Articles about YouTube

Amazon sued by YouTubers for allegedly scraping their content to train AI video tool

High-profile creators, including the owners of the H3 Podcast, are suing Amazon for allegedly deploying a sophisticated “extraction” scheme to use their copyrighted videos to train its Nova Reel AI. Read More

This video on Seattle’s KEXP has music fans celebrating human creativity in an age of AI slop

The performance by Canadian duo Angine de Poitrine was uploaded to KEXP on Feb. 5. Since then it’s attracted more than 6.7 million views and the greatest comment section we’ve seen in some time. Read More

YouTuber IShowSpeed zips through Seattle, streaming to millions from city’s iconic attractions

If you missed IShowSpeed in Seattle, you’re too slow. The YouTube sensation live-streamed his way through the city on Tuesday,… Read More

With a great view of Mount Rainier and Sea-Tac Airport, a YouTuber’s new livestream takes off

Mitch Sutton has always been into airplanes, but things really took off five years ago when he bought a house… Read More

AI thrilled the video star: Seattle musician uses unique tech to generate imagery for his song

Someone once famously said that “video killed the radio star.” Forty-one years after that song helped ironically launch MTV, the… Read More

Nintendo goes after music-focused YouTube channel with more than 500 copyright strikes

The owner of a Canadian YouTube channel focused on video game soundtracks has reported that he received more than 500… Read More

Amazon is publishing new mobile games for the first time since 2015

Amazon is publishing two new mobile games through its Amazon Kids+ service, based on the original Amazon specials Super Spy… Read More

Kids are non-consenting stars of some family ‘vlogs’ — and a high schooler wants to change that

In the most wholesome scenarios, social media allows families to connect with friends and loved ones, sharing their kids’ milestones,… Read More

Building Seattle, brick by video game brick: City rises in Minecraft as part of immense project

Rome wasn’t built in a day, the saying goes. But hey, Seattle was built in a month! At least a… Read More

Do the math with Steve Brunton, a UW professor whose YouTube popularity keeps adding up

There’s online teaching and then there’s cool YouTube-style teaching with a lightboard, neon-colored markers, a black backdrop and a Steve… Read More

David Blaine pulls off balloon stunt — with help from famed skydiver who jumped with no parachute

David Blaine went way, way up in his latest stunt on Wednesday. Coming back down, the illusionist / endurance daredevil… Read More

With Microsoft Mixer set to close, Amazon’s Twitch sets record with more than 5B hours watched in Q2

Twitch, the goliath of game streaming, is getting even more gigantic. Amazon’s streaming service registered more than 5 billion total… Read More

The decade when tech turned dark: Learning from the mistakes of the past 10 years

The arrival of 2020 is a chance to look back on the past decade and what it has meant for… Read More

Bill Nye swears, and Microsoft Windows is cursed, in new promotion videos for Google’s Chromebook

Bill Nye is cursing (again) in the name of climate change. But this time he’s swearing by the need to… Read More

Google brings YouTube back to Amazon Fire TV, as promised, but not to rival’s Echo Show

Google and Amazon followed through on their peace pact this morning. The official YouTube app is coming back to Amazon’s… Read More

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Geared Up: Microsoft’s mystery foldable Surface tablet; updated Nintendo Switch Mini; and Apple vs. Spotify intensifies

This week on Geared Up, we talk about the latest rumors saying that Microsoft is working on a new secret… Read More

Networking issues take down Google Cloud in parts of the U.S. and Europe, YouTube and Snapchat also affected

Update 6:13pm PT: Google sounded the all-clear at 5:09 pm PT, saying that all service had been restored. Our original… Read More

Amazon and Google make peace: YouTube to return to Fire TV and Prime Video coming to Chromecast

Amazon and Google have resolved a long-running feud that kept YouTube off Fire TV devices for more than a year.… Read More

Updated: YouTube back online after outage that lasted more than an hour

It’s not just you: YouTube was inaccessible for an extended period of time Tuesday evening, across both apps and its… Read More

A low-cost Tesla car? Elon Musk talks about tech (without turmoil) on YouTube

On the heels of Elon Musk’s angst-filled, market-moving interview with The New York Times, YouTube techie Marques Brownlee offered up… Read More

This dad left Amazon to launch a startup, and along the way his daughter, 5, became a YouTube star

Like any proud dad, Dave Crosby thought his daughter was a pretty good little singer. So he pointed a camera… Read More

New research finds 95% of teens have access to a smartphone; 45% online ‘almost constantly’

Our kids are growing up behind the screens of their smartphones. What they’re looking at and how often is the… Read More

Secret footage of a hopscotch court in downtown Seattle proves a lot of us are still kids at heart

Busy commuters might be a hop, skip, and a jump away from work but that doesn’t mean all of them… Read More

Woman identified as YouTube shooter accused video platform of discrimination on her website

Police in San Bruno, Calif., home to YouTube’s headquarters, have identified the shooter who attacked the campus Tuesday as Nasim Najafi… Read More

Update: Four victims reported in shooting at YouTube headquarters in California, shooter believed dead

Early reports of an active shooter at YouTube’s headquarters in San Bruno, Calif. broke Tuesday afternoon. Employees and the San… Read More

YouTube TV to stream Seattle Sounders FC matches in latest sports video deal

The premium YouTube TV video service has struck a multi-year deal with Seattle Sounders FC to become the exclusive live… Read More

Sorry, Google: We tried Amazon’s YouTube workaround on Fire TV, and it worked great

Who needs a YouTube app? That’s our conclusion after trying Amazon’s workaround to the popular streaming site after Google pulled YouTube… Read More

Amazon now directs Fire TV users to web browsers for YouTube in latest twist to Google squabble

Amazon introduced web browsing capabilities for its Fire TV and Fire TV Stick streaming devices just over a week ago,… Read More

Video showing Amazon Prime Now app being used to help homeless people goes viral on YouTube

A YouTuber’s attempt to show that speedy delivery services can be used to satisfy more than our own appetite for… Read More

Google pulls YouTube from Amazon Echo Show and Fire TV as tech giant tussle reignites

Editor’s note: This post has been updated to include comments from Amazon. Two months ago YouTube disappeared from the Amazon… Read More