February 27, 20253 min readCrucial Ocean-Current System Is Safe from Climate Collapse―for NowThe Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation likely won't completely collapse with global warming, but any weakening could have grave consequences worldwideBy Humberto Basilio & Nature magazine There have long been worries that a critical network of currents in the Atlantic Ocean could come to a halt catastrophically as the climate changes. Wirestock/Getty ImagesA crucial ocean-current system seems unlikely to collapse even in the face of severe climate change ― despite predictions that it would disintegrate if Earth continues to warm. Thats the finding of a study suggesting that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) will survive at least until the end of the century.The study found that the combined forces of various ocean currents and winds would keep the system stable even under the most pessimistic climate scenarios.The authors are confident that there is sufficient evidence to support this finding, even though the climate models they analysed do not perfectly mirror reality. Unlikely isnt impossible, says Jonathan Baker, a co-author of the study and a climate scientist at the Met Office in Exeter, UK. But we have confidence in our results. The work is published today in Nature.On supporting science journalismIf you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today.Water-moving machineThe AMOC is like a giant conveyor belt in the Atlantic Ocean: warm water travels in the upper layers from south to north. Once the water reaches its northernmost point, it sinks and travels southwards in a cold, deep layer until it reaches the southern oceans, where it rises back up to the surface. The AMOC therefore has a crucial role in the global distribution of heat, salt and other components of seawater.The intensity of the AMOC has declined over time, a trend traced to polar ice melt, changes in wind patterns and precipitation changes linked to climate change. Although scientists agree that the collapse of the AMOC would have devastating consequences for local and regional climates, they are divided on whether and when such an event would occur.Studies of the AMOCs future generally rely on analyses of its past behaviour and on models that simulate future scenarios under different climate conditions. Some have concluded that the AMOC would reach a tipping point sometime between 2025 and 2095, then abruptly shut down. Other research indicates that a collapse is unlikely before the end of the century, but scientists had not previously identified the factors that might be stopping it from happening.A passel of modelsBaker and his team used 34 climate models to examine how the AMOC might respond to two extreme scenarios: a four-fold increase in carbon-dioxide levels from pre-industrial levels; and the addition of massive amounts of freshwater, consistent with the melting of the Greenland ice sheet. The team found that the AMOC would weaken in both scenarios, but not collapse.Key to the stability, Baker and his team suggest, are powerful winds in the Southern Ocean that help to drive deep water in the region towards the surface. This upwelling has a crucial role in maintaining the AMOC because it balances out the downwelling in the northern Atlantic.Baker and his team also found that the AMOC would collapse if a Pacific Meridional Overturning Circulation developed and increased the amount of downwelling. And although this circulation pattern does develop in all their models, it is too weak to counteract the rising water, Baker says.It's a very impressive and intriguing study, says Ren van Westen, a climate scientist at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute in De Bilt. But he adds that, although Bakers results reaffirm that collapse is unlikely, even a weakening could have harmful consequences. It doesnt mean that we can sit back and relax again, its still a worrying effect, van Westen says.Peter Ditlevsen, a climate physicist at the University of Copenhagen and co-author of the study suggesting that the AMOC would collapse before the end of this century, agrees. Like Baker, he emphasizes that reducing greenhouse-gas emissions is crucial to prevent catastrophe. Time matters, he says. We do not want to hit any tipping point. And this is one of the dangerous ones.This article is reproduced with permission and was first published on February 26, 2025.

