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 claims to share billions in ad money with creators, unlike Instagram
Google reported YouTube's earnings for the first time in a decade, and is quick to remind everyone that the "majority" of ...
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YouTube nabs Activision esports streaming deal from Twitch
Google and Activision Blizzard have worked out a deal that makes YouTube the home of three of the world's most popular esports ...
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Report: Tinder’s new panic button is sharing your data with Facebook and YouTube
A Gizmodo report found that Tinder's latest safety feature, 'Panic Button,' shares user data with third-party ad-tech companies ...
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YouTube TV just debuted on the PS4, replacing Vue
Just as Sony is preparing to sunset its Vue TV service, here comes YouTube TV to give PS4 owners access to a decent replacement. ...
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You can now stream every Radiohead album for free on YouTube
Last Friday, English rockers Radiohead have made their entire discography, dating back to 1993, available to stream on YouTube. ...
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2019: The year Twitch streamers jumped ship to Mixer, YouTube & Facebook
This time last year, Twitch was top of the molehill when it came to game streaming. Now several of its major stars are leaving for apparently greener pastures -- namely, Mixer, YouTube, and Facebook (of all things). So what brought this on? The deepest of these cuts, by far, was ...
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YouTube now bans 'veiled threats' against content creators
It's that time of year for looking back and seeing what happened in 2019. And given that YouTube was raked over the coals for its inability to curb on-platform harassment, it's probably no surprise it's updating its harassment policy. Matt Halprin, YouTube's Global Head of Trust ...
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YouTube completely gives up trying for Rewind 2019
YouTube today released Rewind 2019, its year-end video summing up the biggest things that happened on the site this year. And it’s… kind of sad, honestly. The number of dislikes is rocketing up - the dislike ratio is rapidly approaching last year's, and it's been less than 6 hours ...
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Stantinko botnet caught using YouTube to mine Monero cryptocurrency
The Stantinko botnet has now added cryptocurrency mining to its toolset — and it's been using YouTube to evade detection. ...
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YouTube's next big change could penalize anyone who creates for kids
YouTube just changed a major rule for anyone who uploads videos, ostensibly to protect kids -- but now content creators are confused as to how to follow it. Starting next year, all YouTube content creators will have to tick a box when they upload a video, indicating whether or ...
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Mozilla unveils 28 horror stories about YouTube’s recommendation algorithm
Mozilla gathered 28 user-submitted stories, detailing incidents where YouTube’s recommendation served videos featuring ...
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YouTube launches long-overdue Fashion section
YouTube today launched its Fashion section, a new vertical alongside the likes of Gaming and Movies, crystallizing the importance ...
