Amazon’s Twitch starts rival to TikTok in short-form video
Amazon.com Inc’s livestreaming site Twitch launched its own short-form video platform, a week after passage of a law that threatens the future of the social-media service TikTok in the US.
Twitch plans to shut down S. Korea ops
Twitch, a popular US-based live game streaming platform, says it plans to shut down its South Korean service in February next year due to high network usage fees in the country.
Amazon set to slash another 9,000 jobs
Amazon.com Inc says it will axe another 9,000 employees, adding to a wave of layoffs that has swept the technology sector as an uncertain economy forces companies to get leaner.
Who are the most popular streamers on Twitch around the world?
A study has just revealed the most-searched streamers on the search engine, in different countries of the world.
Gamer gives back through online platform
A GAMER on Twitch organised a 24-hour live stream which raised RM5,848.55 for charity.
‘GTA’ mode is attracting high-profile streamers and causing a stir on Twitch; but what exactly is it?
GTA V usually gives gamers a chance to cut loose as faithless and depraved villains, but now the video game’s role-play (RP) mode is offering a chance to experiment with more mild-mannered roles. Acting as policemen, ambulance drivers and students, RP players have to stay in character as convincingly as possible.
Twitch will ban users for ‘severe’ offline behaviour, including terrorism and sexual assault
In an unusual step, Twitch, the Amazon-owned livestreaming service popular among gamers, has formally adopted a policy to suspend users if they engage in “severe misconduct” that occurs off the platform.
Twitch extends ban on Donald Trump’s account
Banned from Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat, Donald Trump won't be able to return to Twitch anytime soon either.
Twitch sets new records as the pandemic continues
While Twitch has seen a significant increase in viewer numbers over the last 12 months, this trend appears to be digging in for 2021.
Amazon’s Twitch disables Donald Trump account, citing ‘incendiary rhetoric’
Twitch has joined the widening movement to deplatform Donald Trump from Internet services, following the rioting and violence by a pro-Trump horde on Jan 6 in Washington, D.C.
