25 posts tagged ‘YouTube’
YouTube’s Ad Blocker Crackdown
mjtsai,
Paresh Dave (Hacker News, Reddit): In early October, the people who make ad blocking tools convened in Amsterdam for their industry’s annual conference. One session was a welcome pitch from Google product leaders about tweaks made to address fears that a security update to the company’s Chrome browser could hamper ad zapping. Google, which draws […]
YouTube launches more than 30 ‘Playables’ mini-games for Premium users
TechCrunch,
YouTube is expanding its games ambition by rolling out access to a set of online games for Premium users after first testing them with select users back in September. The Google-owned company has started notifying Premium users that they can start trying out more than 30 mini-games. Users can play the games instantly and don’t […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
YouTube Rolls Out New Games for Premium Users
Gizmodo,
YouTube ventured into gaming this week by rolling out a test of YouTube Playables to all Premium users. Playables are small, free games for mobile and desktop devices with no downloads, such as Angry Birds Showdown, from YouTube. Read more...
Google’s Bard AI chatbot can now answer questions about YouTube videos
Google has announced that its Bard AI chatbot can now answer questions about YouTube videos. Although Bard already had the ability to analyze YouTube videos with the launch of the YouTube Extension back in September, the chatbot can now give you specific answers about queries related to the content of a video. “We’re taking the […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
From Fake Drakes to Robo-Weathermen, Here Are the Top AI Stories You Missed This Week
If you’re behind on what’s happening with the robot uprising, have no fear. Here’s a quick look at some of the weirdest and wildest artificial intelligence news from the past week. Read more...
YouTube ContentID scammers must pay $3.3m to victims
Boing Boing,
Two men who scammed $23m out of ContentID, YouTube's internal copyright enforcement and monetization system, must pay artists $3.3m in restitution. In 2021, the US Department of Justice launched a criminal proceeding against two men suspected of running a massive YouTube Content ID scam… The scammers' company, MediaMuv LLC., — Read the rest
YouTube now allows monetization on videos with breastfeeding nudity and ‘non-sexually graphic dancing’
YouTube is updating its guidelines to allow new types of content to monetize adult content, including videos that display nudity while breastfeeding and non-sexually graphic dancing. With this new update, creators can now earn more ad revenue on breastfeeding content where a child is present in the video, even if the areola is visible. In […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
A New Music Video Expands the Lore of Lofi Girl
Vulture,
The scarf belonged to her mother! This is huge.