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Explore the Entire Film and TV History of the Mighty Thor With This Video

While Marvel’s version of Thor, the God of Thunder, didn’t hit the big screen until 2011, his history on video goes back further. A lot further, as it turns out. YouTube channel GEEKNUTYE recently shared a ten-minute exploration of every Thor appearance in TV, home video, and feature film. His first appearance was on The…

io9 Julie Muncy Nov 4

Stranger Things is Pushed Into Pure Absurdity in YouTube Parody

Anyone following io9 on the weekends has learned that I have a soft spot for ridiculous, low-budget YouTube parodies. The combination of enthusiasm and silliness is infectiously fun. In this new Stranger Things parody, all those elements come together to make something absolutely ridiculous. The people at devinsupertramp (how do they come up with these…

Television Julie Muncy Oct 29

Apple Reportedly Fires Engineer After Daughter’s iPhone X Video Goes Viral

Apple is very protective of its trade secrets, particularly unauthorized leaks of information about upcoming products. Case in point: The tech giant reportedly fired an engineer after his daughter recorded a video showing off features on a pre-release iPhone X at Caffè Macs, the company’s high-end employee cafeteria at its Cupertino, California headquarters, last week. Per…

Tech News Tom McKay Oct 29

Join the Minute Physics YouTube Channel on a Journey Through Fictional Time Travel Logic

Any journey through time and space is bound to get a little wonky. How can you have free will travelling through time if the past has already happened? What happens if you meet your past self? Why did Marty almost hook up with his mom? The great mind behind Minute Physics is here to help.…

io9 Julie Muncy Oct 28

We Do Not Recommend Making a Sword With Thermite, But Hey

Thermite, a mixture of powdered iron oxides and aluminum, can be burned to produce temperatures it would be hard to argue are truly safe outside of a meticulously controlled environment (over 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit / 2,200 degrees Celsius). It’s used for a variety of purposes, from metal cutting and welding to military incendiaries. It can…

Sploid Tom McKay Oct 12

YouTube Bans Some Gun Modification Tutorials, But Plenty Remain

Fifty-eight people were killed in the Las Vegas massacre last week, the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history. Seventeen guns were found in gunman Stephen Paddock’s hotel room, including a dozen that had been modified with a “bump stock,” an added part that allowed the guns to fire more rapidly. And up until today,…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz Oct 9

YouTube Videos About Las Vegas Massacre Blocked From Making Money, and Casey Neistat Got Pissed [Update: Some Have Ads]

Casey Neistat is miffed. On October 2 he took to YouTube (the video above) to announce a GoFundMe fundraiser for the victims of the shooting in Las Vegas. He added that any ad revenue earned from the video’s 1.3 million and counting views would go directly to the victims as well. YouTube, citing a policy…

Tech News Alex Cranz Oct 6

YouTube’s Search Results Promote Conspiracy Theories About the Las Vegas Shooting

Fabrications, hoaxes and other lies about the horrific mass shooting in Las Vegas this week which killed at least 59 people and wounded well over 500 others have been spreading rampant on YouTube, and it’s unclear if the video giant has any plans to do anything about it. Per the Guardian, entering simple search queries…

Tech News Tom McKay Oct 4

EU Issues Strongest Warning Yet Demanding Tech Companies Crack Down on Illegal Content

The European Union is still not satisfied with how leading tech companies are handling the removal of illegal content online. On Thursday, it released a new set of guidelines for Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Microsoft, giving them just months to shape up—or face unspecified future regulation. “With the surge of illegal content online, including online…

Social Media Melanie Ehrenkranz Sep 28

Google and Amazon Got in a Fight and Now Users Are Stuck in the Middle [UPDATED]

Watching YouTube videos on your Amazon Echo Show is no longer an option. On Tuesday evening, Gizmodo received a tip that Amazon’s personal assistant could no longer play videos from the Google service. And this morning, both companies are confirming that’s the case, but for different reasons. https://gizmodo.com/the-amazon-echo-show-is-the-best-dumb-smart-machine-in-1796380588 The Echo Show debuted back in June…

Commerce Rhett Jones Sep 27

Fascinating Video Explores How CGI Might Have Changed Animated Storytelling For Good

When CGI became a useful means of creating animated features, it changed the shape of films radically. New contenders like Pixar entered and then dominated the animated filmmaking space. And according to one interpretation, they changed more than just the visuals. That’s what Sage Hyden, creator of YouTube channel Just Write, argues in his new…

Movies Julie Muncy Sep 23

Here’s a Funny YouTube Bug I’ve Been Playing With All Morning

I was just trying to sleep. Unlike Netflix with its hated “are you still watching” (yes, yes I am) popover, YouTube’s autoplay function will theoretically play forever, making it something of a godsend for the chronically overstimulated trying to get some shuteye. Last night, I decided to give it a try, wondering what video I’d…

