This startup wants you to rent a gaming PC in the cloud just like you do Netflix

PC ownership is dead. The future of PCs is subscription-based, just like Netflix.

That's what Asher Kagan, president and co-founder of Blade, a French cloud-based computer startup, basically told me as he showed off the full-fledged PC version of Rise of the Tomb Raider — detailed 3D graphics and all — running on a phone, tablet, and MacBook Pro.

Founded in 2015, Blade's philosophy is simple: Kill the PC as you know it. "A revolution is coming to the PC that will replace it with nothing. No hardware, no upkeep," Kagan says. Read more...