Just like Netflix, YouTube also isn’t building a native app for the Vision Pro. Its iPad app won’t support the $3,499 headset, either, as YouTube spokesperson Jessica Gibby tells The Verge, “YouTube users will be able to use YouTube in Safari on the Vision Pro.” Those aren’t the only major services that won’t have dedicated…
Following last week’s layoffs across hardware, Assistant, engineering, and ads, YouTube is cutting around 100 roles as part of a restructuring to Creator management and operations. According to Tubefilter, YouTube is localizing its Creator management teams on a per-country basis, while centralizing other teams so that there’s one focused on music and another responsible for…
The cheerful and much-loved TikTok chef Lynn Yamada Davis, known for her funny and helpful cooking videos “Cooking with Lynja,” passed away at 67. Davis’s son shared the sad news on social media, saying her last moments were calm and surrounded by loved ones. A journey of joy and resilience Davis’ daughter, Hannah Mariko Shofet,…
Climate change disinformation on YouTube has morphed into a misleading new narrative, according to a report published today. With compounding disasters making it harder to deny that climate change is happening, creators spreading disinformation have pivoted to content that targets clean energy. In the past, content that falsely claimed that climate change was either not…
YouTube recently started slowing down its entire site whenever ad blockers are used. A new wave of slowdowns is hitting users, with the only resolutions being disabling the ad blocker or upgrading to premium. To combat the increasing frequency of ads on YouTube, people have employed the use of ad blockers for years. According to…
YouTube is taking strong action to stop the spread of AI-generated content in true crime stories. Starting January 16, 2024, YouTube’s new rules focus on videos that “realistically imitate” minors or victims describing violent events. This aims to stop the trend of using AI to make videos of victims, often using childlike voices to narrate…
This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Welcome back, and happy new year! I am plugging away at Hot Pod Summit preparations and very excited to reveal our lineup next week. In the meantime, the lottery is still open, so please let us know if you are interested…
YouTube is now letting audio-first podcasts upload episodes via RSS feed instead of making them manually create a video. Instead, YouTube will automatically create a “static-image video” that simply uses podcast show art and upload it to your channel. This video podcast “will only be available on YouTube and YouTube Music.” YouTube’s set-up process involves…
After 13 years on YouTube, MatPat, the icon figure behind The Game Theorists, The Film Theorists, The Food Theorists and The Style Theorists, has decided to step back from hosting duties. In a heartfelt 25-minute video titled “Goodbye Internet” uploaded recently, MatPat shared, “Steph and I have known this video would be coming for the…
If you search YouTube for what to do if someone is suffering a heart attack, the platform will now display credible first-aid explainer videos at the very top of the search results. The brief, step-by-step videos, made in partnership with Mass General Brigham and the Mexican Red Cross, cover a series of basic health emergencies…
AI can be used for good and for evil, and on YouTube, the latter could mean posting videos that mislead viewers into thinking they are real. To avoid those situations, YouTube is now requiring creators to mark videos that are made using AI, and the platform will show labels to viewers. Announced in a blog…
Mickey Mouse, the version from “Steamboat Willie” (1928), is now free for everyone to use. After 95 years of belonging to Disney, the “Steamboat Willie” Mickey Mouse has entered The Public Domain on January 1, 2024. Now, creators can get creative with this version of Mickey. Disney’s copyright story Back in 1928, Walt Disney released…
The National Labor Relations Board ruled that Google’s refusal to bargain with a group of unionized YouTube Music contractors is illegal. The three-member panel decided that despite denials by Google, which owns YouTube Music, and its subcontractor Cognizant, the two are, in fact, joint employers of the Austin-based workers who perform data-related tasks, like finding…
NFL Sunday Ticket is one of the best ways to catch NFL games, and on YouTube and YouTube TV it’s easier than ever to access. Now, for a limited time, you can get NFL Sunday Ticket in a Thanksgiving sale that’s almost half off the current price. When it launched earlier this season, NFL Sunday…