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Google tests AI-powered Gemini in Calendar app
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Gemini launches Beta feature connecting Gmail, Photos, YouTube data

Google on Wednesday announced the launch of a new beta feature in its Gemini app designed to personalise responses by allowing the AI assistant to connect across a user’s Google ecosystem. The feature begins with integration across Gmail, Google Photos, Search and YouTube history. While Gemini previously had the ability to retrieve information from individual […]

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Pastor Jerry Eze’s NSPPD YouTube channel ranks third globally

The YouTube channel of popular Nigerian cleric and founder of Streams of Joy Ministries, Pastor Jerry Eze, has emerged as the third most watched channel in the world, ranking above all non-gaming content creators globally. Pastor Eze announced the milestone on Friday via his social media platforms, describing the achievement as unexpected and attributing it […]

YouTube music to support subscribing to podcasts via RSS
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YouTube faces scrutiny as AI-generated toddler content floods platform

A growing influx of low-quality, AI-generated videos aimed at children is heightening concerns for YouTube, as creators increasingly rely only automated tools to churn out toddler-facing content at scale. This wave of “AI slop”—a label for cheaply made, repetitive, and largely unoriginal digital material, is spreading quickly across channels targeting very young audiences, according to […]

YouTube to tighten gambling content policies
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YouTube, Disney reach deal to restore ABC, ESPN on platform

Alphabet and Disney on Friday said they have reached an agreement to return ABC and ESPN content to YouTube TV. The agreement ends a two-week standoff that began on Oct. 31, during which YouTube TV subscribers lost access to several major live sporting events, including college football matchups and two Monday Night Football games. “We’re […]

YouTube music to support subscribing to podcasts via RSS
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YouTube removes Disney contents over contract renewal deadlock

Content from The Walt Disney Company, including ABC and ESPN, was pulled from Google’s YouTube TV on Thursday after the two companies were unable to reach a renewal agreement for their streaming contract. “Despite our best efforts, we have not been able to reach a fair deal, and starting today, Disney programming will not be […]

EU warns YouTube over Hamas-Israel disinformation
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EU orders Snapchat, YouTube to explain child safety measures

The European Union on Friday demanded digital giants, including Snapchat and YouTube, explain how they are protecting children from online harm, as member states explore restricting minors’ access to social media at a European level. The EU has stringent rules regulating the digital space, including what children should be able to see, but there is […]

Nigeria excluded as Trump hosts African leaders in Washington
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YouTube to pay $24.5m in Trump account suspension settlement

YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit over the suspension of President Donald Trump’s account after the January 6, 2021, United States Capitol riots. The settlement, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, states it does not admit liability or fault by YouTube or related […]

YouTube to tighten monetization rules to combat AI-generated content
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YouTube to let banned accounts apply for reinstatement

YouTube said Tuesday it will begin allowing banned accounts to apply for reinstatement, easing a policy that had imposed permanent bans. The update covers channels taken down for spreading Covid-19 or election misinformation, Alphabet attorney Daniel Donovan wrote in a letter to United States House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan. Such violations were previously punishable with […]

YouTube to tighten gambling content policies
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YouTube, Fox strike deal to keep channels on platform

YouTube and Fox on Friday announced a new distribution agreement that will keep Fox News, Fox Sports, and other Fox channels available on YouTube TV. The deal follows a short-term extension both companies had earlier reached to avoid service disruptions for subscribers. ” We’re pleased to have reached a deal that preserves the value of […]

YouTube music to support subscribing to podcasts via RSS
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YouTube adds ‘trim silence’ feature for podcasts

YouTube Music is introducing a new “trim silence” button, a feature Google’s Podcasts app has offered since 2018. First discovered in a March 2024 APK teardown, the option is now officially rolling out to users. As the name implies, the feature allows YouTube Music users to automatically skip long, awkward pauses in podcasts, so you […]