How YouTube became the most-watched video provider on TVs in the US, with creator content tailored for family and group viewing and app features enhanced for TV
A generation that grew up watching YouTubers on tablets and phones have migrated to TVs, and Hollywood is losing ground
AI is making it easier to create VTubers and faceless voiceover channels, fueling a new wave of virtual YouTube and TikTok creators amid concerns about AI slop
One of the most popular gaming YouTubers is named Bloo, and has bright blue wavy hair and dark blue eyes. Bluesky: @zachbussey.tos.gg . LinkedIn: Michael Lingelbach . Forums: r/artificial See also Med...
YouTube adds a tool to let creators authorize third parties, including Amazon, Anthropic, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI to train AI models on their videos
Here's How It Works Chandraveer Mathur / Android Police : YouTubers can now choose if their videos are used to train AI Bluesky: @eshumarneedi.com : As if those third parties weren't already training ...
Apple plans to ship the $3,499+ Vision Pro on February 2 in the US, after opening pre-orders on January 19 at 8am ET, with a Solo Knit Band and a Dual Loop Band
Again Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac : Here's everything that Apple includes in the Vision Pro box Nick Evanson / PC Gamer : The $3,499 Apple Vision Pro finally has an actual release date, and will be on sa...
A look at the first annual VTuber Awards, a five-hour, live awards show for virtual YouTubers, hosted from an enclosed green box in WePlay's Los Angeles studio
And an Internet Star X: @origamisdh : @momoiro_akane Vtubers are both nominated and voted for by the community. Award shows are generally pretty bad when in comes to giving fans what they actually wan...
A look at the growing social media dubbing industry, which is helping MrBeast and other YouTubers reach global audiences and monetize videos in many languages
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Instagram starts to quietly roll out the option to publish posts from its website on desktop, but iPad is not supported
and it's about time Stephanie Mlot / PCMag : Instagram Tests Desktop Publishing Feature Rik Henderson / Pocket-lint : You could soon post to Instagram through desktop Ivan Mehta / TNW : Cross your fin...
Some popular YouTubers are building their own video sites, like Floatplane and Nebula, to help other creators publish and monetize niche video content
David Molloy / BBC : Tweets: @medcrisis , @arvidkahl , @watchnebula , @reneritchie , @jordanbharrod , and @catalinagoanta Tweets: Medlife Crisis / @medcrisis : I crashed out while reading my son a be...
Quibi app review: works reliably, auto-flips between landscape and portrait, but no tablet-optimized mode, no family member profiles, and lacks a TV experience
Online video streaming service … Henry T. Casey / Tom's Guide : Quibi vs TikTok: Which short-form video app is best? Anthony Ha / Yahoo Finance : Quibi had a launch day outage Shawn Knight / TechSpot ...
YouTube says it will invest $5M in its Creators for Change program in 2018, aimed at YouTubers who “counter hate and promote tolerance”
YouTube is looking for some upbeat PR — pushing the idea that the Google-owned global video platform can be a force for social good …