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Twitch Users Are Playing the Stock Market With $50K of One Dude’s Money

One of the most consistently entertaining features of the video game streaming platform Twitch is the series of “Twitch Plays” videos that allow users to work together to beat a game. Today, a software developer who is either a genius or a fool launched StockStream, a channel in which users are trying to beat the…

PBS Is Streaming Every Episode of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood on Twitch

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood is something I recall as a feeling rather than a specific set of memories. Wikipedia claims there was a whole cast of characters—Mr. McFeely, Pilot Ito, Officer Clemmons, and a few dozen puppets—but I don’t remember them. With the passage of time, the show’s details have collapsed into a singular sense of…

The Power Rangers Stories You Need to Watch During the Show’s Insane 17-Day Online Marathon

Starting today, Twitch is streaming all 23 completed seasons of Power Rangers as one of the most absurd marathon binge-watches in recent memory. If you, perhaps, don’t have the time to watch 17 days worth of television, then we’re here to help with a few suggestions for the episodes you absolutely need to watch (or…

Thousands of People Are Watching Two Google Homes Argue With Each Other on Twitch

If you ever wanted to watch two virtual assistants argue with each other for hours on end, well, you’re in luck. Some maniac is live streaming two Google Homes arguing with each other, so of course thousands of people are watching it. The bots are actually having some pretty deep conversation, too. In one instance,…

YouTube Co-Founder Launches Questionable Streaming Service for Internet Chefs

Nom is the new pet project of YouTube co-founder Steve Chen. People are calling it the Twitch for internet chefs. The only problem? Filming a chef is a lot harder than filming a video game. The vast majority of professional cooking shows use multiple camera setups. Nom supports multi-cam, though how it will be implemented…

Twitch Is Streaming Every Single Episode of Bob Ross’ Hypnotic Painting Show

As a kid, Bob Ross and The Joy of Painting on PBS was my kryptonite. My parents knew that if they wanted thirty minutes of child-free silence, they’d switch on that quiet guy with the afro and I’d be freaking spellbound, up until every last titanium white cloud. Well today, Twitch announced it’s channeling that…

The death of Flash continues apace: live video-streaming giant Twitch is the latest major player to ditch Flash video in favor of HTML5. It’s rolled out new HTML5 player controls to pave the way for a full handover to the video-streaming master race in the (hopefully near) future. [Twitchvia Engadget] Contact the author at [email protected].

People like to watch other people streaming their video games. It’s kind of a thing. So YouTube is launching a new website and app dedicated specifically to that. It’ll compete with Twitch, of course, which is owned by Amazon. [YouTube]

Twitch, the popular video game streaming service, has recently clarified its dress code, banning topless or “sexually suggestive” streaming. It’s not clear if this was sparked by a particular rash of overly-sexy gamers, but from now on, you’re going to have to keep your shirt on while busting your virtual moves. [PC Gamer]

Chromecast Just Got Twitch and a Bunch of Other New Apps

Chromecast just got another wave of apps. Leading the charge this time is the newly Amazon-owned Twitch, along with iHeartRadio, and a handful of Disney streaming apps. Amazon-owned Instant Video, however, is still nowhere to be seen. But still, you just got a few more excuses to never leave the couch! https://gizmodo.com/why-everyone-wanted-to-buy-twitch-1626616566

Twitch, the video game streaming service that Amazon recently bought, is allegedly being attacked by Lizard Squad, the same group that claimed responsibility for bringing down Sony’s PlayStation Network, Microsoft’s XBOX Live, Riot Games’ League of Legends and Blizzard Entertainment’s Battle.net over the last few days. Lizard Squad also claims to be affiliated with Middle…

Why Everyone Wanted to Buy Twitch

Even if you’re not “a gamer,” you’ve heard of Twitch. It’s a live-streaming juggernaut, the fourth-highest source of peak-time internet traffic in the United States, the place that did that Pokemon thing. It only makes sense that Google wanted to buy them, and that Amazon just did. In fact, the surprising thing is that more…

Yep, Amazon’s Buying Twitch for $970 Million

The rumors are true, Amazon is in fact buying Twitch for $970 million, despite rumors that Google almost pulled the trigger just weeks ago. While the price didn’t crest Google’s rumored billion, it’s certainly up there, but still a steal for the household name of live-streaming. Amazon and Twitch’s statements on the acquisition are unsurprisingly…

Report: Amazon’s Trying to Buy Twitch Out From Under Google

According to The Information (paywall), Amazon is in “late-stage talks” with Twitch over a possible acquisition. This is particularly shocking since it’s been previously reported that a YouTube and Twitch team-up for $1 billion was pretty much a done deal. But now it seems Amazon is making a play to steal Google’s live stream dreams.…

Report: Google Is Buying Twitch for $1 Billion

We’ve heard rumors that Google was in the market to buy Twitch—the game-streaming behemoth that’s up there with YouTube—for a cool billion dollars, and now VentureBeat is reporting the deal’s gone through. If this is true, Google just took the pretty much the only other streaming service that was even close to being in league…

Report: Google Is Hoping to Buy Twitch For Perhaps as Much as $1Bn

According to two separate reports—from Variety and the Wall Street Journal—Google is thinking of purchasing the video game streaming startup Twitch. That would get Google one of the web’s most highly trafficked sites. The two reports do, however, differ. Variety claims that the deal is virtually sealed, and will see Twitch being purchase for $1…