Spanish streamer Ibai Llanos Garatea hit a peak of more than 3.3 million concurrent viewers during his boxing event, La Velada del Año II. The previous record was held by another Spanish streamer, TheGrefg. Twitch’s concurrent viewership record has been broken again. Spanish streamer Ibai Llanos Garatea (who goes by “Ibai” on the platform) hit a peak of more than 3.3 million concurrent viewers during a boxing event he hosted over the weekend,
Afghan war rugs have been sold for decades, but a recent design involving drones has led to a dispute between two international dealers. Who, if anyone, owns the design of this Afghan rug? Aaron Davies remembers being blown away by the colors. Instead of the muted tones and abstract motifs of traditional Persian carpets, the rug in front of him depicted a map of Afghanistan surrounded by guns and tanks, woven with fluorescent pink,
Here’s how to use PugetBench for After Effects, one of the real-world benchmarks offered by PC manufacturer Puget Systems, to see how well your computer can work with visual effects. Over the past few weeks, we’ve been showing you how you can run some of the benchmarks that we run in our laptop reviews to see how well your PC stacks up to others on the market. Today, we’re looking at PugetBench for After Effects, created by
Fortnite creators are making studios to build ambitious — and branded — worlds
There are a growing number of groups forming full-time studios to create branded Fortnite Creative worlds. And it seems like we’re only in the early days of what might be possible. Last year, Fortnite developer Epic Games launched a big partnership with high fashion house Balenciaga. In addition to a collection of skins decked out in Balenciaga gear available to purchase, Epic also promoted a Balenciaga-themed zone players
Smiths using traditional viking techniques for weaponry are monetizing their creations through modern platforms like YouTube, Twitch, and Etsy, including creators like Joe Hallisey, Phillip Anderson, and Faydwynn Morningstar. The bloody battle between kings Harold and Harald at Stamford Bridge is often considered the unofficially official “end” of the Viking Age. By that benchmark, it has been approximately 956 years since the era of longships, warhammers (not that
Spotify secretly launched a show with this controversial duo — it’s already a hit
Jackie and Claudia Oshry have delivered their sizable audience to Spotify with "Breaking Bread" on Spotify Live. The show received no promotion from the streamer. Spotify has a brand new original topping its podcast chart, but it would probably prefer if you didn’t know about it. Last week, Spotify launched a new pop culture show, Breaking Bread, on Spotify Live. Breaking Bread’s recordings now rank at
Searching for the dankest iPod knockoffs of the mid-2000s
DankPods has turned finding strange old MP3 players into a hit YouTube show and one of the biggest successes on Patreon. In a land of vinyl sickos, Spotify normies, and Winamp elitists, Wade Nixon, the man behind the incredibly popular YouTube channel “DankPods,” stands alone with a pair of MP3-playing Oakley sunglasses. They were manufactured in 2004 at the
Twitter’s closed caption toggle is now available on iOS and Android
Twitter says that its closed captions toggle for videos is now available to everyone using iOS and Android. The company started testing the feature on its mobile apps in April. Twitter has announced that a button to toggle captions for its video player is now available for everyone on iOS and Android. The button, which shows up in the top-right corner of the video if it has captions available, lets you choose whether you
Khaby Lame is now the most-followed TikToker in the world
Khaby Lame, a 22-year-old TikTok creator making comedy videos, became the most-followed TikToker in the world, unseating Charli D’Amelio. He now has 142.7 million followers on TikTok. TikTok has a new reigning champion. Khaby Lame, a 22-year-old Senegalese-born creator, became the most-followed person on TikTok last night, surpassing American TikTok star Charli D’Amelio, who formerly had the distinction. Lame now has more than
Crypto exchange FTX is reportedly looking into buying Robinhood
Massive cryptocurrency exchange FTX is reportedly thinking about buying Robinhood. FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried denied the rumors. Bloomberg reports its sources say FTX is still exploring the possibility. Cryptocurrency exchange FTX is reportedly considering an acquisition of the trading platform Robinhood, according to a report from Bloomberg. Sources close to the situation told Bloomberg that FTX is still weighing the possibility and hasn’t yet
As the Overwatch 2 release date of October 4th nears, Blizzard revealed that upon release, Overwatch 2 will overwrite the original Overwatch, effectively ending the game. The original Overwatch’s days are numbered. Last week, Blizzard revealed in a Reddit AMA that when Overwatch 2 launches on October 4th, it will overwrite Overwatch prime, effectively ending the six-year-old game. “When OW2 launches on October