Intel is bringing 5G, drones, and VR to the Olympics in 2018

The next Olympic Games are gonna be lit... with technology.

Intel, which became an official Olympic Partner on Wednesday (and makes most of the CPUs inside today's PCs and all of them on Macs), promises to bring a wide array of cutting-edge technology to the Olympic games, beginning with the upcoming 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said during a press conference that adding Intel to the membership committee is part of the Olympics' new reform program and a way to thrust the games into the digital age.  Read more...