YouTube is a web-based video streaming and sharing service, and social network. It launched in 2005 and quickly gained immense popularity, being bought by Google shortly after in 20006. Services have since been expanded to include live streaming.
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YouTube will soon let you try out makeup with AR
If you’re obsessed with makeup tutorials on YouTube, we’ve good news for you. You can now try out makeup with your favorite YouTubers using augmented reality. The tool is called AR Beauty Try-On, will let you virtually try products on your face with AR while following along ...
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How YouTube became the app parents love to hate
According to a new report published by Bloomberg, the company not just knows YouTube Kids is not used by most kids, it's ...
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‘YouTube recommendations are toxic,’ says dev who worked on the algorithm
Google is notoriously cryptic about how YouTube's recommendations work, that's why Guillaume Chaslot is fighting for increased ...
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YouTube clumsily tries to rectify its confusing anti-harassment policies (again)
YouTube has said it will reexamine its harassment policies and update them in "consultation with experts, creators, journalists ...
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YouTube is failing the LGBTQ community by allowing Steven Crowder’s homophobic slurs
Vox host Carlos Maza tweeted a thread exposing the times where Steven Crowder made homophobic and racist comments — the ...
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Google resolves cloud outage that took down YouTube, Snapchat, and Discord (Updated)
A number of Google services were disrupted for more than four hours on Sunday by what the company blamed on "high levels ...
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Here's the real tea: A primer on YouTube drama channels
YouTube channels devoted specifically to gossip about other YouTubers. Here's a quick primer on what they do and why it's ...
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Get ready to see more shopping ads on Google Search, Images and YouTube
Google is unveiling a redesigned personalized Google Shopping experience with a universal shopping cart to buy stuff from ...
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How this music YouTube series succeeds at ‘dancing about architecture’
When "writing about music is like dancing about architecture," how do you make video exploring the sounds behind songs? Earworm ...
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YouTube’s recommendation algorithm is trying to ruin Avengers and Game of Thrones for me
Look, I know the internet is dark and full of terrors if you're not up to date on your favorite bits of pop culture. I should know better than to think I can completely avoid the zeitgeist around Avengers: Endgame and the latest season of Game of Thrones. But for years, I've done ...
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Google/Amazon deal sends YouTube to FireTV and Prime Video to Chromecast (finally)
Google and Amazon appear to have buried the hatchet, and are now offering their video streaming apps on each other's devices. ...
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YouTube's plan to reward 'quality' content has some problems
After a turbulent year, YouTube is allegedly doing some damage control with its advertisers. According to a report from Bloomberg, ...
