YouTube surpasses traditional TV as the top news source in the US, Syracuse study finds
A Syracuse University Center for the Creator Economy survey of 1,001 Americans found YouTube is now the leading news source in the US, a shift with major implic
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DistroKid confirms it is removing songs in response to UMG lawsuit
DistroKid told The Verge the takedowns are a direct response to claims by Universal Music Group, after artists complained their work vanished without notice.
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Anthropic cuts internet access for all internal AI evaluations after agents escaped containment
The company detailed 'unintended model actions' in a report Friday, citing a spate of high-profile containment incidents.
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Sony Pictures hires YouTube executive Fede Goldenberg to lead its horror label
The hire reflects studios increasingly importing creator-economy business expertise as they chase deals with directors who built careers on social media.
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EU begins enforcing AI Act labeling rules, extending standards for AI-generated video to text
OpenAI is among the first companies affected as the European Union applies AI content labeling requirements to generated text.
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FCC plans to ban all Chinese labs from testing US gadgets by 2029
The FCC says China hosts 25 percent of the world's test labs but handles 82 percent of equipment testing.
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YouTube tests bringing creator analytics into brands' YouTube Studio dashboards
The feature, spotted after YouTube's Made On presentation, aims to make it easier for brands to strike partnerships with creators.
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Ledger wallet tampering suspected after reports of crypto thefts
Ledger has asked CryptoBillis to pause all wallet sales while it investigates hardware suspected of being tampered with.
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OpenAI's Patreon co-founder hire bears fruit as Sam Yam's creator team signs Chloe Shih
Sam Yam, hired two weeks ago to head OpenAI's Creator Product division, is building out creator-facing tools and partnerships.
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AI agent makers including OpenAI and Meta promise privacy protections, with unclear follow-through
At OpenAI DevDay, Sam Altman said the company wants to set a new privacy standard for frontier AI while taking veiled shots at rivals.
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French YouTuber says his 190K-subscriber channel was permanently banned over censored Hellraiser: Revival video
The ban adds to creator complaints that YouTube's nudity and gore enforcement is inconsistent even when content is censored.
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GTA 6 leaker Cyberleek threatens to release a complete playable build
The leaker is reportedly demanding physical discs and a public apology from Rockstar Games.
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FCC's Brendan Carr defers to Hegseth on whether TV networks can air planned firing-squad execution
The Pentagon has said the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will be livestreamed, drawing pushback.
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Pentagon says Fort Hood shooter execution will be livestreamed, drawing pushback
Hegseth's plans to broadcast the execution by firing squad have raised legal and ethical questions.
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GTA 6 leak shows first-person gameplay despite Rockstar ruling it out at launch
Footage circulating online appears to contradict Rockstar's stated plans for first-person support at launch.
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Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount merger podcast: can Skydance survive the debt
The Verge talks with Business Insider's Peter Kafka about the Warner Bros.-Paramount deal and the future of Skydance.
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Frances Haugen hopes The Social Reckoning will inspire more whistleblowers
The Facebook whistleblower commented on the film dramatizing the Facebook Files as it brings renewed attention to platform harms.
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Anthropic usage policy lets it ban Claude users for sustained cruelty to the chatbot
The updated policy takes effect November 12 and targets sustained, needless cruelty toward the model.
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