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
Play Episode Podcast Geared Up: Microsoft’s mystery foldable Surface tablet; updated Nintendo Switch Mini; and Apple vs. Spotify intensifies Play 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
YouTube returns to the Echo Show as Amazon and Google patch up their differences YouTube is back on Amazon’s Echo Show device, two months after Google pulled the video service over a violation of… Read More
Injured Seahawk Richard Sherman streams a live Q&A from his hospital bed — here are the takeaways UPDATE, 2:50 p.m. PT: The video is now back up. UPDATE, 11:45 a.m. PT: Richard Sherman’s live stream Q&A video from… Read More
YouTube TV unveils new app, but no support for Fire TV as Amazon’s spat with Google continues YouTube is rolling out a standalone app for its new TV service, but people hoping to stream content on Amazon’s… Read More
Watch astronauts flip when they get to play with a fidget spinner on the space station We’re not entirely sure if fidget spinners are still a thing on Earth. But judging by a new video from… Read More
