Windows 10 beta testers won’t be seeing Blue Screen of Death soon. Microsoft has been tweaking this error message users have come to associate with errors that require PCs to be restarted with something greener. Instead of BSOD, some users of the Windows 10 Insider Program will see a Green Screen of Death. The change in color is meant to help distinguish crashes from the generally available Windows 10 and those using the beta build.

When you’re in beta, it’s expected that these builds are prone to more crashes and, thus “GSOD” might be more prominent. This latest tweak is part of a number of updates Microsoft has introduced to the Windows 10 beta, such as changes to Windows Update and the feature that lets users place tiles into folders in the Start menu.

Source: PCWorld

Apple bans app for looking for missing AirPods

If you tend to misplace things, losing an AirPod earpiece won’t come as a surprise. That’s why an app designed specifically to help look for said earpiece is useful. But Apple doesn’t seem to think so. Deucks Pty’s Finder for Airpods has been taken down from the App Store and Raajit Sharm, one of the Deucks Pty’s developers says it isn’t coming back. In an email to Fortune, Sharm says: “Apple determined the ‘concept’ of people finding their AirPods with the app was deemed ‘not appropriate for the App Store.’”

This US$3.99 app makes use of the AirPods Bluetooth signal to help you track the earpiece and lets users know if they’re closer or farther to finding the AirPods based on how strong or weak the signal is. It’s not the most effective way to locate the accessory but it’s better than nothing. We can’t quite say what makes this inappropriate for the App Store. But Apple hasn’t released a statement yet about this. What Apple wants you to do when you lose these AirPods is pay US$69 each for a lost earpiece.

Introducing Legion, Lenovo’s gaming sub-brand

Lenovo Legion Y520

One of Lenovo’s bigger announcements at CES revolves around an entirely new line. The Chinese tech company calls it Legion, a sub-brand dedicated exclusively to gaming. Out of the gates, Lenovo introduces two new gaming laptops and calls these the beginning of a journey in the constantly growing segment. One is a more mainstream-friendly machine: the Legion Y520; while the other is designed for a more hardcore gamer: the Y720. Let’s take a quick look at what both machines have to offer.

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