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YouTube is adding more ways for creators to make money
YouTube is adding more ways for video creators to make money, as the company and its users work toward becoming less reliant on sometimes-uncertain advertising deals. The new features include more subscription options, additional merchandise partners, and another way to receive tips during live streams. Direct monetization features like these, says YouTube’s chief product officer,…
YouTube is launching educational playlists that won’t include algorithmic recommendations
YouTube is introducing a new education feature called Learning Playlists that will offer dedicated landing pages for educational videos on a variety of topics, including math, science, music, and language. The playlists will have organizational features, like chapters around key concepts, ordered from beginner to advanced lessons. The pages will also be notably free from…
Google defends letting human workers listen to Assistant voice conversations
Google is defending its practice of letting human employees, most of which appear to be contract workers located around the globe, listen to audio recordings of conversations between users and its Google Assistant software. The response comes after revelations from Belgian public broadcaster VRT NWS detailed how contract workers in the country sometimes listen to…
No limit: AI poker bot is first to beat professionals at multiplayer game
Nature, Published online: 11 July 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02156-9 Triumph over five human opponents at Texas hold’em brings bots closer to solving complicated real-world problems. Press Release Distribution Service
Controversial mega-telescope set to begin construction in Hawaii
Nature, Published online: 11 July 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02155-w Thirty Meter Telescope project has faced years of legal challenges over planned Mauna Kea site. Press Release Distribution Service
New alternate cell growth pathway could lead to better treatments for metastatic cancers
A new study has found that the gene, mEAK-7, which they discovered last year, may play a key role in cancer metastasis. By comparing mEAK-7 expression levels in normal and cancer cells, they found that the gene was highly expressed in the cancer cells. They also found that the gene, when combined with a large…
Arthroscopy more effective than MRI for chondral defects of the knee
Using arthroscopy to stage a lesion in the chondral area of the knee is more accurate than magnetic resonance imaging, according to researchers. Press Release Distribution Service
The Tell: How this one stock could ultimately be responsible for killing the bull market
“I am concerned the market is underestimating just how bad things could go for Boeing,” Bill Blain warned in his morning note. “When it does, the whole equity market will knee-jerk aggressively, triggering pain across all stocks.” Press Release Distribution Service
Economic Preview: An economy gone ‘mad?’ The Fed is going to cut interest rates despite record stock prices, low unemployment
It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world — or so one might believe looking at the U.S. economic picture. Stocks are hitting record highs and layoffs and unemployment are at 50-year lows, but the Federal Reserve is prepared to cut interest rates soon because it’s worried about the economy. Press Release Distribution Service
The first trailer for Netflix’s Another Life looks like Arrival meets Stargate SG-1
Netflix has released a trailer for its upcoming science fiction series Another Life, starring Battlestar Galactica’s Katee Sackhoff. The 10-episode series premieres on July 25th, and it looks like a fun cross between the first-contact film Arrival and the Syfy Channel’s Dark Matter. The series follows Commander Niko Breckinridge (Sackhoff), who’s selected to lead a…