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YouTube wants to ‘frustrate and seduce’ people into paying for music

Another big idea has come out of the YouTube think tank, this time from its global head of music. In an interview with Bloomberg, Lyor Cohen fleshed out a new plan to make people pay for its music subscription service: more ads. If you use YouTube to stream music for …

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Apopka-based AR-15 manufacturer gets YouTube channel reinstated

“While we've long prohibited the sale of firearms, we recently notified creators of updates we will be making around content promoting the sale of manufacture of firearms and their accessories, specifically, items like ammunition, gatling triggers and drop-in auto sears,” a statement from YouTube reads. Read More

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Apple hid an iPhone X bug on YouTube, and people noticed

Apple has apparently patched an error in a new ad for the iPhone X that appeared on YouTube. In the original video, published March 16 (the same day the rival Galaxy S9 went on sale), a student strides, runs and rolls around her high school unlocking various objects with a …

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Will Beavis & Butthead be the dullest thing ever in the YouTube age?

They'd be sitting on a sofa watching whatever was 'up next' on YouTube. Same concept, you might think, but YouTube 's algorithms will simply keep showing them videos by acts who sound like the one they're already watching. So they're unlikely to come across anything they aren't inclined to like … …

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Vintage Car Lover “Brings ‘Em Back to Life” on His Hit YouTube Show

“Today, with the assistance of my grandson and awesome editor Robbie Savage, Jr., a New England Tech graduate, 'Bring 'Em Back To Life' is garnering tens of thousands of views and hundreds of 'likes' and 'shares' on YouTube,” Dennis said. “We're getting new subscribers every day. There are now … Read …

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YouTube Original Impulse Teaser Shows Dark Teen Sci-Fi

YouTube has released the teaser trailer for Impulse, a ten-episode, hour-long YouTube Red Original Drama from acclaimed action and sci-fi director Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow, Bourne Identity). Feel the darkness brooding in this moody teen sci-fi series when you watch the video in the player … Read More

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John Bolton worked with Cambridge Analytica on YouTube voter experiment

John Bolton worked with Cambridge Analytica on YouTube voter experiment … Donald Trump's new national security adviser John Bolton collaborated with the data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica on an experiment to target YouTube videos to different “psychographic” profiles of US voters, the … Read More

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Survey: YouTube Is America’s Most Popular Social Media Platform

In a survey published by Pew Research Center at the beginning of March, it was revealed that the number of American adults using YouTube online or on their phones had climbed to 73% – more than Facebook, which came in at 68%. Several other social media platforms including Snapchat, Instagram, … …

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Motorcyclist who hit 279 kph gets stopped by YouTube viewer

CHIBA–A praise-seeking man who uploaded videos of himself driving a motorcycle at speeds up to 279 kph on an expressway across Tokyo Bay has been referred to prosecutors. Specifically, the case received by the Chiba District Public Prosecutors Office on March 23 concerns allegations he drove … Read More

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KeepVid: Popular site for downloading YouTube videos shuts down

KeepVid, a popular site for downloading YouTube videos, no longer works. The website still exists, but its only purpose now is educational. “Video downloading from the Internet will become more and more difficult, and KeepVid encourages people to download videos via the correct and legal ways,” the … Read More