YouTube is creating a $100 million fund to pay people who make clips for Shorts, its take on TikTok, and it hinted it’ll soon start testing ads in earnest on these short, vertical, looping clips, as the world’s biggest source of online video starts figuring out how payments could make Shorts more competitive to its viral, …
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TikTok is reportedly launching a pilot program to help users find jobs and connect with companies. The short-form video app is testing a tool that lets brands essentially use TikTok as a recruiting platform, while users can post TikTok video resumes that companies evaluate, according to a Tuesday report by Axios. The service is reportedly being tested with a beta …
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Here’s a quick TV recommendation if you’re looking for something new: Resident Alien, starring Alan Tudyk (Firefly, Rogue One), debuted earlier this year on SyFy, a lighthearted but occasionally dark mishmash of Starman, Northern Exposure and maybe a little Independence Day. It’s free to stream on Peacock Premium (albeit with commercials), but right now you can buy Resident Alien Season …
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Google‘s YouTube is tweaking its app for Roku to include access to its live-TV streaming subscription service, YouTube TV, the search giant said in a blog post Friday, as it also explores sending free streaming devices to YouTube TV subscribers. It’s the latest escalation in a standoff between Google and Roku over a new distribution deal for YouTube TV, a subscription service that …
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Twitter unveiled a slate of new video programming for its social network on Wednesday, announcing deals to make live and on-demand shows with partners including Billboard, NBC, Tastemade, the WNBA and others. The shows are fodder for its Amplify advertising program, which runs ads before free videos like these on Twitter. The announcement was part of the so-called NewFronts, a …
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Instagram on Tuesday rolled out an update to Stories that lets users add captions to their videos. The new captions sticker automatically takes what someone says in a video and turns it into text, so users can watch without sound. Instagram says it’ll soon start testing the captions sticker in Reels, its TikTok competitor. “You may not always be somewhere …
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May the 4th be with you! In case you’ve been living under a Tauntaun (or, you know, inside one), that’s the unofficial-but-now-annual Star Wars holiday. Be sure to check out CNET’s roundup of the best May the 4th deals. A late entry: For a limited time, you can get the Anker Nebula Capsule II Star Wars R2-D2 Limited Edition Smart …
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YouTube commercials are going to become more interactive on connected TVs this year, Google’s massive video service said Tuesday. It’ll start with a marketing tool that lets viewers get information about an advertised product without interrupting the actual video they want to watch. YouTube said this tool for advertisers, called Brand Extensions, would roll out later this year. YouTube dropped the news, as …
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We’ve all been there this year: You’re stuck on a never-ending video call when nature calls, but you don’t want to risk bringing your laptop into the loo with you. Toilet paper-maker Charmin has an answer. The BRB Bot is an app prototype that uses machine learning to create your digital twin, swapping your live video feed with an AI-powered …
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Even if you didn’t care much about webcams a year ago, you probably do now. We spend so much time in virtual meetings these days that looking good in those Hollywood Squares-style web conference windows is more important than ever. Thankfully, it’s easy to upgrade from the junky webcam built into your laptop; just plug a better one into a …
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