Walt Disney Co. executives on Thursday warned that the company’s dispute with YouTube could drag on, leaving subscribers to the Google-owned video platform without access to ABC, ESPN, FX and other programming from the entertainment giant. Disney channels went dark on YouTube TV on Oct. 30 amid a so-called carriage dispute between the two companies….
JOHANNESBURG: Google will pay more than $40 million to support South African news media, many of them floundering in a digital age, the country’s competition authority said Thursday.Tech giants, including TikTok, X and Facebook, have come under fire for anti-trust practices that the watchdog says hurt local media by limiting their ability to distribute and…
00:00 Speaker A I want to quickly go back to what you mentioned about um Elon. When he comes out publicly and and calls you Wokepedia, what happens to the activity on your platform? 00:10 Speaker B Uh, I mean, in terms of our community of volunteers, very little. I mean, we’re just writing our…
YouTube sensation MrBeast has submitted a trademark application for a cryptocurrency exchange and payment service, expanding his footprint in the digital finance landscape. Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, has filed a trademark for MrBeast Financial. The application suggests that the trademark will be utilized for a downloadable app providing cryptocurrency exchange and payment processing services. The application also includes services like…
The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show returns for the second year in a row following its six-year hiatus. We’ve put together everything you need to know about where to watch the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in 2025, including free streaming options. The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show brings together a variety of big names from the modeling…
Google argued against a Justice Department proposal that would bar it from bundling its YouTube and Google Maps apps with its Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) service, telling a judge Wednesday (Oct. 8) that these haven’t been found to be monopoly products. The argument came during the court battle in which the judge is developing a…
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 15: U.S. President Donald Trump stops and talks to the media before he boards Marine One on the South Lawn at the White House on June 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. The President will attend the annual meeting of the Group of 7 nations, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and…
President Donald Trump has shared a message on Truth Social, pleading with Google and YouTube to bring back Univision before the 2026 Midterm Elections, writing, “Google, for the purpose of FAIRNESS, please let Univision back!” Newsweek has reached out to Google outside of regular working hours via email for comment. Why It Matters In September,…
Alphabet-owned YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit President Donald Trump filed over the suspension of his account following the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, a court filing showed Monday. Trump filed similar suits in July 2021 against X, formerly Twitter; Meta, owner of Facebook; and Alphabet’s Google, as well…
OpenAI is preparing to launch a stand-alone app for its video generation AI model Sora 2, WIRED has learned. The app, which features a vertical video feed with swipe-to-scroll navigation, appears to closely resemble TikTok—except all of the content is AI-generated. There’s a For You–style page powered by a recommendation algorithm. On the right side…