Hang around a large-enough Twitch channel and you’ll eventually see a sub or bit train — a moment where the hype kicks off and the streamer ends up with a mountain of donations. Twitch wants to seize on those sprees. It’s launching a Hype Train feature this week that hands out free emotes to donators when they fill up an on-screen meter. A train starts when enough…
Numark's DJ2GO2 Touch is made for aspiring DJs
January 8, 2020
Numark’s controllers are ubiquitous in the world of professional DJing, and the company is hoping to get more amateurs in on the action with its DJ2GO2 Touch. The device easily fits in a backpack alongside a laptop, but it still packs cueing, looping, sampling and…
Arcadeo isn’t messing around with its first connected gaming chair. The Arcadeo Gaming chair has 10 haptic transducers positioned along its spine and seat, plus a 16-core multiprocessor that takes multichannel audio and turns it into physical vibrations. The chair…
The Realme 2 Pro has received a new firmware update that brings the January 2020 security patch and a few new features.
The firmware, RMX1801EX_11_C.26, is 2.71GB in size and is still ColorOS 6.0 based on Android 9 Pie. It adds a few features, such as activating the flash when a call comes in and enabling Dark Mode via a notification shade toggle.
The Realme 2 Pro received Android Pie with…
Xiaomi’s Mi Box S is one of the best Android TV devices thanks to its price, and now it’s getting an important update. Android TV Pie is rolling out to the Xiaomi Mi Box S, and it brings Amazon Prime Video with it.
This update…
Apple is enlisting iPhone 11 owners to help sell Night mode
January 8, 2020
Now that the iPhone 11 and 11 Pros have been out for a couple of months, Apple has launched its latest Shot on iPhone challenge. This time around, the company is asking iPhone owners to share their best low-light photos.
If you want to take part in the contest, you can do…
Gary Shapiro is the longtime CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, and he has played a lot of roles over the years in that job.
Shapiro presides over CES 2020, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas this week. He plays the seer, as the author of a couple of best-selling books about the future of technology. He’s a policy wonk who promotes the consumer electronics industry’s views in…
LG V60 ThinQ back panels leak, hint at a quad camera setup
January 8, 2020
The back panel of the LG V60 ThinQ has surfaced. Photos show two different color options, the second of which has a pearl-like finish. The phone is expected to be unveiled at the MWC in February and it will feature 5G connectivity and a Dual Screen accessory like the V50…
Amazon researchers trained an AI model in multiple languages to improve product searches
January 8, 2020
Amazon operates in 14 countries around the world, nine of which are eligible for its Prime yearly subscription service. It goes without saying that the company has a real desire to make available its shopping experience in any number of languages, particularly where…
Xiaomi Mi 8 receives stable Android 10
January 8, 2020
The Xiaomi Mi 8 is the latest device to receive Android’s latest version. The update is now seeding to global variants of the Mi 8 and bears the MIUI 11.0.1.0 QEAMIXM build number. It comes in at 1.9 GB and brings the December security patch.
Update changelog
Users are getting all the usual Android 10 features like better privacy, improved location controls and enhanced system-wide dark…
