Month: May 2023
Twitch made it easier to edit clips for TikTok and YouTube Shorts
Twitch is launching a new web-based desktop clips editing tool to help streamers grow their audience by sharing curated snippets of their content to other platforms. The aptly named Clip Editor tool is rolling out today, allowing users to easily edit livestream footage directly from the Clip Manager in the…
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YouTube is attempting to block your ad-blocker in new experiment
Google continues to “experiment” with its advertising efforts as it looks like YouTube may begin looking for ad-blockers. Reddit user Sazk100 posted a screenshot of a new popup on the YouTube subreddit (opens in new tab) telling them ad-blockers are no longer allowed on the website. As a result they…
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Apple has a new touchscreen Mac patent — but don’t get too excited just yet
Another day, another Apple patent. But this one might be interesting, because it suggests that Apple continues to work on something a lot of people seem to want — whether they should or not. The patent points to the use of piezoelectric structures to provide haptic feedback for future Macs.…
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Peloton recalls over 2 million bikes due to faulty seats
Peloton is eager for people to know it’s more than “that bike company.” Unfortunately, those bikes are at the heart of the beleaguered fitness company’s latest woes. Today, Peloton and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a voluntary recall of 2.2 million Peloton Bikes after 35 reports of…
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Elon Musk has found his replacement as CEO of Twitter
Elon Musk has announced plans for a new Twitter CEO but hasn’t said who it is. In a tweet on Thursday, Musk says that he has “hired a new CEO for X/Twitter” and that “she will be starting in ~6 weeks.” Musk will instead assume the role of executive chair…
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Xbox exec hints at bringing features like Quick Resume to Windows gamers
Specifically, she called out how today’s consoles let you quickly resume a game and said the ROG Ally pushes Microsoft to think about that for PCs as well: “How do we think about integrating this into the Windows platform?” Another focus is on making it easy to immediately pick up…
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