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YouTube Expands Access to its ‘Create’ Mobile Video Editing App
YouTube has announced that it’s expanding access to its new “Create” video editing app, which is specifically designed for Shorts creation, with users in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, and Turkey all set to get access to the new tool from today. Originally announced at its “Made On” showcase event…
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X Launches Live Test of Video in Spaces
X’s new video Spaces option is now in live testing, with some X Premium subscribers able to launch Spaces chats with video in-stream. As you can see in this example, posted by DogeDesigner, now, when launching a Spaces session, you can flip the “Enable video” toggle in the set-up, which will then open the Spaces window with your own device…
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Google and Meta Explore New Ways to Moderate AI Responses, and Whether They Should
How much protectionism is too much in generative AI, and what say should big tech providers, or indeed anybody else, actually have in moderating AI system responses? The question has become a new focus in the broader Gen AI discussion after Google’s Gemini AI system was found to be producing both inaccurate and racially biased responses, while also providing confusing…
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TikTok’s Rights Stand-off With Universal Music Could See More Tracks Pulled
The fallout from TikTok’s failure to reach a new licensing agreement with Universal Music continues, with Universal now pushing to have all tracks on which its artists have even contributed pulled from the app. As reported by BBC, after TikTok already muting all Universal artists’ tracks in the wake of the licensing dispute, it may also now have to also…
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LinkedIn Shares Insights Into Its Latest Feed Algorithm Updates
LinkedIn has outlined some of the latest updates to its content distribution algorithm, which could alter your posting approach in the app, including a bigger focus on valuable, evergreen updates, its ongoing efforts to stamp out clickbait approaches, and changes to its “Creator Mode” offering. The notes come via an interview with LinkedIn’s editor in chief Dan Roth, and senior…
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X Continues To Build Out Its Video Content Slate via New Deal with The Big 3
Yeah, I’m not certain that X’s “video first” strategy is going to work out, based on Twitter’s past efforts along the exact same lines. Last month, X outlined its new video content approach, declaring that video would be its main growth focus, given that video drives the most engagement in the app, and is already a part of 80% of…
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X Adds Video Playback Quality Controls In-Stream
Here’s a potentially handy update for those viewing video content on X. You can now choose the quality of the video playback in-stream, providing more ways to customize your video viewing experience. As you can see, now when you tap on the gear icon along the bottom bar of the video playback on X, you’ll see a new option to…
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LinkedIn Shares Insights into its Latest Feed Algorithm Updates
LinkedIn has outlined some of the latest updates to its content distribution algorithm, which could alter your posting approach in the app, including a bigger focus on valuable, evergreen updates, its ongoing efforts to stamp out clickbait approaches, and changes to its “Creator Mode” offering. The notes come via an interview with LinkedIn’s editor in chief Dan Roth, and senior…
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X Continues to Build Out its Video Content Slate via New Deal with The Big 3
Yeah, I’m not certain that X’s “video first” strategy is going to work out, based on Twitter’s past efforts along the exact same lines. Last month, X outlined its new video content approach, declaring that video would be its main growth focus, given that video drives the most engagement in the app, and is already a part of 80% of…
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X Adds Video Playback Quality Controls In-Stream
Here’s a potentially handy update for those viewing video content on X. You can now choose the quality of the video playback in-stream, providing more ways to customize your video viewing experience. As you can see, now when you tap on the gear icon along the bottom bar of the video playback on X, you’ll see a new option to…
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