Brian Barczyk, popular YouTube reptile expert, dies at 54

[ad_1] Brian Barczyk, the YouTube herpetologist loved by over 5 million subscribers, died Sunday. He was 54. The cause was Stage 4 inoperable pancreatic cancer, a representative for The Reptarium,…

A new kind of climate denial has taken over on YouTube

[ad_1] 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…

YouTube will now direct you to the right first-aid videos during an emergency

[ad_1] 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…

YouTube taps hospitals to create videos to help people witnessing an overdose or heart attack

[ad_1] People walk past a billboard advertisement for YouTube in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 27, 2019. Sean Gallup | Getty Images YouTube is taking steps to fight against medical misinformation,…

UK entertainment sales up 7% to £11.9 billion

[ad_1] The fastest growing sector in 2023 was video, up 10% to £4.9 billion, driven by subscription services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV, to recapture its…

Google broke labor laws when it refused to bargain with YouTube Music contract workers

[ad_1] 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…

How the birth announcement of YouTube star Shane Dawson turned into a trending controversy

[ad_1] One of YouTube’s biggest stars became a major internet trend this week when his first children — twin baby boys — were born via surrogate.  Earlier this week, Shane…

Why German companies are cutting ties with a perfume influencer

[ad_1] German companies are cutting ties with perfume influencer Jeremy Fragrance over pictures he took with right-wing extremists. ADVERTISEMENT Sponsors are turning their nose up at German influencer Jeremy Fragrance…

More than 15% of teens say they’re on YouTube or TikTok ‘almost constantly’

[ad_1] People walk past a billboard advertisement for YouTube in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 27, 2019. Sean Gallup | Getty Images Teenagers in the U.S. are glued to YouTube and…

Microsoft’s Edge Copilot AI can’t really summarize every YouTube video

[ad_1] One feature added to Microsoft’s AI Copilot in the Edge browser this week is the ability to generate text summaries of videos. But Edge Copilot’s time-saving feature is still…