Tencent has been designated a Chinese military company by the US Department of Defense, which the conglomerate calls a ‘misunderstanding’

Tencent, one of the world’s largest videogame publishers, is also a Chinese military company, the US Department of Defense claims. Which has come as something of a surprise to the conglomerate, which has called the designation a “misunderstanding”. The DoD’s list of Chinese military companies is updated annually, and Tencent is among the new batch…

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Intel on its next-gen laptop chip: “Panther Lake will take everything you love about Lunar Lake to the next level”

Almost 14 months ago, Intel launched its first multi-tile processor, codenamed Meteor Lake, for laptop PCs. Just nine months later, it was joined by the much-improved Lunar Lake chip, for the ultra-low power market and at this year’s CES event, Intel briefly demonstrated its successor, Panther Lake. As this is the first processor to be…

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Nvidia announces dedicated GeForce Now app for Steam Decks and more, streamlining cloud gaming for mixed-reality headset wearers too

I’ve been enjoying some quality time with the office Steam Deck. It’s an impressive bit of kit for sure, though I’m hardly putting it through its paces by catching up on Mouthwashing and replaying 1000xResist for the nth time. With a year full of anticipated RPGs ahead, I’m wondering how Valve’s handheld will fare playing…

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