YouTube to reduce streaming quality in Europe due to coronavirus BRUSSELS: Inc's YouTube said on Friday it will reduce its streaming quality in the European Union to avoid straining the internet as thousands of Europeans, constrained by the coronavirus outbreak, switch to teleworking and watch videos at... Mobile & Apps 20 Mar, 2020
YouTube suspends comments on videos of kids SAN FRANCISCO: YouTube said Thursday it will turn off comments on nearly all videos featuring kids — potentially affecting millions of posts on the site — after reports last week that pedophiles were leaving inappropriate comments on innocuous... Women 01 Mar, 2019
YouTube walks a tightrope with its video makers, advertisers SAN FRANCISCO: YouTube's year-in-review video is usually a celebration of video creators who upload free clips — sometimes wacky, sometimes personal, sometimes offensive — that the company then sells ads against. But this time, the... Travel Abroad 23 Feb, 2019
Google blames Wikipedia for linking California GOP to Nazism SAN FRANCISCO: Google is blaming “vandalism” at Wikipedia for search results that incorrectly said the ideology of the California Republican Party included “Nazism.” The results appeared in a Google information box screen-captured by... Mobile & Apps 01 Jun, 2018
Woman wounds three at YouTube headquarters in California, then kills herself SAN BRUNO: A woman opened fire with a handgun at YouTube's headquarters near San Francisco on Tuesday, wounding three people before shooting herself dead as employees of the Silicon Valley tech company fled into the surrounding streets,... Women 04 Apr, 2018
YouTube tries to crack down on conspiracy videos NEW YORK: YouTube says it’s cracking down on conspiracy videos, though it’s scant on the details. Conspiracy videos abound on YouTube, whether it’s about the Earth being flat or school shootings being staged. YouTube, its parent... Mobile & Apps 16 Mar, 2018
YouTube to expand teams reviewing extremist content Alphabet Inc's YouTube said on Monday it plans to add more people next year to identify inappropriate content as the company responds to criticism over extremist, violent and disturbing videos and comments. YouTube has developed automated... Mobile & Apps 05 Dec, 2017
Hayek, Paltrow lend voices for equal pay for women in Hollywood LOS ANGELES: In a week that saw Meryl Streep speak out about equal pay and other actresses of the film "Suffragette" applaud the domestic violence protesters who invaded their premiere, the topic took centre stage at a Los Angeles event on... Travel Abroad 10 Oct, 2015
Google forms a new holding company, 'Alphabet' SAN FRANCISCO: Google is creating a new company to oversee its highly lucrative Internet business and a growing flock of other ventures, including some — like building self-driving cars and researching ways to prolong human life — that are... 11 Aug, 2015
YouTube makes virtual reality push with 360-degree 3-D ANAHEIM, July 24 YouTube says it’s making a further push into virtual reality, promising to add 3-D support for videos that play back in its 360-degree format. Thursday’s announcement comes a day after the debut of the first online 360-degree... 25 Jul, 2015
