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Lenovo’s show-stealing laptop with a rollable screen ships this week
Lenovo’s groundbreaking ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 laptop, with a screen that can be “unrolled” to provide additional screen space, now has a ship date as well as an official price. Lenovo’s rollable, which we saw at CES 2025 and was named among the Best of CES 2025, will ship on June 19 for $3,499 and up, Lenovo and Intel said Monday. You can think of the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 as a laptop with a foldable OLED screen — except that the screen doesn’t fold, but unrolls. While in its compact mode, the Rollable offers a fairly standard 120Hz 400-nit OLED display with 100 percent DCI-P3 color accuracy, measuring 14 inches on the diagonal. Unrolled, the display expands to about 16.7 inches on the diagonal. More importantly, the screen’s aspect ration expands to a portrait mode, allowing you to either use it as one gigantic screen or nestle a pair of smaller landscape windows within its broad expanse. The ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 is basically designed for road warriors, as an alternative to bringing along a second display in your backpack or carryon. Intel said Monday that the ThinkBook Plus was co-engineered between the two companies. Creating additional space inside the laptop was done by shrinking the circuit board and using a higher-density battery to create the extra space. The screen was rated for 30,000 closings and openings of the lid hinge and 20,000 rolls. The ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 includes a Core Ultra 7 “Lunar Lake” processor, up to 32GB of RAM and a 1 TB SSD, Lenovo said.

Key takeaways from grooming gangs report
A national inquiry and tightening laws on the age of consent are among the review's recommendations.

Watch: Huge traffic queues as people flee Iranian capital
Videos posted on social media show queues for fuel and gridlocked traffic as people try to leave Tehran.

Nursery worker convicted of abusing 21 babies
Roksana Lecka, 22, admitted seven counts of child cruelty and is found guilty of another 14.

More than 20 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire near Gaza aid sites, Hamas-run ministry says
The UN human rights chief said Israel's "means and methods of warfare" were inflicting "horrifying, unconscionable suffering".

Evans causes upset but Norrie knocked out at Queen's
Great Britain's Dan Evans claims one of the biggest wins of his career as he upsets world number 13 Frances Tiafoe to progress to the last 16 at Queen's but compatriot Cameron Norrie is knocked out.

Bale part of US-based consortium's Plymouth takeover bid
Gareth Bale is part of a US-based consortium's attempt to take over League One club Plymouth Argyle with talks in the early stages.

'What's eating Rory?' - will US Open prove reset point for McIlroy?
Win or lose Rory McIlroy continues to be the biggest story in golf because despite super-human achievement, he is only human, writes Iain Carter.

'The tumult in the Ingebrigtsen fairytale was never far from the surface'
Jakob Ingebrigtsen's allegations against his father were shocking. But it is harder to say they were a surprise given the family's long-standing tensions.

WSL expanding to 14 teams - but relegation remains
The Women's Super League will expand from 12 to 14 teams from the 2026-27 season as clubs agree vote on a new proposal.

Tributes to uni students who died in national park
Hajra Zahid and Haleema Zahid were pulled from water on a path leading to the summit of Yr Wyddfa.

Kate makes Order of the Garter service return after missing event last year
The Princess of Wales missed last year's event during the period she was receiving cancer treatment.

Satellite images show damage to Iran missile sites
Israeli strikes have damaged buildings at two missile sites as well as an airport runway, satellite images have revealed.

Israel's smaller, sophisticated military opposes larger Iran
Israel's air power may set back Iran's nuclear programme, but it won't destroy it.