text

YouTube declares war on US election misinformation… a month late

As Twitter and Facebook scrambled to institute new policies for the 2020 election, YouTube was… mostly quiet. The platform didn’t make any flashy announcements about a crackdown on electio

text

Making masks, baking bread, and Carole Baskin: The top Google searches of 2020 revealed

Coronavirus dominated our lives this year, and Google data shows how it dominated what we were thinking about too.

text

YouTube launches HDR support for live streams

YouTube in 2016 added support for HDR (high-dynamic range) videos on its platform, allowing cretators to upload videos offering higher contrast, more accurate shadows and highlights, a wider range of

text

Nielsen plans to combine traditional and digital TV ratings

Nielsen is updating its TV ratings to reflect a world which audiences are watching TV both live and on-demand, across a variety of different streaming services and devices.While the firm has long pro

text

Wish wants to be the Amazon for the rest of us; will retail investors buy it?

Most people know Wish as a site that sells throwaway doodads from China, but in anticipation of its impending IPO, the ten-year-old, San Francisco-based company has begun portraying itself as a kind o

text

Google adds support for Apple Music to its Google Assistant-enabled smart speakers and displays

Google announced this morning it’s adding support for Apple Music to its Google Nest smart speakers, and other Google Assistant-enabled smart speakers and displays in the U.S., U.K., France, Ge

text

Berlin’s Wonder raises $11M for a new approach to video chat where you wander and join groups

If this year has taught us a lesson about the world of of work, it’s that collectively, we weren’t very well equipped in terms of the technology we use to translate the in-person experienc

text

China tops world in port cargo, container throughput

Containers pile on the fourth phase of Shanghai Yangshan Deep Water Port in Shanghai, December 8, 2020. /CFPChina's port construction has developed so greatly in recent

text

Japanese director focuses lens on China

A documentary about the impact of the pandemic in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, has catapulted a Japanese filmmaker to fame on Chinese social media platforms.Ryo Takeuchi, who has lived in Chi

text

Portugal's Christmas easing, Russia's cases high: COVID-19 bulletin

00:19 TOP HEADLINES- Portugal is to ease restrictions over the Christmas period to allow people to visit family and friends but measures will be reinforced in time for New Year's Eve,

text

Norway central banker quits after security snub over his Chinese wife

Jon Nicolaisen, the deputy governor of Norway's central bank, has stepped down after being denied security clearance because he has a Chinese wife. /AFPThe deputy gover

text

Daily Crunch: Google fires co-lead of its Ethical AI team

Google fires a leading researcher, Stripe launches a new banking service and WarnerMedia shakes up the theatrical business model. This is your Daily Crunch for December 3, 2020.The big story: Google f

text

YouTube introduces new features to address toxic comments

YouTube today announced it’s launching a new feature that will push commenters to reconsider their hateful and offensive remarks before posting. It will also begin testing a filter that allows c

text

Ben Ling’s Bling Capital just rounded up $113 million more from investors

Ben Ling is as done with 2020 as the rest of us, but certainly for him, the year could be worse.Ling, who founded his own venture outfit in 2018 — naming it Bling Capital (a nickname from way ba

text

YouTube upgrades Premieres with trailers, themes and a live pre-show option

YouTube today is launching three new features designed to improve its “Premieres” experience, including trailers, themes, and live stream “pre-shows” that later redirect to the

text

Apple releases its ‘Best of 2020’ App Store winners and most downloaded apps of the year

Apple today released its highly anticipated annual list of the best apps and games of 2020. As in previous years, App Store editors selected the winners based on factors like the app’s quality,

text

WaveOne aims to make video AI-native and turn streaming upside down

Video has worked the same way for a long, long time. And because of its unique qualities, video has been largely immune to the machine learning explosion upending industry after industry. WaveOne hope