Popular Twitch streamer and known basement dweller, Asmongold, finds himself in hot water after hateful comments against Palestinians.

Players won’t need a gaming console to play Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 when it comes out later this month. Recently, Microsoft announced that it will bring the latest Call of Duty game, as well as Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone, to Xbox Cloud Gaming on October 25.

Gaming unicorn Games24x7 seems to be planning to establish itself as a “technology platform” by making investments in firms developing innovative technology solutions. To do so, the firm has announced the TechXpedite accelerator, a 60-day accelerator program designed for startups in three key areas of gaming, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and impact-driven inclusive tech, with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its cloud partner.

India’s gaming industry, which features formats like real money gaming (RMG) and casual gaming, is believed to double in terms of revenue in the next four years from its current base of Rs 33,000 crore.

Vodafone-Idea seems to be putting its bets on the gaming space with an aim to offer a comprehensive digital entertainment experience to its customers. The company noted that its strategic approach involves a combination of value-added services and revenue generation, trying to fulfill the needs of Indian gamers.

After two days of intense action in the finals of TEC Gauntlet Season 2 - BGMI, we have a clear winner. With 115 points, 8bit Esports has won a prize of Rs 4,00,000. Over the two days, the Juicy-led lineup secured 72 finishes and 43 placement points.

Game Freak, the company behind the Pokémon franchise, is hit with a security breach that has put the data of over 2,600 employees and partners at risk. The data leak was first brought to light on a forum called 4chan earlier this month before it started circulating on social media and other online forums.

Apple’s iPhone SE 4 is said to launch in early 2025 with FaceID. The budget iPhone, which is said to launch as a successor to the iPhone SE (2022) was earlier speculated to feature the same design as the base iPhone 14. However, new leaked case renders of the iPhone SE 4 suggest that the phone will have some design similarities with the iPhone 7 Plus. The renders show a flat back panel and dual rear camera unit for the iPhone SE 4.

A few months ago, Ice Universe reported that the upcoming Xiaomi 15 Ultra will come packed with a 200MP telephoto camera. Now, Weibo tipsters are providing more details on that camera, which will be exclusive to the Ultra -- the vanilla and Pro models will have to settle for 50MP 3x cameras, based on what the reports have suggested so far.

Apple is developing new vision-based products, including smart glasses and camera-equipped AirPods. These innovative devices are expected to resemble Meta’s Ray-Ban collaboration, as per Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.

Meta-owned messaging service WhatsApp is getting a new low-light mode, which will help users attend video calls in low-light conditions. The feature was part of a recent update that brought the ability to add filters and background in video calls.

Chinese tech giant Xiaomi is said to be prepping for the launch of the Xiaomi Smart Band 9 Pro, the successor of the Xiaomi Smart Band 8 Pro, launched at MWC 2024. the new fitness tracker is tipped to come alongside the Xiaomi Smart Band 9, which was launched in China in July.

GTA Online players have waited for a long time for two things particularly: some zombies to take down and an official return to GTA 5’s starting area. Now since both promises have been fulfilled in the new Ludendorff Cemetery Survival mode, which was released on October 10, hundreds of thousands of players can’t wait to play it.

Microsoft is planning to support the streaming of Xbox game libraries in November. Sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans told The Verge that the company is prepping to test the ability to stream games that users own that are not part of the existing Xbox Game Pass library.

While most of the big corporations have developed AI models to make our lives easy, there are always those who use it for wrongdoings. One such instance is leveraging AI for “spoofing” to take control of digital accounts, including Gmail, the world’s most popular email service provider.

The iQOO 13 could soon see the light of day in India. According to a tipster, it is said to launch in China next month. The iQOO 13 is said to be among the first to come packed with Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset, suggesting its potential performance.

Smartphone maker Xiaomi is said to introduce a slew of generative AI user applications to its smartphones in India by the end of this fiscal year, people close to the matter suggested.

Realme brought two new products to India on October 15: the P1 Speed 5G phone and the company’s first headphones, the TechLife Studio H1. The TechLife Studio H1 sports a 40mm Giant PET diaphragm, making sure rich and immersive audio. It is certified with Hi-Res LDAC, guaranteeing high-quality audio playback.

Intel Core Ultra 200S series chipsets for desktop PCs codenamed Arrow Lake, have been launched by the company. This is the first desktop offering by the chip maker with a dedicated neural processing unit (NPU).

Among all the generative AI-based features, the one feature that caught the most eyeballs was the ability to generate AI images. The feature enables users to generate and even edit an existing image that looks similar to real-life images using simple text prompts.