From The Verge: Beeper is a new universal chat app that’s an attempt to unify 15 different chat platforms into a single interface. The app is the work of a team that includes Eric Migicovsky, the CEO and founder of former smartwatch manufacturer Pebble, who announced its launch on Twitter. Beeper’s...

From PC Mag: The ability to find a laptop display that offers the darkest levels of black while also having a very high refresh rate is set to get easier later this year thanks to Samsung.

Samsung Display has announced that from March it's set to start mass-producing 14-inch 90Hz OLED panels for...

From CNET: Apple's first virtual reality headset will reportedly sport powerful processors, a high-resolution display, a fan and a steep price tag. The VR headset will be considered a niche product and could be "far more expensive" than the $300 to $900 headsets available from rivals, according to a...

From Thermaltake Press Release: Thermaltake today announced the ToughDesk 500L RGB Battlestation Gaming Desk. The new technology and extensive functions of the desk include electric height adjustment control, anti-collision safety sensor, cable management space, and a built-in full surface RGB mouse...

From The Verge: Valve and five PC video game publishers have been fined a total of €7.8 million (around $9.5 million) by the European Commission for restricting cross-border game sales in the European Economic Area. The Commission said that the companies geo-blocked around 100 PC video games...

From PC Mag: Nvidia continues to keep its Shield TV devices bang up-to-date, with the latest software update adding support for controllers from the most recently released games consoles.

As The Verge reports, Nvidia just rolled out Shield Experience Upgrade 8.2.2. and the major feature it...

From CNET: A week after Qualomm's latest high-end 5G processor arrived in Samsung's new Galaxy S21 lineup, rival MediaTek unveiled new chipsets of its own: the Dimensity 1200 and Dimensity 1100. The new processors from the Taiwanese chipmaker bring improved AI, camera and multimedia capabilities but...

From The Verge: Samsung’s 860 SSD has been one of the standards for PC parts since it was released in 2018. Now, the company is announcing its successor, the 870 Evo, its latest SATA SSD designed for consumer use that brings faster speeds and lower prices.

The new drive is apparently so fast that...

From PC Mag: Windows 10 users are used to Windows Defender automatically protecting their PC from malware, but enterprise users rely on Microsoft Defender for Endpoint instead, and it's about to get a lot more effective at dealing with malware thanks to a simple setting change.

In a blog post (via...

From CNET: Qualcomm just launched a new high-end Snapdragon 888 smartphone processor, but it's already got another chipset available to power slightly cheaper phones. The company on Tuesday unveiled its Snapdragon 870, which will be used by companies like Motorola and Xiaomi in their upcoming...