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Someone Is Trying to Sell Those Stolen Three-Screen Razer Laptops in China (geek.com)
Just a few days ago, Razer's awesome Project Valerie laptops -- the one with three 4K displays -- were stolen. Now it looks like whoever stole them is trying to sell them. From a report: It turns out that the thief (or thieves) didn't just nab one Project Valerie prototype. They actually got ahold of a pair. Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan understandably wants them back, really, really badly. The company was willing to offer $25,000 to anyone who could offer information that led to the prototypes' return. So where did the laptops end up? Somewhere behind the Great Wall, apparently. Whoever has them isn't trying to quietly fence them in some dark Beijing alleyway, either. They've actually been listed on the immensely popular Chinese e-commerce site Taobao -- where they were spotted by writers at Engadget Chinese and Wccftech.
Whoever wrote the summary is wrong. Razer isn't offering $25K for the return of the prototypes - it's offering up to $25K for "information that leads to the identification, arrest and conviction of the thief." It's been reported that way by multiple sources.
"National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
The whole thing is a publicity stunt. These cheap china made laptop don't worth any where near $25k. But free press coverage they had in the past few day is priceless. Fake news all the way down.
The source article says right up front "*This is currently being debunked. Possible PR stunt.". That somehow got overlooked when posted here.