Tech News Avery Ellis Sep 18

Journalist Nearly Banned from YouTube and Gmail For Posting Al-Qaeda Videos From Chelsea Manning Trial

YouTube’s latest push to ban terrorist propaganda across its ubiquitous video platform is getting off to a rough start. Earlier this week, noted investigative reporter and researcher Alexa O’Brien woke to find that not only had she been permanently banned from YouTube, but that her Gmail and Google Drive accounts had been suspended as well.…

Tech News Dell Cameron Sep 15

Popular YouTube-to-MP3 Site Dies Under Crushing Weight of Record Company Litigation

The operators of YouTube-MP3.org, a popular website for turning the audio tracks of YouTube videos into MP3s, have agreed to shut down the site and hand over the domain to the RIAA. This predictable outcome comes after 15 of the world’s largest record companies filed a complaint in a California court. Poor little YouTube-MP3.org never…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Sep 5

Why The Handmaid’s Tale’s Use of Shallow Focus is So Effective

The most iconic image to come out of Hulu’s adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale is just a face. Offred’s (Elizabeth Moss), to be exact, shot just inches from her face, the world a blur around her. Her bonnet like a shroud. It’s an image that shares almost everything a viewer needs to know…

io9 Julie Muncy Sep 2

YouTube Moved the Red Thing and Life Will Never Be the Same

As they say: Life comes at you fast. Yesterday, you were looking at a YouTube logo with the red thing on the right side, highlighting the word “Tube.” Today, it’s on the left side, sporting a play icon. It’s a small update to the design of a popular website, you might say. But will any…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Aug 29

YouTube Begins Quarantining Extremist Videos

The world’s largest video sharing platform has started rolling out measures to restrict the reach, visibility, and profitability of “controversial religious or supremacist content.” Is it working? Let’s find out. As we learned earlier this month, YouTube’s plan for videos that don’t necessarily break the rules, but nevertheless fall into this liminal category of hateful…

Tech News Avery Ellis Aug 25

Everyone’s Favorite Gun-Loving YouTuber Is Having a Hard Time

Federal authorities recently searched the property of Kyle Lamar Myers, the guy who’s famous for pretending to be Russian then shooting huge guns and causing violent explosions on the popular YouTube channel FPSRussia. Before the search, the sheriff of Franklin County, Georgia arrested Myers for receiving drugs in the mail. And the story only gets…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Aug 25

Popular ‘Pickup Artist’ Comedian Loses Huge Lawsuit Against YouTubers That Mocked Him

Matt Hosseinzadeh (a.k.a. Matt Hoss) is easy to mock. The parkour-loving comedian runs a YouTube channel full of misogynistic videos, including “a comedy series about a confident and funny man who picks up women, beds them, and gets into all sorts of crazy trouble.” But when two other YouTubers made a video mocking him and…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Aug 24

Facebook’s New Watch Tab Does Not Look Like a YouTube Killer at All

On Wednesday, Facebook announced the rollout of Watch, what it is calling “a new platform for shows on Facebook.” It’s yet another foray by the social media company from the business of distributing other people’s content into producing and licensing its own, and differs from its existing video content in that it looks a lot…

Tech News Tom McKay Aug 9

Explore the Entire Film and TV History of the Mighty Thor With This Video

Stranger Things is Pushed Into Pure Absurdity in YouTube Parody

Apple Reportedly Fires Engineer After Daughter’s iPhone X Video Goes Viral

Join the Minute Physics YouTube Channel on a Journey Through Fictional Time Travel Logic

We Do Not Recommend Making a Sword With Thermite, But Hey

YouTube Bans Some Gun Modification Tutorials, But Plenty Remain

YouTube Videos About Las Vegas Massacre Blocked From Making Money, and Casey Neistat Got Pissed [Update: Some Have Ads]

YouTube’s Search Results Promote Conspiracy Theories About the Las Vegas Shooting

EU Issues Strongest Warning Yet Demanding Tech Companies Crack Down on Illegal Content

Google and Amazon Got in a Fight and Now Users Are Stuck in the Middle [UPDATED]

Fascinating Video Explores How CGI Might Have Changed Animated Storytelling For Good

Here’s a Funny YouTube Bug I’ve Been Playing With All Morning

Journalist Nearly Banned from YouTube and Gmail For Posting Al-Qaeda Videos From Chelsea Manning Trial

Popular YouTube-to-MP3 Site Dies Under Crushing Weight of Record Company Litigation

Why The Handmaid’s Tale’s Use of Shallow Focus is So Effective

YouTube Moved the Red Thing and Life Will Never Be the Same

YouTube Begins Quarantining Extremist Videos

Everyone’s Favorite Gun-Loving YouTuber Is Having a Hard Time

Popular ‘Pickup Artist’ Comedian Loses Huge Lawsuit Against YouTubers That Mocked Him

Facebook’s New Watch Tab Does Not Look Like a YouTube Killer at All

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