Monster Hunter Wilds' first content update brings a "new level of challenge" in AprilAjarakan you can handle it?Image credit: Eurogamer/Capcom News by Matt Wales News Reporter Published on Feb. 27, 2025 With Monster Hunter Wilds finally so close you can almost smell it (sweat, damp cat, and a lingering whiff of dung bomb, would be my guess), Capcom has teased more of what's coming in its first post-launch content update, now confirmed to be launching in "early April".This isn't the first time Capcom has discussed Monster Hunter Wilds' Title Update 1, of course; earlier this month, it revealed everyone's favourite bubble dragon Mizutsune would be the first post-launch monster joining Wilds. But now, on the eve of the game's release, it's additionally teased a "new level of challenge", that'll manifest as a monster of "formidable strength" somewhere above the tougher Tempered variants currently found in-game.Its announcement also alluded to "another challenging monster", but it's unclear if this is a reference to Mizutsune or a third new monster. Either way - as I noted in my review this week - Wilds' difficulty feels like it skews a little low at the moment, even where Tempered monsters are involved, so it'll be nice get something a little tougher to tackle so early into its lifespan.Eurogamer's Monster Hunter Wilds review.Watch on YouTubeAnd there's more. Capcom has also teased a "new place to gather" for hunters who've completed the main story, providing somewhere for friends to "meet, communicate, have meals together, and more". And by more, I assume it means arm wrestle. Currently, Wilds doesn't have a centralised gathering hub in the same way previous Monster Hunters games did, so the addition should create a welcome social focal point for players. And hopefully we'll get some seasonal decor to admire once the post-launch quests start rolling in.But before Title Update 1's "early April" release, Monster Hunter Wilds is set to receive a 15GB day one update - although Capcom hasn't yet detailed what it'll include. Hopefully, it'll address the technical rough spots evident in the pre-launch version - which Digital Foundry called "undercooked" on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, although the PS5 Pro version fares better.

Gene Hackman, the two-time Oscar winner with more than 75 film credits amassed over his 40-year career, died at his Santa Fe home along with his wife, the pianist Betsy Arakawa, on February 26, 2025. He was 95.Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California, on January 30, 1930, and grew up in Danville, Illinois. As a young adult, the screen legend resisted his calling, instead considering a career in journalism. But I kept rediscovering the fact that I wanted to be an actor, Hackman told Architectural Digest during a 1982 tour of his Montecito home. Finally the desire became so strong that I just gave in to it. It took me a while to get started. A 19-year-old Hackman enrolled in acting classes at the Pasadena Playhouse, where he met and befriended Dustin Hoffman. Ironically, the future film icons were named the least likely to succeed.Hackman was nominated for five Academy Awards and won for his roles in The French Connection (1971) and Clint Eastwoods Unforgiven (1992). His breakout role was in 1967s Bonnie and Clyde, for which he earned a best supporting actor nomination. He went on to build a wide-ranging body of work that included a turn as villain Lex Luthor in Superman and the eponymous patriarch in Wes Andersons The Royal Tenenbaums. He retired from acting in the mid-2000s, after which he turned his attention to painting and writing. Between 1999 and 2008, Hackman cowrote three novels and penned two by himself in 2011 and 2013.He is survived by three children from his relationship with Fay Maltese, to whom he was married from 1956 to 1986. He wed Arakawa in 1991.A little over a decade ago, GQ asked Hackman how hed want to be remembered. He said, As a decent actor. As someone who tried to portray what was given to them in an honest fashion. Asked to sum up his life in a phrase, he wryly responded, He tried. I think thatd be fairly accurate.Read on to revisit the 1990 Architectural Digest tour of Hackman and Arakawas Southwestern-style ranch. Katie SchultzGiven the choice, Gene Hackman would rather remodel a house than build one from scratch. I think it's like being an actor. I interpret what's already there, he says.Hackman's career has ranged from the introverted eavesdropper of The Conversation to the villainous Lex Luthor in Superman. He won an Oscar in 1971 for The French Connection and has been nominated for three others, most recently for his role as an FBI agent in Mississippi Burning. He has spent most of his working life on the move from one role to another, one location to the next. In the same spirit, he has moved from one house to anotherhe is currently in the tenth house that he's created. I don't know what's wrong with me, he says wryly. I guess I like the process, and when it's over, it's over.

