Engadget reports that after nearly a decade
as YouTube CEO, Wojcicki is resigning.
Engadget reports that after nearly a decade
as YouTube CEO, Wojcicki is resigning.
She said she's starting "a new chapter
focused on my family, health and
personal projects I'm passionate about.".
Neal Mohan will take over
as the new YouTube chief.
However, he will serve as senior vice president and head of YouTube, not CEO.
Wojcicki said she won't
immediately leave the company.
In the short term, I plan to support Neal and help with the transition, which will include continuing to work with some YouTube teams, coaching team members, and meeting with creators.
, Susan Wojcicki, YouTube CEO, via farewell letter.
This will allow me to call on my different experiences over the years to offer counsel and guidance across Google and the portfolio of Alphabet companies, Susan Wojcicki, YouTube CEO, via farewell letter.
Wojcicki has a long history with Google.
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Wojcicki has a long history with Google.
.
Its founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, utilized her parents' garage after incorporating in 1998.
Its founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, utilized her parents' garage after incorporating in 1998.
She became their first marketing
manager and later encouraged them
to buy YouTube, among other things.
She became their first marketing
manager and later encouraged them
to buy YouTube, among other things
YouTube Stops Russell Brand , From Monetizing His Channel.
On Sept. 19, YouTube said it "suspended monetization" on the 48-year-old's channel for allegedly violating its "creator responsibility policy.".
If a creator’s off-platform behavior harms our users, employees or ecosystem, we take action to protect the community, YouTube, via statement.
The action comes as Brand has been accused of rape and sexual assault by four women.
Brand, who has 6.6 million YouTube subscribers,
also has a podcast in which he examines
"the ulterior truth behind our constructed reality.".
He has denied the allegations against him and
accused the media of orchestrating "a coordinated attack"
to bring him down because of the topics he openly
talks about on his channels, NBC News reports. .
It’s been clear to me, or at least it feels to me, like there’s a serious and concerted agenda to control these kinds of spaces and these kind of voices, and I mean my voice along with your voice, Russell Brand, on the 'Stay Free with Russell Brand' podcast.
The BBC has also removed some
of its content featuring Brand.
Additionally, Brand was dropped by Tavistock
Wood Management Agency because they felt
"horribly misled" by the comedian-turned-influencer. .
Brand's current comedy tour, 'Bipolarisation,' has been suspended as well.
We are postponing these few
remaining addiction charity
fundraiser shows, we don’t like doing
it — but we know you’ll understand, Russell Brand's management, via statement
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Google Rolls Out , a Major Bard Expansion.
On Sept. 19, Google announced a
series of updates to its AI chatbot. .
Bard will now have access to YouTube, Google Drive, Google Flights, Google Maps and more, CNN reports. .
Other updates include improved fact-checking capabilities and the option to communicate with Bard in more languages. .
The new features represent Bard's
biggest update since the chatbot was widely released six months ago, CNN reports. .
These services in conjunction with
one another are very, very powerful, Sissie Hsiao, general manager for Google Assistant and Bard, via CNN.
Bringing all the power of these tools together will save people time — in 20 seconds, in minutes, you can do something that would have taken maybe an hour or more, Sissie Hsiao, general manager for Google Assistant and Bard, via CNN.
Google says that users' personal information won't be used to train the chatbot or tailor advertising.
However, users can still withdraw access
to their information if they choose. .
This is the first step in a fundamentally new capability for Bard - the ability to talk to other apps and services to provide more helpful responses, Google, via statement
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YouTube is cutting off Russell Brand's cash flow in response to rape and sexual assault allegations against him -- the platform's suspended him from making money.. TMZ.com
X to Compete With LinkedIn , by Launching New Job Listings Feature.
X to Compete With LinkedIn , by Launching New Job Listings Feature.
X, formerly known as Twitter, will
soon offer job listings and more.
CEO Elon Musk took to the platform
on Aug. 27 with the announcement. .
X has started to compile jobs and education data about users for "safety, security and identification purposes," 'Bloomberg' reports. .
Biometric information is also being collected.
Engadget reports that this data is likely being collected to aid in creating X's job listings feature, among other things. .
Currently, some verified organizations,
such as Workweek, can post job listings
as scrolling cards in their bios. .
According to Workweek CEO Adam Ryan, the feature was included in the "verified for organizations" package that costs $1,000 a month. .
Musk teased the new feature in May as X acquired Laski, a tech startup that works in job matching.
It was X's "first acquisition under Musk," Engadget reports.
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Microsoft to Sell , Activision Blizzard Streaming Rights to Ubisoft , in Bid for UK Approval.
Microsoft to Sell , Activision Blizzard Streaming Rights to Ubisoft , in Bid for UK Approval.
In a blog post on Aug. 21, Microsoft revealed that it is restructuring its merger proposal with Activision Blizzard, Engadget reports. .
In a blog post on Aug. 21, Microsoft revealed that it is restructuring its merger proposal with Activision Blizzard, Engadget reports. .
By including rival Ubisoft, Microsoft hopes to ease any concerns that it would dominate cloud gaming if the deal goes through. .
Those concerns caused the
U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to block the deal earlier this year.
As a result of the agreement with Ubisoft, Microsoft believes its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard presents a substantially different transaction under U.K. law than the transaction Microsoft submitted for the CMA’s consideration in 2022, Microsoft President Brad Smith, via blog post.
