YouTube Q3 ad revenue tops $11B as Premium and Music subscribers pass 150 million
YouTube's ad business grew 9% year over year while its living-room TV viewership now accounts for roughly a third of ad revenue, though other parts of Alphabet
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Patrick Stewart, Star Trek and X-Men actor, dies at 86
A statement on his Instagram said the actor died at his Los Angeles home after a brief illness.
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Instagram offers YouTubers up to $500,000 to post on its new horizontal long-form format
Meta is paying creators directly as it competes with YouTube for TV watch time and ad dollars.
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Reddit will require users to log in to access the platform
The shift to a primarily logged-in experience follows Reddit's Q3 2026 earnings and a feed split into For You and Following tabs.
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Alphabet Q3 results miss expectations, prompting analyst downgrade
The shortfall raised questions on Wall Street about Alphabet's positioning in the AI race.
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YouTube tests lower payout thresholds for creators in the US, India, and Indonesia
The YouTube Partner Program change would let more creators in developing economies cash out AdSense revenue sooner.
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DoorDash to acquire Instacart for $17 billion
The deal would reshape online grocery and food delivery and comes with subscription changes for customers.
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Curry Barker releases new horror short 'Mama Bear' on YouTube after 'Obsession' success
The director's return to YouTube underscores how horror creators are being courted by Hollywood while still using the platform to launch projects.
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GM to pay $220 million to settle claims it sold drivers' data to brokers
The settlement with a coalition of 36 state attorneys general resolves allegations over driver and location information.
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Reddit CEO says Google's AI Mode 'does not drive traffic'
Huffman's comments on the Q3 earnings call echo publisher complaints that AI search summaries are siphoning referral traffic.
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Apple unveils first touchscreen MacBook Pro with OLED display
The high-end laptop lineup gains a redesigned chassis and display features long requested by pro users.
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Intel says its budget Wildcat Lake laptop chips are sold out amid RAM shortage
CEO Lip-Bu Tan said demand is outstripping supply for the affordable chips during the company's earnings call.
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Hasan Piker sues Scott Jennings for $72.5 million over manipulated Twitch clips
The suit accuses Jennings of stripping context from clips of the Twitch streamer, escalating a political-media dispute.
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Google Gemini adds direct generation and editing of Docs, Sheets, PDFs, and more
The file editing capabilities are rolling out to all Gemini users, extending the assistant into document workflows.
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Rivian's R2 becomes its best-selling vehicle in Q3 2026
The EV maker's quarterly earnings show the R2 outselling its other models as production ramps up.
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Pornhub asks its community to upload safe-for-work content, with pay
The Aylo-owned site is testing whether a porn-focused platform can attract mainstream creators.
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Rockstar confirms GTA 6 police upgrades as new gameplay airs in South Park
A fresh gameplay snippet and confirmed police changes build anticipation ahead of the game's release.
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Disney to promote products on TikTok Shop during week-long holiday activation
TikTok is leaning on a top entertainment brand to draw holiday shoppers to its commerce features.
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