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You Won’t Believe What YouTube Is Doing Now
The definition of clickbait varies, but it usually means a title that is far from the article or video’s topic, or even not related to it at all. Now, YouTube plans to take a stronger stance against clickbait in YouTube video titles. In a move aimed at improving the quality of its platform, YouTube is taking a firm stance against…
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Youtube has a new tool to detect AI-faked celebrities – Computerworld
Fake AI clips of celebrities are becoming increasingly common, something that affects, among other things, artists and actors who have their voices and looks cloned without their permission. With that in mind, YouTube has announced a collaboration with Creative Artists Agency (CAA) aimed at detecting and removing fake AI clips of celebrities. CAA has created a database called the CAA Vault…
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YouTube TV is letting some subscribers hold off that price hike
YouTube announced a hefty subscription price increase this week that will shoot the monthly cost up by $10 to $82.99 on January 13th for existing members (or now, if you sign up today). Some subscribers are staving off the hike using the time-honored tradition of threatening to cancel, as one Verge reader indicated in a comment on our original story…
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YouTube Changed How Playback Speed Works, but It’s a Step Back
Summary YouTube’s recent feature update includes a new slider for playback speed adjustments. The new 5% increments don’t add much value beyond the original 25% speed intervals. Implementing playback features like a higher speed cap and per-channel settings would be better. It’s often the small things that become bugbears. YouTube’s recent overhaul of its playback speed feature has been this…
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YouTube Kids mobile app redesigned on iOS and Android
The YouTube Kids mobile app is getting a redesign that both makes it look and behave more like the standard YouTube app and lets kids browse through videos in portrait mode for the first time. It’s rolling out over the next few weeks on iOS and Android, while the web and smart TV experiences stay the same. The YouTube Kids…
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YouTube Music Is Already Rolling Out Its Version of Spotify Wrapped
Spotify might have pioneered the yearly streaming recap, but these days, every other service has its own version of “Wrapped.” If you’re a YouTube Music subscriber, for instance, not only do you have the option to check out a year-end summary of your listening habits, those stats are rolling out to select users now. While you might think December would…
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YouTube is getting in on the digital gifting game
YouTube is taking a page out of the TikTok playbook by adding “jewels” you buy to exchange for gifts for your favorite creators during livestreams. The feature, announced in September’s Made on YouTube event, is rolling out in the US over the next few weeks for eligible creators in the YouTube Partner Program. The feature is reminiscent of TikTok’s livestream…
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YouTube Premium’s legacy price breaks are going away for more users
We’re updating the price for YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium for new and current subscribers in Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Spain, Finland, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Kuwait, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Uruguay, and Turkey. Members who signed up originally via Google Play and received early adopter pricing will get three additional months at…
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Best YouTube Channels for At-Home Yoga Classes
Sometimes, I don’t want to go through the rigamarole of heading out to attend a structured yoga class—I just feel the urge to stretch and want to do it from the comfort and privacy of my home. YouTube is great in these instances: there are a ton of channels on there where trained yogis offer up guided routines that are…
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How to Transcribe YouTube Videos
Having transcriptions of YouTube videos can be incredibly helpful: You can search through the text to find the bit of the video you’re most interested in, for example, or see if something specific is mentioned without watching the entirety of the clip. Some YouTube videos come with official transcripts attached, provided by the content creator, while others have automatically generated…
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