The couple first tried to privately sell the home in March 2022 for just under $4 million, but it wasnt until after publicly listing the residence and dropping its price significantly when they finally sold the property for $3.1 million in February 2023.New York City livingBy 2017, Coon and Letts were spending about a third of their time in Chicago, a third in New York, and a third wherever else their work took them. During that time, their New York base was an apartment in a TriBeCa high-rise, per a 2018 interview with Chicago Magazine. The couples firstborn child, Haskell, was four months old at the time, and Coon expressed a desire to raise him in the country, the same way that she grew up. That was a big part of my life, she told the outlet. I cant imagine kicking him out of this doorman building here in TriBeCa and saying, Go play. It just seems ludicrous. And I see kids who grow up in New York, and they just seem so old. I was protected from that. Its unclear if the Fargo actor still has this residence.Following the sale of their Chicago property, the Nest star and her husband resided in a Brooklyn brownstone, which they reportedly still maintained as of a year ago. Today, my wife, actress Carrie Coon, and I live with our two children in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn, Letts told the Wall Street Journal in 2022. We have a great old brownstone a block from Prospect Park that we rented when we commuted from Chicago. Now were New Yorkers.A country house upstateIn November 2021, Coon realized her dream of raising their kids in the countryside when she and Letts bought a $2.7 million stone and shingle Colonial-style home in Bedford, New York. We loved that the two-story house built in 2003 was weirder than others we saw. It has a hobbit portico and moons in the shutters, Coon told the Wall Street Journal last September. Theres also a beautiful breakfast nook. We love our pancakes. The charming 7,000-square-foot abode rests on a densely wooded three-acre lot that also hosts gardens, numerous decks and patios (one of which has a built-in barbecue grill), and a swimming pool with an attached spa. The wooded location was certainly a draw for Coon, who told the WSJ that she loves being surrounded by trees. The actor continued, I also love it for my children, who like to run around and explore. My body relaxes when Im here.Some of the amenities found inside the four-bedroom, seven-bathroom home include a fireplace-warmed living room, two offices, a formal dining room, a wood-paneled butlers pantry, a country-style kitchen with beamed ceilings, a gym, a primary suite equipped with generously sized walk-in closets, and of course, Coons beloved breakfast nook, which is actually a full-size room lined with windows facing the forest. Hardwood floors, crown molding, and wainscoting are found throughout. Its a weird country escape, Coon told the Los Angeles Times. My kids are growing up naked outside all summer.

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Gretchen Gehrke is co-founder of the Environmental Data Governance Initiative, which was formed in 2016 to track and analyze changes to federal environmental data and practices under the previous Trump administration. Its now a leader in a new field: environmental data justice.Their website is a treasure trove of information about access to environmental data and the prevalence and consequences of suppression of data and of specific terms like climate change, and the lack of enforcement of policies such as the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts. In an email interview with Salon, Gehrke explains the Environmental Right to Know: that is, the belief that people have the right to know about environmental issues that affect them, and the ability to influence environmental governance decisions in a meaningful way.RelatedBack to the Miocene: What the climate 13.8 million years ago could tell us about our future worldWhile the right to know is a general principle used in various contexts, in the United States it has been codified in the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, authorized in 1986 by Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act. This legislation was a response to the worlds worst industrial disaster, a 1984 crisis in which over 500,000 people in Bhopal, India were exposed to highly toxic methyl isocyanate gas from the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant, killing at least 2,000 people directly and injuring thousands more. The plant was majority-owned by an American company, resulting in lawsuits against the U.S. company (later dismissed) as well as in India. The goal of the EPCRA, then, was to impose regulations and increase citizen knowledge of chemicals used in our communities in order to prevent a similar disaster from happening in the United States.As Gehrkes EDGI noted last month, web pages have disappeared and language has been changed on the Environmental Protection Agency website since Donald Trump returned to power. Changes seem to have related to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility-related pages, to environmental justice, and, as documented by Jacobin, to climate change, echoing the removal of climate science data from the EPA website (and the term climate change itself, across federal websites) during the first Trump administration."The scrubbing of websites removes critical information the public needs about issues that affect their health and well-being."When Salon checked it out this week, the current site still described the Community