Laptop Mag at CES 2025: The latest laptop news, reviews, and analysis direct from Las Vegas

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In the world of tech, the event that kickstarts the year is often the one that defines it, and that honor annually falls to CES (formerly the Consumer Electronics Show) — an exhibition hailed as everything from the world's largest gadget show to the most powerful tech event in the world.

The Laptop Mag team is reporting directly from Las Vegas, Nevada for the duration of the show's January 7 to January 10 span. It's from here that we'll be covering the latest computing reveals and uncovering the finest consumer tech on show, seeking to crown our latest batch of Laptop Laurels winners from across the showroom floor.

CES is an opportunity for brands to dazzle and amaze, with everything from this year's biggest chipset reveals to futuristic concepts to expand the possibilities of what we can expect from tech in the years to come.

Welcome to Laptop Mag's CES 2025 special issue, your one-stop for all things consumer tech from this year's expo. Bookmark and return to this page for news and updates directly out of CES 2025, or follow us on X, Facebook, Threads, Instagram, Bluesky, Flipboard, and LinkedIn for the latest word as it arrives, direct to your socials.

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CES 2025: Laptop Laurels

Throughout this year's showcase, we'll be awarding products that truly stand out from the crowd with our Laptop Laurels — Laptop Mag's very own seal of approval for the best tech on show at CES 2025.

With boots on the ground in Las Vegas, Nevada, Laptop Mag's combined know-how covers a wide range of tech expertise, from laptops to mobile, processors, artificial intelligence, and more. Their reporting will bring you all of the latest news, hands-on reviews, and consumer tech highlights from CES 2025.

This year's outbound team includes Laptop Mag Editor-in-Chief Nick Lucchesi, Managing Editor Sean Riley, Senior News Editor James Pero, Staff Writer Madeline Ricchiuto, and Contributing Writer Joanna Nelius.

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Nick Lucchesi

Nick Lucchesi is a writer and editor who is editor-in-chief for Laptop Magazine. He's worked in content marketing for technology companies and served in various leadership roles, including Editor-in-Chief for Inverse. He started his career as a daily newspaper reporter before crisscrossing the country as a web editor for alternative weekly newspapers.

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Sean Riley

Sean Riley has been covering tech professionally for over a decade now. Most of that time was as a freelancer covering varied topics including phones, wearables, tablets, smart home devices, laptops, AR, VR, mobile payments, fintech, and more.  Sean is the resident mobile expert at Laptop Mag, specializing in phones and wearables, you'll find plenty of news, reviews, how-to, and opinion pieces on these subjects from him here.

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James Pero

James is Senior News Editor for Laptop Mag. He previously covered technology at Inverse and Input. He's written about everything from AI, to phones, and electric mobility and likes to make unlistenable rock music with GarageBand in his downtime. Outside of work, you can find him roving New York City on a never-ending quest to find the cheapest dive bar.

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Madeline Ricchiuto

A former lab gremlin for Tom's Guide, Laptop Mag, Tom's Hardware, and Tech Radar; Madeline has escaped the labs to join Laptop Mag as a Staff Writer. With over a decade of experience writing about tech and gaming, she may actually know a thing or two. Sometimes. When she isn't writing about the latest laptops and AI software, Madeline likes to throw herself into the ocean as a PADI scuba diving instructor and underwater photography enthusiast.

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Joanna Nelius

Joanna Nelius is a contributing writer to Laptop Mag. She has reported on and reviewed laptops for The VergeGizmodoPC Gamer, and USA Today.