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YouTube lures three more top streamers away from Twitch

January 13, 2020

Twitch is once again losing some big-name streamers to YouTube. Lannan “LazarBeam” Eacott, Elliott “Muselk” Watkins and Rachell “Valkyrae” Hofstetter (above) have announced that they’ll livestream exclusively on Google’s video service. It’s not a completely surprising move when the three are already big YouTubers, and it makes particular…

Might & Magic: Chess Royale is an auto battle royale from Ubisoft

January 13, 2020

Ubisoft’s scientists have done the unthinkable and combined the two biggest new gaming genres of the last few years. The publisher revealed today that it plans to release Might & Magic: Chess Royale for mobile and PC on January 30. As the name suggests, it mixes…

Android Auto app has been downloaded 100 million times

January 13, 2020

Five years after its launch, Google’s Android Auto recently passed a milestone. On the Play Store, the Android Auto app has been downloaded 100 million times (via ). Some of Google’s apps on Android have upwards of 1 billion downloads…

Android’s version of AirDrop, ‘Fast Share,’ has been renamed to ‘Nearby Sharing’

January 13, 2020

For the past several months, there’s been an ongoing project at Google that’s never been announced: Android’s version of AirDrop. We first broke the news, and now, Google has apparently renamed the Android feature to “Nearby Sharing.” Spotted by , Google has apparently renamed what was previously known as “Fast Share.” With the latest Google Play…

Xiaomi demoes a 144Hz mode for the Redmi K30 5G

January 13, 2020

Just last month the first Redmi phone with a high refresh rate screen came out, the Redmi K30 and its 5G variant had 120Hz IPS LCD panels. That may not be the best that the K30 can do Xiaomi VP Lu Weibing posted a video of the Redmi K30 5G screen running at 144Hz. The VP…

TCL sets date for MWC event, new own-branded and Alcatel phones incoming

January 13, 2020

TCL and is heading to Barcelona to introduce its latest smartphones and technologies at MWC 2020. The company sent out invitations to media all over the world, revealing it will have a press conference on February 2020 at exactly 18:00 local time. The event is taking place…

Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple set to sell 80-85M iPhones with 5G

January 13, 2020

Reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has published a note in which he predicts that Apple will release four 5G-connected iPhone models and sell plenty of them. Previously there were speculations that Cupertino will launch sub-6GHz models first and delay the mmWave phones for early 2021. Kuo refutes these claims, saying that the two versions will launch simultaneously in September this year. Five…

OnePlus talks about the 120Hz display for its next flagship phone

January 13, 2020

OnePlus is starting to dribble out details for its next phones, and it’s starting with the feature you probably care about the most: the screen. The company’s upcoming, Samsung-made 120Hz Fluid Display (not pictured) is faster than the 90Hz of the 7 series and…

OnePlus confirms upgrade to 120 Hz displays in 2020 that will also be brighter

January 13, 2020

The past year of smartphones has seen the rise of high refresh rate displays, and in 2020, we’re expecting that trend to get even better. Today, OnePlus has confirmed that it will adopt 120 Hz AMOLED displays this year that will have more benefits than just the faster…

Xiaomi Mi A2 now getting Android 10 update

January 13, 2020

The Xiaomi Mi A2 garnered quite a bit of popularity in its day. An affordable Android One device, complete with an impressive (for the time) camera setup. What’s not to love? Well, the update schedule could have been a little tighter, but at least the Android 10 is finally coming. The new update package weighs 1.3GB and has begun a staged roll-out. Some early users have been reporting UI…