Right-to-Know Act although the main page explaining how the principle applies appears to be gone (its archived here.) Other Right to Know information still on the EPA website include a 1992 document explaining how the right to know relates to the Toxic Release Inventory, which was created as part of the EPCRA and, back then, provided information about some 20,000 companies and how they disposed of hundreds of chemicals. Now its up to 799 individually listed chemicals in 33 chemical categories, as a page of the EPA site that was last updated on Jan. 7 explains.You can also, as of this writing, still find instructions for using a 2017 application called MyRTK, short for My Right to Know, that allows you to search for local information about pollutants, toxic release inventory compliance, and chemical release incidents. There seems no way to be sure what else may or may not have been purged from the site.Access to data and information are foundational to the Environmental Right to Know, Gehrke told Salon. The scrubbing of websites removes critical information the public needs about issues that affect their health and well-being, and strips the public of their agency in determining their own actions and their democratic participation in governance issues. Information suppression undermines the environmental right to know, and our democracy as a whole.Information suppression thus undermines that right to know, and undermines the workings of democracy itself. After all, a rights not much good if you cant realize it because your government doesnt accept that its a right you have. And it seems that they dont.On Wednesday, The Associated Press reported that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has "privately urged President Donald Trumps administration to reconsider a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for U.S. action against climate change." Ignoring these facts threatens "the legal underpinning of a host of climate regulations for motor vehicles, power plants and other pollution sources."Want more health and science stories in your inbox? Subscribe to Salon's weekly newsletter Lab Notes.As well as scrubbing websites of vital information, the Trump administration has taken data and mapping tools offline, Gehrke explained. These tools, she explained, allowed the public to use federal environmental and health data in their advocacy without having to be data scientists themselves. Shutting them down impedes research, advocacy and policy progress.Organizations including EDGI, scientists, and librarians have been racing to preserve data since the first federal health data began disappearing from websites in January. And this month the National Security Archives Climate Change Transparency Project published a selection of materials and webpages relating to environmental justice and climate change that have been deleted from federal agency websites.The situation has been nothing short of chaotic, with Zane Selvans, co-founder of Catalyst Cooperative, which works to liberate open data about the U.S. energy system that is, to make public energy data easy to access, telling Salon in a video interview that the data preservation communities has had scares on subsequent Friday afternoons, there have been frantic text messages or just rumors from folks that such and such data is going to go down.Most of the public energy data Catalyst works with data used by both private companies and public interest groups, by fossil fuel and renewable energy developers has mostly remained available,Selvans said.So far, its been a lot of fear, a lot of rumors, not a lot of core energy system data going away, but [we have] definitely less confidence in commitment to [the administrations] ongoing preservation of relevant data sets. Because the energy system data is clearly very closely related to both environmental impacts and to social justice impact, which has previously been a priority of the U.S. government, Selvans told Salon.The rumors, though, also included a scare about potential loss of NASA scientific data (which is collected from the real world rather than coming from a model, making it irreplaceable in a way that modeling data like much of the energy system data is not).I think that that particular concern was more in the flurry of cost cutting, is this contract going to be maintained? Is it going to be accidentally forgotten about or canceled? Because there just seems like this flurry of activity that wasnt maybe super well considered or planned out, and so thats one way it could go down, Selvans said.In addition to the risk of Trumps purges denying public access to data both by accident and by design, theres the question of relevance over time. All the efforts to archive data cant solve the problem of data needing to be updated.The ongoing maintenance and production and distribution of these data sets is something that we obviously cant do no matter how well-organized we are, because a lot of this data is being produced by the government labs or by government agencies. Still, if those agencies decide to stop collecting vital data, having an archive is still useful, Selvans said, especially if there could be a centralized, accessible directory of non-governmental archives.Catalyst, along with EDGI, is part of the Public Environmental Data Partners, a volunteer coalition of dozens of organizations and individuals working to preserve access to environmental data.We need your help to stay independentSubscribe today to support Salon's progressive journalismBy preserving this information, we are supporting