Kamala Harris is officially on Twitch. The vice president and Democratic presidential nominee now has her own streaming channel on the platform, as the campaign moves to reach more younger voters. The account, with the handle kamalaharris, streamed Harris’ speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago on Thursday …
Read More »Kamala Harris’ Campaign Is Launching a Twitch Channel
The Kamala Harris campaign is launching its own Twitch channel, where it will be streaming the vice president’s acceptance speech on Thursday. The Twitch channel is part of the campaign’s broader strategy for engaging young and difficult-to-reach voters online. The account, which is under the handle of “kamalaharris,” joins the …
Read More »‘Black Myth: Wukong’ Devs Told Streamers to Avoid Politics in Their Playthroughs. It Backfired
Amid a long list of Twitch streams for Black Myth: Wukong, a new action role-playing game released this week, one stood out: “Covid-19 Isolation Taiwan (Is a Real Country) Feminism Propaganda.” The stream, run by a creator called Moonmoon, did not include anything out of the ordinary for a video …
Read More »Twitch’s New DJ Program Has Flaws, But It’s the Best There Is
DJs finally have a safe place to stream on Twitch. One that promises an end to the DMCA takedowns, muted streams, and bans that have plagued anyone who wants to play music online for years. What it doesn’t guarantee, though, is a fix to all of the financial and legal …
Read More »The Real Reason Will Smith Broke Twitch’s Biggest Streaming Record
Every summer, the Spanish Twitch streamer Ibai Llanos hosts a livestreamed boxing tournament called La Velada del Año (The Evening of the Year). In just four years, it has gone from a relatively small event featuring matches between a few influencers from Spain to an enormous global phenomenon featuring over …
Read More »Hasan Piker Won’t Tell You to Vote for Joe Biden
The left’s favorite political Twitch streamer, Hasan Piker, doesn’t know if he’s voting for President Joe Biden and doesn’t care if you do either. Nearly every day, Piker streams on Twitch for around eight hours to his more than 2.6 million followers on the platform. He’s not a household name …
Read More »Influencers Are Trying to Go Viral by Playing a Game About Going Viral
Ben disappeared somewhere in the pitch black of the Old World. A handful of streamers gathered to investigate its monster-filled caverns and hallways, only to find their friend had gone missing. “Did Ben die?” one wondered aloud, just before another spotted him with relief in his voice. “I’m not even …
Read More »Meet Emmett Shear, OpenAI’s ‘Highly Intelligent, Socially Awkward’ Interim CEO
After a weekend of chaos at OpenAI, the company’s board of directors appointed former Twitch boss Emmett Shear interim CEO late Sunday. It was just the latest in a string of tumultuous changes at the AI company following Friday’s ouster of CEO Sam Altman, and it left many wondering what …
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