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June 8, 2022, 3:06 PM
YouTube TV rolls out improved sound
The immersive 5.1 audio support is automatically available for users with compatible hardware on Google TV, Android TV and Roku streaming devices.
June 8, 2022, 3:06 PM
2 months ago
FAA revokes YouTuber’s pilot’s license after ‘purposely’ crashing plane
The Federal Aviation Administration stripped Trevor Jacobs of his license after an investigation determined he intentionally caused a plane to crash in November 2021.
2 months ago
8 months ago
YouTube vlogger's quest to visit every country in the world, and he has 1 to go
Drew Binsky has, quite literally, seen the world, visiting 196 of 197 countries so far, including war-torn nations and remote islands. He hopes documenting his travels show how people are connected.
8 months ago
9 months ago
YouTube to remove content with vaccine misinformation
Plus, Google Lens can help shoppers find products through pictures, and scientists predict what ancient Egyptians looked like through phenotyping with mummy DNA.
9 months ago
9 months ago
YouTube cracking down on misleading vaccine videos
The platform, which already bans misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, has expanded its policy to include false information about vaccines in general.
9 months ago
9 months ago
Fighting wave of misinfo, YouTube bans false vaccine claims
Theories scientists have discredited for decades are enduring on the internet.
9 months ago
9 months ago
Russia threatens to block YouTube as confrontation with Google escalates
Russia threatened to block YouTube in retaliation for deleting two channels belonging to a Kremlin-funded broadcaster for allegedly publishing misinformation on COVID.
9 months ago
1 year ago
YouTube revamps advertisements
The platform no longer accepts ads related to alcohol, gambling, politics or prescription drugs.
1 year ago
1 year ago
New BTS single 'Butter' sets record on YouTube
"Their new single shows BTS’s enhanced star quality."
1 year ago
1 year ago
YouTube announces Beauty Festival featuring Selena Gomez and more
YouTube has announced its first-ever 'Beauty Festival' featuring Selena Gomez, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ashley Graham and many more.
1 year ago
1 year ago
Lawmakers call YouTube Kids a 'wasteland of vapid' content
A House subcommittee is investigating YouTube Kids
1 year ago
1 year ago
YouTube tests change to its video rating system
The company will hide dislike counts from public view to help prevent targeted harassment campaigns
1 year ago
1 year ago
YouTube removes Myanmar military channels as violence intensifies
YouTube said Friday that it has removed videos and channels associated with Myanmar's military after an apparent coup last month has erupted in deadly violence.
1 year ago
1 year ago
YouTube announces new parental controls
The new "supervised experiences" feature allows parents to give expanded access to older children.
1 year ago
2 years ago
Inside YouTuber Mark Rober’s workshop, rocket-powered golf clubs and a giant Nerf gun
Rober spent nine years at NASA's jet propulsion lab before leaving for YouTube.
2 years ago
2 years ago
YouTube cracks down on QAnon
Plus, Twitter outage, and iPhone 12 preorders.
2 years ago
2 years ago
French YouTuber free-climbs hotel in Barcelona
A French YouTuber who goes by Leo Urban was spotted free-climbing up the facade of the Meliá Barcelona Sky hotel in Spain.
2 years ago
2 years ago
YouTube TV raises subscription price
Google says the price increase reflects the rising cost of content.
2 years ago
2 years ago
YouTube one-ups Facebook’s virtual graduation with stream featuring the Obamas
YouTube is honoring 2020 graduates who can’t physically walk across the stage to get their diploma with a virtual commencement ceremony featuring famous faces like Barack and Michelle Obama.
2 years ago
2 years ago
YouTube adds fact-checking notices to crack down on misinformation
YouTube is bringing fact-checking panels to the United States as part of its efforts to crack down on misinformation, especially in regard to the coronavirus.
2 years ago
2 years ago
YouTube takes on TikTok
Plus, smartrings could be used to help diagnose COVID-19, and a new Harry Potter website launches.
2 years ago
2 years ago
YouTube’s advertising revenue exceeds $15 billion
YouTube reveals their figures from ad revenue for the first time.
2 years ago
2 years ago
Moroccan YouTuber sentenced to prison, journalist detained
Moroccan authorities have sentenced a Youtuber to prison and detained a journalist-activist over a tweet
2 years ago
3 years ago
South Korean beauty YouTuber shares cancer diagnosis
Dawn Lee was diagnosed with lymphoma, a type of blood cancer, 10 months ago.
3 years ago
3 years ago
YouTube star Emma Chamberlain speaks openly about stress of social media
“It can put people through hell,” Chamberlain tells “Nightline” about overcoming the stresses of social media.
