Tech news in brief

Intel is coming out with a new NUC (Next Unit of Computing) computer just for gamers. Code-named Beast Canyon, NUC 11 Extreme is offered in three 11th gen Intel CPU options (Core i5, i7 and i9) with enough room in the 8-liter case for a graphics…

Zoom pursues its goal to be the go-to app for virtual meetings and events by making Zoom Apps and Zoom Events widely available starting this Wednesday. Zoom Apps are third-party integrations that display directly in your Zoom call. Over fifty apps…

Rumor was that Netflix wanted to get into gaming, but the rest was vague. A few days ago, an announcement came out that Mike Verdu, a former executive with EA and Oculus, was hired to lead Netflix’s gaming business. On Tuesday, the company’s…

The Wall screen is monumental, with a 1,000-inch (25.4 m) diagonal. Given its size and price, it’s not really meant for home use, but rather for public places such as shopping malls. It’s based on MicroLED technology, which offers the same benefits…

TiMi Studio Group, a subsidiary of Chinese giant Tencent, is behind several major titles such as Call of Duty: Mobile, Honor of Kings and the upcoming Pokémon UNITE. On Monday, the Shenzhen-based company announced the opening of a new game…

Chip manufacturer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reiterated that it expects chip shortages to continue into next year. The warning came as the company reported its latest quarterly results, which saw its net sales rise almost…

The rumours had been swirling, and now they’re fact: Valve is issuing a handheld gaming console. The device, called Steam Deck, is actually a full-fledged PC running on a custom ARM APU with a quad-core Zen 2 CPU, an AMD RDNA 2 GPU and 16GB of RAM.

At the Microsoft Inspire conference, Microsoft unveiled the new Windows 365 service, a cloud version of Windows 10. It’s an easy-to-use virtual machine that lets you access your own Windows installation from any device, whether a Mac, a Linux PC, an…