the public to stay informed and to resist the revisionist history and gaslighting that we observed during the first Trump administration, Gehrke said.But she doesnt believe archiving efforts can possibly be enough to address the information crisis caused not just by the administrations current attack on federal data or on specific terms or concepts like climate change or diversity, but also by a failure of digital age information policy to address it, or attacks like it that should have been predicted from experiences with that first round of Trump, and with the already-rampant rise of misinformation and disinformation policy failures that in themselves, Gehrke believes, have led us to the current political landscape.Hard data, Selvans explained, connects with the censorship or purging of words like environmental justice or diversity because in order to address an inequity say, air quality in one area that is dramatically worse than in wealthier or whiter areas you have to measure things. You have to measure things to even be aware that the inequity exists, making the disappearance of data and language not just an attack on the right to know, but an attack on our right to even know what we're no longer able to know.Given the priorities that seem to have taken over at this point and the kind of data that has so far seemed most impacted, that feels like the most frightening part, to be like were not even going to know how these [environmental policy] impacts are distributed, Selvans said.Read moreabout climate changeBy Carlyn ZwarensteinCarlyn Zwarenstein writes about science for Salon. She's also the author of a book about drugs, pain, and the consolations of art, On Opium: Pain, Pleasure, and Other Matters of Substance. MORE FROM Carlyn ZwarensteinRelated Topics ------------------------------------------Climate ChangeClimate DataScienceTrump Administration

There's even more Pokemon TCG Pocket news today following the Pokemon Presentation. Not only do we have Triumphant Light packs coming to the game tomorrow, players who boot up the game between now and April 29 will get three packs at zero cost. Read more

Image: Nintendo LifeOne year after its initial announcement, Pokmon Legends: Z-A has finally been showcased properly during the most recent Pokmon Presents, giving us a good look at the upcoming title's gameplay and features. It wasn't quite the deep dive many of us were hoping for, but it was certainly enough to whet our appetites for the 'late 2025' launch window.We're generally quite pleased with what we saw, all told: the battle system looks neat; Mega Evolutions are back; you can jump between building rooftops, for goodness' sake. Lots of cool stuff. We can't help but feel like it's a bit lacking in the visual department, though ("Shocking", we hear you say). Granted, Pokmon games have never been graphical powerhouses at least since the move into the 3D realm but going from Pokmon Legends: Arceus to this is a bit of a blow, to be honest.Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube797kWatch on YouTube Images: NintendoLegends: Arceus, despite being quite rough around the edges (as we've almost come to expect from Pokmon games these days), had a wonderful painterly quality that hadn't been seen before in the series. Judging from this new trailer for Legends: Z-A, it's likely we won't see it again, either. It was beautiful, though; the clouds in the sky, the gorgeous, vibrant colours, the unique flora dotted around the environment.Z-A, on the other hand, kind of just looks like a slightly more polished version of Scarlet and Violet. Looking at the setting for both games, it's easy to ascertain why one might look a bit more appealing than the other. Arceus was able to take full advantage of its rural environments, presenting us with vast landscapes that, while certainly not as pretty as, say, Breath of the Wild, nevertheless invited a sense of wonder boosted by its colourful art style.Image: NintendoWith Z-A being set almost entirely within Lumiose City, the trailer showcased environments that, frankly, look dull. The buildings are extremely simple-looking and largely resemble one another, the terrain beneath them is lacking a sense of verticality that Arceus benefitted from, and the grey, concrete roads and pathways really highlight just how low-quality some of the textures are. It also suffers somewhat from bizarre, static NPCs, a problem that's plagued Pokmon in recent years, but one that Arceus largely managed to avoid thanks to its more open, rural setting.There's no denying that Z-A looks a lot smoother and cleaner than Arceus in some respects; Game Freak has clearly gotten slightly more proficient in developing games for the Switch, and this particularly shows in the human and Pokmon models. They look nice! But we just can't shake the feeling that the game is missing something; a unique sense of style that Arceus, despite its many technical shortcomings, boasted with its visuals.Legends: Z-A (left) and Legends: Arceus (right) Images: Nintendo, Nintendo LifeIt's still early days, and this is merely the first of what will no doubt be many pre-release trailers, so we're going to maintain our current feeling of cautious optimism for the time being. Legends: Arceus was a genuinely great game, and we're hopeful that lightning will strike twice with Z-A.Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube797kWhat do you make of your first look at Pokmon Legends: Z-A? Do you think it looks better than Legends: Arceus, or a bit worse? Share your thoughts and feelings with a comment down below.

