DirecTV Stream revealed Tuesday that it will begin broadcasting local PBS stations later this year, joining competitor YouTube TV. The two companies said that participating PBS member stations will become available over the next few months, and the full launch will be completed in 2022. The livestreams will be accompanied by a PBS video-on-demand library. …
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YouTube TV, Google’s popular live-channel streaming service, was set to lose access to all channels from Comcast’s NBCUniversal late Thursday, but the two companies have reached a new carriage agreement to replace the one that was originally set to expire on Friday night. The news was announced over the weekend, after the two parties agreed to a temporary extension. “We’re …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. YouTube is broadening its rules on medical misinformation to crack down on videos with false claims about all established vaccines, not just COVID-19 vaccines. The policy change paves the way for YouTube to possibly crimp further proliferation of persistent myths and conspiracies about vaccines, …
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Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are fighting back against a new Texas “censorship” law. Trade groups representing the social media giants have sued the state of Texas over the law, arguing that it restricts the First Amendment rights of the companies in question. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed HB20 into law earlier in September. The law targets social media companies with …
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Apple will likely announce the iPhone 13 on Sept. 14, and along with it, we’re likely to learn the release date for iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. The forthcoming updates have been in beta since early June, adding several new features and capabilities to Apple’s iPhone and iPad lineup. There are increased privacy controls, the ability to use FaceTime with Android phones, and plenty of new …
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Texas is close to creating a law that would allow the Lone Star state’s residents to sue Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or other social media companies if they’ve been banned from the platforms for their political views. The bill has passed the state’s legislature. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign it, according to USA Today. It’s similar to a Florida law that …
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YouTube has built up a paying subscriber base of more than 50 million accounts, the company said in a letter posted to YouTube’s blog Thursday. The members cross its music-streaming service YouTube Music and its YouTube Premium offering that includes Music as well as perks on its main video site, like watching ad-free. The 50 million figure also includes people on free trials. …
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In a world where it isn’t always clear who or what to trust when it comes to getting news on the internet, Mike McCue says he has an answer. A new update to his social news reading app Flipboard adds a feature that lets you tell the company details about the topics you find interesting. You may be interested in …
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YouTube has since February 2020 removed more than 1 million videos related to “dangerous” coronavirus information, such as false cures or claims of a hoax, Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan said in a blog post Wednesday. Putting the number in context is difficult because of the gargantuan scale of Google’s service, the internet’s biggest source of video, with more than 2 billion …
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If you have a YouTube Premium subscription and an iPhone, you’re in luck: You can finally watch a YouTube video while also scrolling through other apps on your phone, with a new picture-in-picture feature. Apple added picture-in-picture to the iPhone with the release of iOS 14 last year, allowing you to keep watching Netflix or talking to a friend over FaceTime while …
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