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Twitch has mostly been a platform for watching live streams of games. However it seems that the company is looking to turn itself into a potential retail platform. In an announcement on the company’s blog, Twitch revealed that they are making it so that gamers who are watching games will be able to buy those games directly from their channel page.

That means that if you’re watching a streamer review or playthrough a game you were considering, you will be able to purchase that particular game from Twitch if you have decided that you do want it. According to Twitch, “One of the best reasons to buy on Twitch is that your purchases can support a broadcaster. Twitch will share 5% of the purchase price with Partnered streamers that have opted into our commerce program when you buy from their channel page.”

Twitch also announced Twitch Crates which are basically rewards that you get from buying games from Twitch’s platform. “From now through the end of early May, each time you make a purchase that qualifies for a Twitch Crate, you earn an invitation for a chance to win some sweet gaming and streaming gear. There are four weekly drawings, plus a grand prize that includes over $500 of professional streaming equipment.”

Now whether or not you want to choose to buy from Twitch, Steam, or some other platform is entirely up to you, but we guess there are now more options for you to choose from. As it stands there will be 50 titles available for purchase, with more planned for the future.

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When it comes to virtual reality (VR), for the most part you would need to own a Windows-based PC if you’d like to use the headsets that are available today. However could it be that in the future Apple could eventually support the technology in terms of both hardware and software? Recent comments have suggested that this might be the case.

In a report from TechCrunch, they quoted Apple software chief Craig Federighi as saying, “There are heavy 3D graphics [applications] or graphics and compute mixed loads. Those can be in VR, those can be in certain kinds of high-end cinema production tasks where most of the software out there that’s been written to target those doesn’t know how to balance itself well across multiple GPUs but can scale across a single large GPU.”

Federighi’s comments were made with regards to questions regarding the GPUs in the Mac Pro. For those who might have missed the news earlier, Apple announced that they would be rethinking the Mac Pro lineup, and it is possible that the future iteration of the Mac Pro could come with specs powerful enough to support VR platforms.

As it stands, neither the HTC Vive nor the Oculus Rift support Apple’s platform. In fact earlier this year the company confirmed that there would not be Mac support anytime soon, although last year the company did state that they were waiting for the “right machine” to come along first, which for all we know could be Apple’s future Mac Pros.

None of this is a guarantee, by the way, so take it with a grain of salt, but for Mac users looking forward to VR support, this could offer up the slightest glimmer of hope.

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WASHINGTON — Two Democratic members of the House intelligence committee said Tuesday they expect members President Donald Trump’s inner circle will end up in jail as a result of the probe into whether his team colluded with Russia. 

“I guess I would say this, that my impression is — I wouldn’t be surprised after all of this is said and done that some people end up in jail,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. 

Asked by Blitzer to elaborate, Castro declined. And while he said the extent of the alleged collusion is “yet to be determined,” his “impression” was that criminal charges and jail time would be the outcome of the investigation. 

“If I was betting, I would say ‘yes,’” he said of Trump associates going to jail. 

“My impression is that people will probably be charged, and I think people will probably go to jail,” he added. 

In an interview late Tuesday with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, Rep. Denny Heck (D-Wash.), also a member of the House intelligence committee, took things one step further, saying, “I will be surprised if people don’t end up going to jail.”

Both Congress and the FBI are investigating possible ties between Trump’s associates and Russian government officials. Trump and his team have denied any wrongdoing, with the president taking to Twitter over the weekend to call the story “phony” and a “total scam.” 

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the House intelligence committee’s top Democrat, said last month there’s “more than circumstantial evidence” indicating collusion between Russian government officials and Trump associates.

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One of the “problems” with voice assistants right now is that they can react to just about anyone. This is why earlier this year, there was a bit of a humorous situation where a news broadcaster accidentally activated Alexa for many viewers while on TV. The solution would be of course to create voice assistants that will only react to your voice.

We’ve yet to see that being implemented for most voice assistants in the market today, but this is a feature that Apple could be considering. In a patent discovered by Patently Apple, it reveals Apple’s plans to possibly include voice identification features in Siri in the future. The patent describes a system in which users will be able to save their voice with Siri, and whenever Siri is activated it checks against the saved voice to ensure that it is the owner of the device.

This means that even if your phone is unattended, users won’t be able to bypass the lockscreen by using Siri. This could also be used together with other Apple devices like Apple TV, where Siri will only recognize the owner which in turn could prevent other users in your home from making unauthorized purchases.

We’re not sure if Apple ever plans on implementing this feature into Siri, but it is one of the things that has been brought up in the past, plus it makes perfect sense too in today’s world where privacy and security are pretty hot topics.

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