3 years ago
3 years ago
YouTube bans racist, sexist insults
The crackdown comes after YouTube has courted controversy for its handling of harassment allegations on its platform in the past.
3 years ago
3 years ago
YouTube will no longer allow videos to spew insults based on race, gender or sexual orientation
YouTube announced it is will no longer allow content that that insults someone based on race, gender or sexual orientation.
3 years ago
3 years ago
YouTube star in Arizona arrested for allegedly abusing 7 adopted children
A YouTube star is accused of physically abusing her seven adopted children, who told authorities they were pepper sprayed, beaten and deprived of food and water.
3 years ago
3 years ago
YouTube forced to pay up
Plus, automakers’ new warning systems to prevent hot car deaths, and Samsung's foldable phone is finally available.
3 years ago
3 years ago
YouTube may stop ads targeting children
Plus, Gmail is introducing new spell checking features, and wireless headphones that look like earmuffs have hit the market.
3 years ago
3 years ago
YouTube criticized for not doing more to stop LGBTQ harassment
Axios chief technology correspondent Ina Fried discusses asking YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki about the controversy.
3 years ago
3 years ago
YouTube updates hate speech policy
The video platform sets guidelines banning white supremacy and neo-Nazism.
3 years ago
3 years ago
Gay Latino journalist reports far-right YouTube personality for harassment, the company sends mixed signals
A gay Latino journalist publicly reported years of harassment to YouTube on this week, setting off yet another round of criticism for how the video sharing platform polic
3 years ago
3 years ago
YouTube cracks down on hate speech
Plus, Amazon unveils its new delivery drone, and Apple fans outraged over price of monitor stand.
3 years ago
3 years ago
YouTube updates hate speech guidelines to prohibit videos
YouTube is updating its hate speech policies to prohibit videos with white supremacist and neo-Nazi content
3 years ago
3 years ago
YouTuber in Spain banned for 5 years after tasteless prank
Khangua Ren gave a homeless and an Oreo filled with toothpaste in a video.
3 years ago
3 years ago
YouTubers James Charles and Tati Westbrook feud: What to know and what's at stake
YouTube vlogger and Halo Beauty founder Tati Westbrook posted a video dismissing famed beauty influencer James Charles. Here's everything we know so far.
3 years ago
3 years ago
YouTube beauty influencer loses millions of followers
James Charles, 19, was publicly criticized in a viral video by beauty vlogger Tati Westbrook, a mentor who helped launch his career.
3 years ago
3 years ago
YouTube TV raises prices, adds more channels
YouTube's live TV streaming service will now cost subscribers $50 per month.
3 years ago
3 years ago
Popular YouTube mom arrested
A woman in Maricopa, Arizona, who runs the YouTube channel "Fantastic Adventures," has been arrested and accused of physically abusing her seven adopted children.
3 years ago
3 years ago
YouTube to disable comments on virtually all videos with young children
YouTube said it will ban comments on virtually all videos featuring young minors amid concerns about child predators.
3 years ago
3 years ago
YouTube no longer allows comments on most videos involving children
Plus, the Tesla Model 3 is now available, and it's National Unplug Day.
3 years ago
3 years ago
YouTube disables comments on most videos with kids
The company's CEO said the move follows "some deeply concerning incidents."
3 years ago
3 years ago
YouTube Kids video featuring suicide instructions removed after reports from parenting blog
A clip with a man demonstrating cutting motions is spliced into the middle of the cartoon video.
3 years ago
3 years ago
YouTube changes its '3 strikes' community guidelines
Now the company is issuing a warning first.
3 years ago
3 years ago
YouTube star Tyler Oakley joins McDonald's 'Where You Want to Be' campaign
Oakley paired up with a current McDonald's worker to act as her mentor.
3 years ago
3 years ago
The Slow Mo Guys turn videos of ordinary objects into YouTube sensations
YouTube sensation Slow Mo Guys Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy use high-end 4K cameras to create super slow motion videos.
3 years ago
3 years ago
YouTube bans dangerous stunt videos like 'Bird Box challenge'
The popular video-sharing site issued new guidelines that ban challenges and pranks that present an apparent risk of death and a "perceived danger of serious physical injury."
3 years ago
3 years ago
YouTube revises policy, bans dangerous prank videos
Updated policies no longer allow challenges that present a "risk of death".
3 years ago
4 years ago
YouTube goes down worldwide for about an hour
Visitors to the video site had pages load halfway, then stall before an "internal sever error" message.
4 years ago