Ubisoft will compensate Microsoft
for the cloud streaming rights to Activision Blizzard’s games through a one-off payment and through a market-based wholesale pricing mechanism, including an option that
supports pricing based on usage, Microsoft President Brad Smith, via blog post.
Ubisoft shared the news as well.
With a single subscription to Ubisoft+ Multi Access, players will soon be able to play their favorite Ubisoft and Activision Blizzard games across multiple platforms including PC, Xbox consoles and Amazon Luna, and on the PlayStation platform through Ubisoft+ Classics, Ubisoft's Daniel O'Connor, via blog post.
The CMA will take a look at the restructured deal and make a decision by Oct. 18, Engadget reports. .
The CMA will take a look at the restructured deal and make a decision by Oct. 18, Engadget reports. .
This is not a green light. We will carefully and objectively assess the details of the restructured deal and its impact on competition, including in light of third-party comments, Sarah Cardell, CMS chief executive, via statement.
Our goal has not changed — any future decision on this new deal will ensure that the growing cloud gaming market continues to benefit from open and effective competition driving innovation and choice, Sarah Cardell, CMS chief executive, via statement
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Google Makes It Easier , to Delete Private Information From Search.
Last year, Google launched a tool to allow users to remove search results about themselves such as phone numbers, addresses and email accounts.
The "results about you" tool has since been updated to give users even more control, Engadget reports.
A dashboard will now alert people when their personal information shows up in Search.
Upon receiving an alert, you can ask that those results be removed from Search.
To access the tool, open the Google app, tap on your profile picture and click "results about you.".
You can also visit myactivity.google.com/results-about-you.
While the feature is currently only available in English in the United States, Google plans to roll it out in other areas and languages soon. .
Google is also making it easier for users to take down explicit photos of themselves, whether consensual or not.
Additionally, parental controls and SafeSearch are getting updates to make it easier for parents to protect their children on the internet.
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NASA to Launch , Its Own Streaming Platform.
This summer, the space agency plans to
launch NASA+, Engadget reports.
In addition to live broadcasts, the streaming service will feature original video series.
The streaming service will reportedly
be free without ads.
It will be available on iOS and
Android devices, desktop and mobile browsers, Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV and more.
NASA's Office of Communications issued
a statement about the new service.
We’re putting space on demand and at your fingertips with NASA’s new streaming platform. , Marc Etkind, NASA's Office of Communications, via statement.
Transforming our digital presence will help us better tell the stories of how NASA explores the unknown in air and space, inspires through discovery, and innovates for the benefit of humanity, Marc Etkind, NASA's Office of Communications, via statement.
NASA is also developing "a new web (and app) experience" that conveys its missions, projects and updates in a more comprehensive way for the average person to explore, Engadget reports. .
Better navigation and search function
will also be integrated into the new web experience to more easily access
information from NASA's various websites
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Netflix Lists $900,000 AI Job , Amid Hollywood Strike.
Writers and actors continue to be on strike in Hollywood over concerns about wages and AI.
In particular, they are protesting an offer made by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to be paid $200 for their likenesses to be used as CGI forever.
SAG-AFTRA says compliance would allow
the company to "own that scan, their image, their likeness, and be able to use it for the rest of eternity in any project they want with no consent and no compensation.".
Despite this, Netflix has posted a job listing "for a machine learning platform product manager," Engadget reports. .
The listing says AI will be utilized
to "create great content" and be
integrated into "all areas of the business.".
The job pays between
$300,000 to $900,000 a year.
Elsewhere on Netflix's website, it says that the company uses AI "to optimize the production of original movies and TV shows.".
Another AI job posting Netflix has
listed for its gaming studio is the role of technical director for generative AI.
That job pays $650,000 a year.
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TikTok Secretly , Partnered With Wikipedia, to Boost Search Results.
'The Verge' reports that TikTok users have been
increasingly using the popular app as a search engine,
to find everything from headlines to nearby restaurants.
Snippets from Wikipedia have increasingly
been coming up in search results
for people, places and things.
According to TikTok spokesperson Zachary Kizer,
the company has partnered with Wikipedia to
make information available directly in-app.
According to TikTok spokesperson Zachary Kizer,
the company has partnered with Wikipedia to
make information available directly in-app.
While the company has yet to formally
announce the partnership, the feature has
been live for several months, according to Kizer.
However, 'The Verge' reports that Wikipedia links don't
seem to appear consistently in search results, and it
remains unclear which searches include Wiki links.
The addition of Wikipedia links is just
one of the new features TikTok
has added to its search function.
In August, the app started
monetizing search results
by adding sponsored content. .
Earlier in 2023, TikTok announced a partnership
with IMBD which allows creators to link
films and TV shows in their videos.
Earlier in 2023, TikTok announced a partnership
with IMBD which allows creators to link
films and TV shows in their videos.
'The Verge' reports that Google is aware that
other platforms, including TikTok, have been
biting into the company's search dominance. .
Something like almost 40 percent
of young people, when they are
looking for a place for lunch, they
don’t go to Google Maps or Search
— they go to TikTok or Instagram, Prabhakar Raghavan, Google's SVP in charge of search, via 'The Verge'
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