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MrBeast sues his fast food chain for selling 'inedible' MrBeast burgers
YouTuber MrBeast is suing his fast food chain for making burgers he says are 'inedible.'
Jon Fingas08.02.2023
YouTube is adding more creator tools to Shorts to help it take on TikTok
YouTube is adding a bunch of creation tools in Shorts, starting with Collab, which lets users record short-form videos in a split screen format with other Shorts or regular clips.
Mariella Moon08.02.2023
YouTube tests AI-generated video summaries
YouTube is testing AI-produced video summaries that can describe clips before you watch them.
Jon Fingas08.01.2023
Apple will stream the first episode of 'Foundation' on YouTube
Catch the first episode on Monday at 2PM ET.
Igor Bonifacic07.09.2023
YouTube test threatens to block viewers if they continue using ad blockers
YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach when it comes to getting viewers to disable their ad blockers.
Mariella Moon06.30.2023
Google refutes claims it violated its own guidelines and misled advertisers
Google has denied "extremely inaccurate claims" that it may have violated its own rules and misled advertisers over ad viewership on third-party websites.
Kris Holt06.29.2023
Android TV's new Shop tab makes it easier to buy movies and TV shows
It will also display all previously purchased content.
Sarah Fielding06.29.2023
YouTube is reportedly testing online games for mobile and desktop
Google is looking at online games as a new possible source of income for YouTube, according to a new report by the Wall Street Journal
Mariella Moon06.24.2023
YouTube fan accounts will soon need a disclosure in the channel name or handle
YouTube is trying to clamp down on impersonation as it's bringing in new rules for fan accounts.
Kris Holt06.24.2023
YouTube's new tool can automatically dub videos in other languages
YouTube has plans to let creators go beyond translated subtitles by allowing creators to dub videos into other spoken languages.
Steve Dent06.23.2023
YouTube changes misinformation policy to allow videos falsely claiming fraud in the 2020 US election
In a Friday afternoon news dump, YouTube inexplicably announced today that 2020 election denialism is a-okay. The company says it “carefully deliberated this change” without offering any specifics on its reasons for the about-face. YouTube initially banned content disputing the results of the 2020 election in December of that year.
Will Shanklin06.03.2023
Polestar 2 update adds YouTube integration and new CarPlay features
Its Range Assistant app and Apple CarPlay also have new updates.
Sarah Fielding06.01.2023
You can watch the entire first season of 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ for free on YouTube
Streaming services often upload a pilot on YouTube to lure in new subscribers, but never an entire season. Paramount+ did just that, however, throwing up the entire first season of the critically-acclaimed ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ on YouTube for all to see. It joins other full seasons from the streamer including ‘iCarly’, 'Queen of the Universe’ and more.
Lawrence Bonk06.01.2023
YouTube will allow unlimited simultaneous streams for NFL Sunday Ticket
'We heard your feedback that 2 concurrent streams just wasn’t enough for NFL Sunday Ticket, so we’re updating our product functionality to include unlimited streams at home for NFL Sunday Ticket,' the YouTube TV team said. 'You and your household can also access 2 additional streams on the go.'
Kris Holt05.26.2023
YouTube Stories are going away on June 26th
YouTube creators can wave goodbye to Stories, as platform is killing off its version of the feature. After June 26th, it'll no longer be possible to create a new YouTube Story.
Kris Holt05.26.2023
Google's account purge will spare YouTube channels with videos
Google said it does "not have plans to delete accounts with YouTube videos at this time."
Mariella Moon05.19.2023
Supreme Court rules in Twitter and YouTube's favor in terrorism liability cases
The Supreme Court has issued two rulings in favor of tech companies that will continue to shield them from liability for what users post on their platforms.
Kris Holt05.19.2023
YouTube is bringing 30-second unskippable ads to its TV apps
YouTube has announced during its Brandcast event for advertisers that it's bringing 30-second unskippable ads to connected TVs.
Mariella Moon05.18.2023
YouTube’s recommendations are leading kids to gun videos, report says
YouTube’s recommendations are leading young kids to videos about school shootings and other gun-related content, according to a new report.
Karissa Bell05.17.2023
Google will start purging inactive accounts later this year
If you have a Google account you haven’t used in a while but want to hang onto, you may want to log back in. The company announced today that it will begin deleting accounts that have been inactive for at least two years. Google frames it as a privacy-enhancing move, but it’s easy to also see it as a cost-cutting measure to free up storage on Google’s servers.
Will Shanklin05.17.2023