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The PS5 now has a YouTube TV app The PlayStation 5 now has a YouTube TV app, arriving more than six months after the console launched. That means anyone lucky enough to actually buy Sony’s latest console now has another way to watch live TV on it, as first spotted by Android Police. YouTube TV costs $64. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/6/22422812/ps5-youtube-tv-roku-sony-playstation-5-app-streaming

YouTube will expand parental controls for tweens and teens YouTube has announced expanded parental controls for tweens and teens. The upcoming feature is aimed at those who've perhaps outgrown the confines of YouTube Kids. YouTube will open a public beta for the supervised accounts feature in the coming months. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/youtube-parental-controls-tweens-teens-supervised-accounts-160050870.html

The YouTube Android app can now play 4K HDR videos If you own a Sony Xperia 1 ii, now is the time for your phone to shine. In an update spotted by Android Police, YouTube now supports 4K HDR playback on Android devices, bringing the app in line with its iOS counterpart. There aren’t many Android phones with 4K displays out there. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/youtube-4k-hdr-android-182542974.html

YouTube has paid more than $30 billion to creators, artists, and others over the last three years YouTube has paid out more than $30 billion to creators, artists, and media organizations over the last three years, according to a new letter published by CEO Susan Wojcicki. In Wojcicki’s first letter to creators of 2021, the CEO spent some time addressing YouTube’s growth. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/26/22249329/youtube-susan-wojcicki-letter-creators-monetization-transparency-policy-covid-misinformation

The business of influence with MKBHD Marques Brownlee is one of the best reviewers I know, and also one of the most savvy and successful YouTubers. And he’s been in the game for a long time: he started the channel MKBHD in 2009 when he was just a teenager making videos about his new HP laptop. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/22231657/mkbhd-marques-brownlee-interview-youtube-creator-influencer-decoder

A YouTube network was spreading election disinformation for two months YouTube promised it would crack down on US election disinformation in early December, but it appear to have missed a large target. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/youtube-election-disinformation-network-204902660.html

The pilot episode of the new Star Trek: Picard series, which streams on CBS All Access, is available to view for free right now on YouTube, which we first learned about via Slashfilm. from https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/30/21115348/star-trek-picard-cbs-all-access-first-episode-free-watch-pilot https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66221087/Screen_Shot_2019_07_20_at_4.18.01_PM.0.png