Tag: YouTube
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YouTube Premium is Offering Free Video Games as Google Wades Back Into Gaming
After axing Stadia in January, Google is trying a different approach to video games – YouTube. Premium subscribers got a notification last week about a new feature users could enable called Playables, according to Droid Life. Once it’s turned on, you can find it in YouTube’s Explore tab for Android, iOS, and desktop. The Playables…
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YouTube Slowing Down Loading Times for Videos on Firefox and Edge As It Continues To Wage War on Ad-Blockers
If you’re trying to watch YouTube videos and still using ad-blockers, you might notice a delay in loading times. Users have observed slower load times on Firefox and Microsoft Edge, but a few have also encountered delays on Google Chrome, according to Android Authority. YouTube said its ad-blocker detection doesn’t target specific browsers. “In the…
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A YouTube Glitch is Making it Look Like You Are Paying For Channels Including NBA TV That You Are Not
Have you gone into your YouTube account to find it shows you are paying for Primetime channels when you are not? You are not alone as what seems to be a glitch that shows people subscribed to NBA TV and other channels. Primetime channels let customers pay YouTube for access to premium content like NBA…
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More Streaming Services Could Join Netflix, Disney, and YouTube’s War on Password Sharing
Netflix set out to eliminate password sharing this year, and while the crackdown is far from finished, the media giant is winning over its rival streaming services. Despite the initial anger from viewers, Netflix saw an explosion of new signups once it began charging U.S. customers extra to share passwords. In June, reports said subscriptions…
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YouTube Copyright Scammers Must Pay $3.3 Million to Hundreds Exploited Music Artists
Cybercriminals posing as music rightsholders were arrested and sentenced to prison after extracting over $23 million in revenue from YouTube’s Content ID system. After about 800 impacted artists came forward, the court has ordered the scammers to pay $3.3 million in restitution. Under the company MediaMuv LLC., Webster Batista and Jose Teran claimed to own…
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YouTube Tests AI Music Tool That Auto-Generates Songs Using the Voices of T-Pain, Charlie Puth, and More
YouTube gave users a sneak peek of its first artificial intelligence-based music experiment, Dream Track for Shorts. The tools let users create custom songs on the fly with a system that mimics popular artists like Charlie Puth to use as a soundtrack for their YouTube Shorts. YouTube, like its parent Google, is experimenting with the…
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YouTube Reportedly Showed Porn in Ads
Overnight reports of inappropriate ads on YouTube started to flood in. According to multiple reports on Reddit, YouTube showed a video ad between YouTube Shorts for a pet meet-up app. In the background of the video was a porn playing with full audio in a very not safe for work experience. Update: YouTube has sent…
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YouTube Premium is Cracking Down On Password Sharing At The Same Time it Cracks Down on Ad-Blockers
You can add YouTube Premium to a growing list of streaming services that are cracking down on password sharing. YouTube Premium lets subscribers enjoy ad-free YouTube plus other features like offline viewing. Now, though, YouTube Premium has started to contact users who appear to be sharing their premium subscriptions with others. In the emails (an…
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YouTube Will Now Tell You if a Video Contains AI-Generated Content
In response to the explosive popularity and interest in artificial intelligence, YouTube said it’s making some changes to its platform. The video-sharing app said it’s rolling out new disclosure requirements and content labels to help viewers better identify videos that contain “altered or synthetic content.” Namely, creators must disclose when they’ve “created altered or synthetic…
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YouTube’s Ad-Blocker Crackdown Might Violate Privacy Laws
YouTube’s “global efforts” to banish ad-blockers may hit a snag in the European Union. Last month, privacy expert Alexander Hanff, reportedly filed a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission arguing that YouTube’s ad-blocker detection system is a privacy violation — illegal under the EU’s ePrivacy Directive. Hanff is accusing the Google-owned video sharing app…