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YouTube TV Rolls Out 60 FPS on More Channels & Devices

Family Watching Television Together Arguing Over Remote Last year YouTube TV started rolling out 60 frames per second (FPS) support on a handful of devices such as the Chromecast Ultra and a few channels. Now it looks like they are rolling out 60 FPS to new channels and devices. So …

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PAQ: the YouTube streetwear show making a scene in men’s fashion

Billed as “Top Gear for hypebeasts”, PAQ is a YouTube series covering men's fashion and streetwear, presented by stylish British twentysomethings Shaq, Danny, Elias and Dexter. In each 15-minute-ish episode, they undertake a challenge, such as playing sports in expensive sportswear, scouring … Read More

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Google may be working on a curated YouTube Kids app

The concept of YouTube Kids, their version of YouTube that only shows videos suitable for children, is great. In reality, the YouTube Kids app is kind of a mess, with unsuitable content making its way in regularly. To solve this, it seems Google is going to release a new version …

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New YouTube Kids App Will Only Display Google-Approved Content

Google is finally addressing the issue with its supposed to be kid-friendly app, YouTube Kids. The parent company of the video-sharing platform is working on a new version of the app that only displays content manually approved by Google. On Saturday, Buzzfeed disclosed that Google is working on a … Read …

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Despacito Surpasses 5 Billion Views on YouTube

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's “Despacito” has broken a new record on YouTube with more than 5 billion views. While it seems like just yesterday that Psy's “Gangnam Style” surpassed 1 billion views, “Despacito” continues to break records being the most watched video worldwide by a longshot. Read More

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Google is finally trying to actually protect kids with YouTube Kids after scandal

This is so parents (and advertisers) can feel comfortable, knowing YouTube will be safe for children (and ads targeted to children by coincidence we're sure.) While the firm didn't deny the report, Youtube told Buzzfeed News in a comment that “We are always working to update and improve YouTube … Read …

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YouTube set to release a kids app curated by humans rather than algorithms

With so much content uploaded to YouTube every day, it would take an impossible large army of people to manually check the content of every clip – but it sounds like YouTube does think a smaller, curated pool of videos for kids is a plausible idea. According to a source …

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Tech giants Facebook and YouTube thwarted in bid to secure slice of TV ad market

Facebook and YouTube have been given the cold shoulder by the industry body that measures television audiences, a blow to their attempts to lure advertisers away from traditional broadcasters. The Broadcasters Audience Research Board (BARB), which measures viewing across channels and online … Read More

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Podcast: Facebook, Intel CPUs, YouTube

This week's Tech.pinions podcast features Tim Bajarin and Bob O'Donnell discussing the latest travails for Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), chatting about CPU battles for PCs and how the new Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) CPU announcements are affecting PC makers, and analyzing what the longer-term impact on … Read More

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7 popular iPhone apps with hidden dark modes, and how to turn them on

Dark mode – or night mode, or dark theme – is a feature inside an app's settings that lets you switch an app's primary background color to black, gray, or navy blue. For some people, switching over to dark mode is an aesthetic preference. For others, it's a way to …