Wiz Khalifa joins YouTube’s exclusive ‘1 billion views’ club
The Furious 7 track is now part of the most exclusive club on YouTube — Khalifa joins Mark Ronson, Meghan Trainor, Taylor Swift, and others.
PS4 system software 3.00 launches this week with YouTube sharing features
Sony has outlined the improvements, tweaks, and new gameplay sharing features it has in store for its PS4 firmware update launching this week.
Vinyl sales generate more revenue than free Spotify, Youtube, and VEVO combined
Vinyl sales are creating more revenue than all non-subscription on-demand streaming services by $60 million in the first half of this year.
Mario betrays some of his most devoted fans with new YouTube copyright claims
Nintendo is targeting speedrunners and modders in a new round of YouTube copyright claims aimed at footage from modified Super Mario World levels.
Artists are getting paid more for their music, but is it enough?
The company that gets artists paid each time their music is played says that digital music royalty payouts were at a record high.
Gamers bring out the hate on Jimmy Kimmel after his skit about YouTube Gaming
Gamers declare war on Jimmy Kimmel, giving his video mockery of YouTube Gaming the most thumbs down of all his videos, and leaving reams of violent comments
FTC and Machinima reach settlement: it’s actually about ethics in game journalism
The FTC has reached a settlement with YouTube network Machinima over allegations that the company did not disclose payment for Xbox One launch videos
YouTube subscriptions are coming
A new report suggests a revamped version of YouTube's Music Key and a separate subscription service for premium content are launching soon.
Comcast’s YouTube rival is just weeks away
Watching TV on your smart living room set is becoming identical to watching video on your laptop or smartphone, and Comcast's new YouTube rival is proof.
Thanks to a counting tweak, YouTube videos won’t get stuck on ‘301+’ views anymore
YouTube has announced it's doing away with the infamous "301 view" threshold on popular videos. It'll move to a more accurate system soon.
Live life from a cat’s perspective as Trip chases a laser pointer
In 90 seconds of truly riveting footage, YouTube user Tyler Crompton allows viewers to live the life of a laser-pointer-chasing feline.
Major labels consider yanking music videos from YouTube, says report
Unless the world’s number one content distributor loosens its grip on content, major label execs may be forced to remove their tunes from the site.
Google+ cuts its ties with YouTube, but don’t delete your account yet
Google announced that it will separate Google+ from YouTube, so users can upload videos and comment without the need for a Google+ account.
The AP opens a YouTube time portal with the largest archival upload ever
The Associated Press has teamed up with Movietone to offer 550,000 videos from over 100 years of archival news clips on YouTube.
Vervid embraces the scourge of YouTube, wants to host your vertical videos
In theory, flopping your phone around to watch full-width videos is annoying. Vervid wants to do for vertical video what Vine did for square vids.
Hilarious new Sling TV ads mock ‘Old TV’ in the cleverest way possible
Aimed at fed-up millennials, the campaign uses the hashtag #TakeBackTV and mocks the established broadcast model across, TV, social and digital platforms.
YouTube strikes back: video sharing site is now bigger than cable
YouTube is fighting hard to keep its position as the world's No. 1 video destination, according to figures released in Google's earnings call.
Mobile gamers with Sony Xperia devices can now stream to Twitch or YouTube
A new app from Sony lets users of its Xperia devices stream games directly from their phones to Twitch or YouTube.
This is what happens when you drop a laser into a vat of liquid nitrogen
Dropping stuff into liquid nitrogen is always a fun experiment, but putting a laser into the super-cooled gas produces some unusual effects.
Fruit Ninja will soon be an animated series
YouTube and developer Halfbrick have announced that the hit game Fruit Ninja will soon be a kid-friendly animated series.
With its latest overhaul, Bing wants to be your only search engine for online video
Microsoft has given an overhaul to Bing video search with more detailed results and an improved touch-friendly UI with bigger images.
Watching cat videos officially good for you, says the latest research
A new study published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior says watching cat videos has positive effects on mood.
YouTube breaks the news with Newswire, a channel for verified eyewitness videos
YouTube and Storyful announced Newswire, a channel for watching verified and newsworthy eyewitness videos from around the world.
Chris Pratt gets pranked with two life-size dinosaurs in YouTube vid
Chris Pratt gets pranked by YouTube star SA Wardega, who scares him with lifelike, animatronic dinosaurs.
Can your system handle YouTube’s first 8K video?
The first 8K resolution video has been uploaded to YouTube, but you'll need a pretty powerful computer to view it properly.
NASA is bringing 4K content to YouTube, and here’s a 20-second teaser
Check out NASA's first 4K clip on YouTube, which the agency promises is the first of many UHD videos it's going to be showcasing in the future.
Google officially plans to take on Twitch with new YouTube Gaming site
Confirming earlier rumors, YouTube has officially announced YouTube Gaming: a new site and app that could be the first serious challenger to Twitch.