Facebook introduces new standalone gaming app ahead of schedule to take on Twitch and YouTube in response to the coronavirus pandemic By Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com Published: 20:44 BST, 20 April 2020 | Updated: 20:45 BST, 20 April 2020 Facebook has launched its own standalone gaming app to take on the likes of Twitch and … Read more
YouTube prankster Vitaly Zdorovetskiy arrested for allegedly beating female jogger in Miami Beach By Paul Chavez For Dailymail.com Published: 03:42 BST, 14 April 2020 | Updated: 03:50 BST, 14 April 2020 YouTube prankster Vitaly Zdorovetskiy was arrested Sunday for allegedly beating a woman in Miami Beach, Florida. The 28-year-old Russian-American allegedly attacked a Miami woman … Read more
YouTube is making money by allowing ads to run on videos that promote fake COVID-19 treatments during the coronavirus crisis, a new report says. The Google-owned video streaming site is running ads on videos that promote sham remedies like herbs and smoothies for the deadly illness, non-profit research initiative the Tech Transparency Project (TTP) claims. … Read more
YouTube to take on TikTok with a new ‘Shorts’ feature that lets users share brief videos and lip-syncing clips TikTok allows users to share short videos lip-syncing and dancing It has become a pop culture phenomenon and taken over social media Its features have been widely imitated by rivals to reproduce its success YouTube is now reportedly … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
‘Ridiculous luxury’: YouTube star films his flight in Etihad’s £52,000 A380 ‘Residence’ suite, which has a living room, bedroom and a bathroom with a SHOWER YouTube star Casey Neistat flew in The Residence on a flight from Abu Dhabi to New York His video of the experience shows how The Residence is nothing short of … Read more
YouTube will add a section for ‘verified’ videos about coronavirus to its homepage in a bid to stop the spread of misinformation The platform will add a row for legitimate videos on its homepage Content will be aggregated from real news sources and heal authorities It hopes that the measure will help stop the proliferation … Read more
Backlash prompts YouTube to reverse course on demonetizing coronavirus videos as select creators will soon be allowed to profit off of vlogging about the pandemic The platform changed its mind on demonetizing coronavirus content Select creators will now be able to profit off of ads on coronavirus videos The move comes after prominent YouTubers criticized … Read more
There comes a time in the execution of every bold, ambitious plan when the doubts set in, the energy fades, self-confidence dips and the nightmares begin. For IT worker Graham Harley, 51, it came about four years after he knocked down the three-bedroom bungalow he had shared with his partner Mandie Wales and, with no building … Read more
YouTube has decreased the amount of conspiracy videos it recommends but still struggles to rein in content pushing climate change denial and ancient aliens, study says Researchers say that YouTube has mitigated conspiracy videos on its platform A study assessed 8 million videos over 15 months Conspiracies are now recommended 40 percent less than when … Read more