At its annual Made on YouTube event, the platform rolled out AI personalization across thumbnails, homepages and video editing alongside a Shorts Series microdr

Meta is entering the premium headset market with IMAX Enhanced VR glasses priced at $1,300, launching next spring with entertainment and sports apps as it races

Sam Yam, who co-founded Patreon with Jack Conte over 13 years ago, is leaving to lead creator products at OpenAI ahead of an upcoming announcement.

Reporting on the ongoing teen safety litigation shows Meta lawyers seeking to shield certain evidence under privilege claims.

YouTube will remain the exclusive free streaming home of the Coachella music festival through 2030, extending a partnership that began in 2011.

The paranormal investigator duo is bringing their annual Halloween series to Netflix, the platform's latest creator-focused deal.

YouTube's annual Made On presentation leaned heavily on AI personalization and creator tooling as the platform seeks to defend its dominance in video.

The renewal extends YouTube's long-running Coachella livestream deal and pairs it with new short-form and music tooling aimed at creator engagement.

Creator-made films and shows are drawing studio money, shifting the balance of power between platforms and the talent they compete to sign.

The headset pushes Meta deeper into premium entertainment hardware, with studio 3D content as the pitch for a device beyond gaming.

The platform is betting that short serialized dramas can translate from mobile feeds to living-room viewing, expanding a format already booming in China.

The roughly 13% increase is Disney's second streaming price hike in under a year, as services push viewers toward ad-supported plans.

YouTube's annual product event introduced AI personalization and creator tools, extending its push to automate video packaging and discovery.

Creators can now test alternate versions of a video, but questions remain about how the system treats viewers and watch history.

Meta's new AI hardware push extends beyond glasses into a small always-on companion gadget aimed at everyday conversation.

The headset targets entertainment and productivity uses, including 3D films, virtual keyboards and courtside sports viewing.

Yam's departure with colleagues signals OpenAI's intent to develop tools aimed at the creator economy.

ChatGPT still leads prompt volume but competitors are closing the gap, per Comscore's AI intelligence report.

Meta's push into AI hardware and assistants faces fresh scrutiny over capabilities and teen safety, with Zuckerberg expected to answer questions about Meta Glas

Lawyers suing Meta say the instruction suggests the company sought to shield evidence from disclosure in litigation over alleged harm to teen mental health.

At its Made on YouTube event, YouTube rolled out AI features meant to automate production and discovery as it defends its dominance against rivals.

Horizon Create and Horizon Studio aim to seed user-made content on Meta's social VR platform using AI prompts instead of code.

The increase adds to the wave of streaming price hikes as platforms push viewers toward ad-supported tiers.

The competition reflects YouTube's drive to lock in big-name stars as streaming rivals expand into creator-led programming.

The extension continues a nearly 15-year partnership with festival parent Goldenvoice and keeps the festival free to stream on YouTube.

The creator duo's Halloween series moves from YouTube to a major streaming platform, a notable crossover for creator-led content.

The test lets creators publish alternate versions of a video, but questions remain about how variants will be served to viewers.

The headset pushes Meta further into premium entertainment hardware, competing for living-room viewing and virtual workspace use.

The increase, less than a year after the last hike, raises the cost of the ad-free Premium tier to $21.49 a month.

The Blackpink member becomes the latest creator-adjacent celebrity fronting Meta's smart glasses lineup.

Apple is opening a new video monetization layer inside Apple Podcasts Subscriptions, tightening competition with YouTube and Spotify for premium podcast video.

The reported nine-figure bidding for a single show underscores how valuable top podcast IP has become to networks and buyers.

Surging political ad money flowing to podcasts is being framed as a structural shift in campaign media buying away from television.

Adding podcasts to Amazon's demand-side platform gives advertisers standardized audio measurement and pushes podcast inventory deeper into programmatic buying.

Google is using AI recommendations to push podcast discovery inside YouTube Music, where it increasingly competes with dedicated podcast apps.

A podcast from a former president brings mainstream attention to the book-interview format and adds a high-profile name to the medium.

Stichting Massaschade & Consument alleges Epic misled young Fortnite players, adding to Epic's record of regulatory and legal fights over monetization aimed at

The multiyear live-streaming deal extends YouTube's grip on major music events while it pushes AI-powered creation tools for music and Studio.

The filing signals Microsoft is exploring ad-based rewards for Xbox and PC players, a model that has drawn backlash elsewhere in gaming.

The cuts follow the studio's transfer under Microsoft's Activision reorganization and continue a year of widespread layoffs across the games industry.

Rockstar's premium edition pricing lands as expectations build for the game's launch, with publishers watching how much fans will pay for extras.

Discord's revised process responds to user and regulator criticism over biometric and ID checks, a flashpoint as platforms face new youth safety rules.

Rising yields and a $365 trillion global debt rollover burden are reshaping valuation assumptions across markets.

The US-China summit drew tech and finance executives to Washington, with analysts framing AI engagement as risk management rather than deep collaboration.

Fears that personal AI agents could disintermediate consumer-facing businesses pressured stocks, while developers reported the app would expose its entire files

Prime Minister Albanese cited the breach at the UN in pushing for binding international controls on AI.

Diplomatic movement around the strait comes as Saudi crude flows reach levels last seen during conflict.

Goldman's asset management arm is trimming exposure to the largest AI borrowers while its strategist remains constructive on AI equities overall.