Image: Nintendo LifeThe February 2025 Pokmon Presents showcase gave us our best look yet at Pokmon Legends: Z-A, showcasing the new battle system, starters and some of the friendly faces we can expect to meet along the way.It was a jam-packed trailer, to be sure, and The Pokmon Company has now updated the official Legends: Z-A website with a bunch of new screens, art and info to provide a slightly closer look at everything covered in the trailer's whistle-stop tour.We have sorted through these new screens and pieces of character art and have laid them out for your perusal below. So, let's dive into things!Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube797kWatch on YouTube Image: The Pokmon CompanyWe'll start with the city itself. Aside from the above map, the site also shares some of the Lumiose landmarks that you'll be able to find while exploring. This includes the new "Wild Zones", which are where you'll want to head to battle and catch 'mon.Images: The Pokmon CompanyImages: The Pokmon CompanyImages: The Pokmon CompanyWe also got a closer look at Hotel Z, the area that will "serve as your base" during the game:Images: The Pokmon CompanyThe trailer showcased the new real-time battle system in action, and the following screens give a more detailed look at how it will work in practice:Images: The Pokmon CompanyImages: The Pokmon CompanyJust in case you missed it, Chikorita, Tepig, and Totodile will serve as the three starter Pokmon in Legends: Z-A. Here they are up close, accompanied by their new art:Image: The Pokmon CompanyImages: The Pokmon CompanyImages: The Pokmon CompanyImages: The Pokmon CompanyAnd while we're on faces that you should get used to, here's your avatar and a handful of NPCs that will crop up throughout Z-A: Urbain / Taunie, AZ and his Eternal Flower Floette, Jett and Vinnie:Images: The Pokmon CompanyImages: The Pokmon CompanyImages: The Pokmon CompanyImages: The Pokmon CompanyImages: The Pokmon CompanyImages: The Pokmon CompanyAnd we'll wrap things up with a closer look at some of Legends: Z-A's Pokmon, from the new art for Legendary Zygarde's three forms to a handful of Mega Evolutions:Images: The Pokmon CompanyImages: The Pokmon CompanyImages: The Pokmon CompanyImage: The Pokmon Company Legends Z-A! Champions! TCG Sets!Mega or mediocre?Quite a lot to sink your teeth into, no? Let us know what you make of Legends: Z-A so far in the comments below.Related GamesSee AlsoShare:01 Jim came to Nintendo Life in 2022 and, despite his insistence that The Minish Cap is the best Zelda game and his unwavering love for the Star Wars prequels (yes, really), he has continued to write news and features on the site ever since. Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...Related ArticlesPokmon Presents Announced For 27th February 2025Quick, act surprised!98 Games You Should Pick Up In Nintendo's 'Play On' eShop Sale (Europe)Every game we scored 9/10 or higherNike Has Gone Bananas With These Donkey Kong Country-Inspired TrainersTalk about FunkyGallery: Here's A Closer Look At The London Pop-Up Pokmon Center's Exclusive MerchType advantage against bank ballances

Twitch CEO Dan Clancy published an open letter on Thursday outlining the platforms plans for 2025, which include upcoming features, updates to the mobile experience, as well as a significant change to its monetization policy.Of note, Clancy revealed that Twitch is opening up subscriptions and Bits, the virtual items that viewers buy to cheer on streamers, to most creators, regardless of how many followers they have.The change aims to democratize the monetization process on Twitch, enabling a wider range of creators to earn as they engage their audiences. Previously, only Twitch affiliates and partners had access to subscriptions and Bits and had to meet specific criteria to qualify. This included having at least 50 followers, maintaining an average of three concurrent viewers per stream, and achieving at least eight hours of accumulated streaming time per week.The company is also introducing a new option that will allow all streamers to use their earnings on purchases within Twitch, Clancy added but didnt provide specific details.In addition to this significant shift in monetization policy, Clancy detailed further initiatives for Twitch in 2025. One of these involves creating an additional opportunity for streamers to generate revenue while collaborating.The new feature, called Shared Hype Trains, allows streamers participating in Stream Together or Shared Chat to come together in a Hype Train, which is where members can rally to support their favorite streamers. Creators will also be able to begin and manage Shared Chat sessions directly from the mobile app.Image Credits:TwitchAnother way in which Twitch plans to enhance revenue opportunities for streamers is by introducing an easier way for creators to express interest in collaborating with brands. Plus, the platform is launching a new tool to help brands discover new channels to partner with.The company also plans to broaden its promotional offerings and explore options that allow streamers to provide discounts and promotions during special events.Regarding the mobile viewing experience, Twitch will soon offer both landscape and vertical video options. The company is also introducing a new feature that enables viewers to react to specific moments in a stream using Bits.Image Credits:TwitchAdditionally, the ability to create custom Power-ups is on the way. Power-ups are effects that can be used during streams, such as adding a colorful border around a message or sending a larger version of an emote.The company is also introducing updates to Clips, aiming to make the editing process smoother and to provide a new feature for highlighting moments in real-time. There will also be more automated methods to identify the best moments in a stream.These updates follow Twitchs recent announcement about a major change to its content storage policy. Beginning on April 19, the platform will impose a cap of 100 hours on the storage of highlights and uploaded content, restricting how much content users can maintain on their channels.