A 5G protest is being planned for the weekend, NATE: The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association, warned Thursday. The Global 5G Protest Day could see mobile towers attacked on Saturday, according to an advisory, spotted earlier Thursday by Light Reading. “NATE as an organization has heard through official channels that there are 5G Global Protest Day …
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YouTube Music now lets users save albums before they come out. Reddit users posted about the new feature in a thread on Monday, noting that the track lists for unreleased albums are now visible and available for saving to users’ libraries. One user noted that Neck Deep’s upcoming album, All Distortions Are Intentional, for instance, shows up in the YouTube Music app …
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YouTube hopes a new feature will make it easier for users to find specific parts of a video. Video Chapters, which launched Thursday on Android, iOS and desktop, uses timestamps from creators to break a video up into chapters, allowing users to jump to a particular section or rewatch a certain portion. The chapters show up at the bottom of …
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YouTube Kids on TV, Google’s streaming channel for the young (and young at heart), arrives for Apple TV streamers Wednesday. Apple’s box joins the club of Android TVs as well as LG, Samsung and Sony smart TVs that already support the app, which serves up parentally filtered video content for kids under 12. Over the past 12 months, YouTube has …
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US President Donald Trump is considering a commission to investigate social media for supposed bias against conservative views, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. Trump has long railed against the alleged bias, but a commission could give the view some government clout. Trump frequently promotes his views on Twitter but also has long complained of what he sees as an …
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After Magic Johnson and Larry Bird ruled the 1980s and ushered in the modern NBA, Michael Jordan took over in the ’90s, winning six titles and becoming not just the greatest basketball player of all time, but one of the most thrilling athletes in any sport ever. And now you can relive his sixth and final championship season with the …
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YouTube users around the world on Thursday reported outages that briefly prevented them from accessing content on the popular video-sharing site. Users turned to Twitter to voice their frustration and try to get answers. “Hey @YouTube@ytcreators my channel is gone for some reason,” one person tweeted. “No videos are showing up on page and creator studio has gone haywire saying …
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YouTube TV subscribers will get a whole bunch of new channels in the next few months, after parent company Google inked a deal with ViacomCBS. The first wave of additions will hit this summer, and includes BET, CMT, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Network, TV Land and VH1. Those will be followed by BET Her, MTV2, Nick Jr., NickToons, TeenNick …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. US Rep. Adam Schiff has a message for Google and Twitter: It’s time to take a tip from Facebook. Specifically, the California Democrat and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee sent letters this week to Google, Twitter and YouTube requesting that they do more …
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Looking to slow the spread of disinformation about the novel coronavirus, YouTube is expanding its fact-checking feature so it’ll now appear in search results for US audiences, the company said Tuesday. The feature, a box that shows up atop YouTube search results when a user is looking for particular information, launched in India and Brazil last year. For the feature to …
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