Fortnite is hosting a live concert series that kicks off this weekend

Editor's take: Fortnite developer Epic Games has put together a brand new studio in Los Angeles that’ll be used to host in-game concerts over the coming weeks. With performances and other live events increasingly going digital, it could be the start of a whole new tour for music artists.
Nate Nanzer, head of global partnerships for Fortnite, described it as a tour stop for artists. “If you’re on tour, you want to stop on the Fortnite stage,” he said. “
Nintendo surprise announcement pegs Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity for November release

Bottom line: Have you been itching for a new Zelda adventure? While the sequel to Breath of the Wild is not expected for some time yet, Nintendo might have something to hold you over with Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. If you like Legend of Zelda games and you also like Koei Tecmo's Dynasty Warrior series, you will probably dig this one.
On Tuesday, Nintendo announced the next game in the Legend of Zelda universe. No, it's not the sequel to Breath of the Wild.
Apple will announce the iPhone 12 on September 15 (update)

In brief: Apple’s event will take place on September 15 at 10 a.m. Pacific from Apple Park. The announcement didn’t specify if the event will be streamed online although given the ongoing pandemic, it’s safe to assume that it will indeed be a virtual only event with no live audience. It’s even possible that the event could be recorded ahead of time and simply air at that date and time.
Update: According to Mark Gurman from Bloomberg , the September 1
The Galaxy Note 20 Ultra is on sale already
Netflix boss says staff can return to office when the majority are vaccinated

A hot potato: Despite Covid-19 cases continuing to rise, companies are taking different approaches when it comes to employees returning to the office. Some have already called staff back, while others are sticking with a remote work policy until at least next year. In Netflix’s case, CEO Reed Hastings says his workers won’t be returning until the “majority” are vaccinated.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal , Hastings let it be known that he’s not a fan of working from
Mojang Studios is adding PS VR support to Minecraft later this month

Bottom line: PS VR support will arrive as a patch for the main Minecraft game. It’ll be the exact same game as the standard Minecraft, except in virtual reality. There will be new settings and whatnot for VR, as well as the option to play in immersive or living room mode, but otherwise, users can expect the vanilla Minecraft experience.
Minecraft creator Mojang Studios is bringing its beloved sandbox to the PlayStation VR in the near future.
Minecraft executive producer Roger Carpenter said in a recent PlayStation blog post
Zen 3-based Ryzen 4000 CPUs rumored to come with 10-core model, new features

Rumor mill: AMD's Zen 3-based Ryzen 4000 desktop chips are arriving this year, and according to a recent claim, they will feature a new addition to the Ryzen lineup: a ten-core CPU.
The news comes from Yuri "1usmus" Bubliy, the person behind the ClockTuner for Ryzen and DRAM calculator for Ryzen utilities. He discovered a 10-core SKU in the Ryzen 4000 desktop family, known as Vermeer, within the new AGESA 1.0
Astronomers look at over 10 million stars in search for alien life, find nothing

In brief: Keeping in line with the rest of 2020, a large-scale search of over 10 million stars for signs of alien technology has turned up… nothing.
As explained in the study , which was published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) in Western Australia was used to examine stars in the Vela region for what could be signs of alien civilizations.
The MWA consists of 4096 spider-like antennas that sit in the ground
Nokia loses out as Samsung inks 5G deal with Verizon

In brief: As Huawei and Nokia face an uncertain future in 5G, Samsung is expanding its reach, one contract at a time. The Korean giant recently signed a new deal with Verizon to replace Nokia as a supplier of RAN equipment for 5G deployments.
Samsung this week won a 5G deal with Verizon that is valued at 7.9 trillion won ($6.7 billion) and will see the Korean tech giant become one of the largest telecom equipment suppliers in the world.
The move comes after
Windows 10 update is breaking an important feature, again

Facepalm: In a totally unexpected turn of events, a Windows 10 update has broken one of the OS’s major features. On this occasion, the bug is affecting some machines' Sleep Mode, with cases of computers repeatedly waking up for no reason, or the low power state not working at all. But there is a temporary fix.
Windows Latest reports that the issue first appeared with the Windows May 2020 update, which introduced a slew of glitches to many PCs. Windows 10 KB