Police Investigating YouTube Headquarters Amid Active Shooter Reports. A YouTube employee tweeted on Tuesday afternoon that an active shooter was at the company’s San Bruno, Calif., headquarters. At about 1 p.m. PT on …

Most Americans believe that traditional media is reporting 'fake news'. President Trump's favorite phrase has gone mainstream.Major segments of Americans across the political spectrum believe that traditional media …

ESPN's new streaming service will touch down soon. Not to be outdone by an outlet like Fox News—seriously, no one wants to be left in that sycophantic dust—ESPN has just announced the launch of its …

YouTube Extends User-Skippable Ad Format to Super-Short Spots. YouTube first introduced 6-second non-skippable “bumper” ads two years ago. Now it’s launching a way for advertisers to buy super-short ad formats …

Courting the cord-cutters: Apple struggled in 2017 as Amazon led streaming box sales. A new 4K HDR player didn’t improve Apple’s standing in the streaming TV wars last year. According to IDC, Amazon’s Fire TV line led the way in 2017 streaming player shipments, followed by Google’s Chromecast in second place and Roku players in third place. That presumably leaves Apple TV in last …

With rising government support, China’s esports industry looks offline for growth. Illuminated by fluorescent lights and geometric decor, the esports center looks modeled after the science fiction franchise Tron. Clusters of …

Top 20 Streaming Technologies of the Last 20 Years. Top 20 Streaming Technologies of the Last 20 YearsIt's our 20th anniversary, and so we're taking a look back at the 20 technologies that have …

Snapchat Sees Second Layoff Round in a Month, 100 More Cut. Snapchat Sees Second Layoff Round in a Month, 100 More CutCan a leaner and lighter Snap turn things around? After 100 sales team members are let go, …

TV advertising has hit a wall thanks to streaming options like Netflix. The advertising industry has long predicted that TV ad revenues would collapse under the weight of cord-cutting and competition from online platforms like Google and Facebook. It looks like that’s finally happened.Spending on TV ads fell for the first time in 2017, and will slip another 0.5% this …

Netflix and YouTube streaming video is about to get a lot faster. AV1 compression technology from companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Netflix is here. And it's blowing up the video industry's patent rules, too.Tech's biggest companies -- including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Cisco and Netflix -- have finished the first version of video …