Roku warned Monday that that Google‘s live-TV streaming service YouTube TV may be removed from its popular devices, saying in an email to customers that Google is making unfair, anti-competitive demands that would “manipulate your search results, impact the usage of your data and ultimately cost you more.” YouTube‘s main app on Roku is unaffected. Roku’s standoff …
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To keep YouTube humming, Google has developed a custom chip to keep YouTube called Argos that’s designed to deliver the best video quality and keep you from blowing through your broadband or mobile monthly data caps. Thousands of the chips are running in Google data centers right now, Google revealed to CNET in an exclusive interview. If you upload a …
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YouTube on Tuesday began sharing new information about the impact of bad behavior on Google’s massive video site: its violative view rate, or how many times rule-breaking videos get watched before YouTube takes them down. But the massive scale of YouTube’s total viewing, which the company doesn’t detail, means how much people are actually watching these misleading, dangerous, hateful or offensive videos …
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The early rounds of the 2021 NCAA men’s basketball tournament earned the name March Madness with a whirlwind of upsets and surprises. After a flurry of additional shocks in the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight, and a near miracle Saturday night in the Final Four, the stage is set for men’s basketball’s final game Monday night. As some bracket builders …
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The 2021 NCAA women’s basketball tournament ends today. Playing for the national championship are the Arizona Wildcats, who stunned UConn, and the Stanford Cardinal, who hung on against South Carolina. Although this is the first women’s college basketball title game to feature two Pac-12 teams, it’s already the third meeting this year between Arizona and Stanford. The Cardinal won the …
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Sony seems to be prepping for some new Xperia phones. As spotted by Droid-Life, the company’s YouTube page has been updated to reflect a new banner that teases a “new product announcement” for April 14. Sony Mobile’s official Facebook and Instagram pages have similarly posted teasers for the event. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sony Mobile …
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If you’re a TikTok user, you’ve probably spied the latest trend: the Fake Window Challenge. It’s not a “challenge” in the traditional sense — there’s no need to dump a bucket of ice water over your head, for example — and not especially original, as people have been doing this for years. That said, it’s a really fun way to …
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Goodbye TVision, we hardly knew you. On April 29 T-Mobile will wind down its live TV streaming service, which launched just five months ago. Instead the wireless carrier will partner with other services, namely Philo and YouTube TV, by offering $10 off their monthly subscription prices. TVision was available to T-Mobile subscribers who wanted to replace a cable subscription with live …
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YouTube on Tuesday said it’s testing new designs that hide the number of dislikes on a video from public view. People in the test group will start seeing the new designs in the coming weeks, the company said. “In response to creator feedback around well-being and targeted dislike campaigns, we’re testing a few new designs that don’t show the public …
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Seen everything on Netflix? Nothing jumping out to you on Hulu or Prime Video? Can I interest you in a free movie on YouTube? You don’t need to pay to rent a movie on YouTube or pony up for a YouTube Premium subscription in order to watch full-length films for free. If you are willing to have your movie-viewing experience …
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