On its 20th birthday, YouTube is unrecognizable as the scrappy video site that began as the domain of young amateur users publishing unpolished, low-budget clips.
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Spotify will start rolling out a messaging feature to both free and premium subscription tiers as the music streaming giant seeks to attract more users and fend off competition.
Read More Spotify announces messaging feature for free, premium users
Google will pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated for collecting children’s personal information without parental consent, and using it to send targeted ads.
Read More Google settles YouTube children’s privacy lawsuit
YouTube was also last month added to an Australian ban admitting users aged under 16, reversing an earlier decision to exempt the video-sharing site.
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Iran launched more than 100 drones toward Israel on Friday, calling the Jewish state’s airstrikes on its nuclear facilities “a declaration of war.”
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Meta bought up nascent rivals Instagram and WhatsApp after its attempts to compete had failed, an attorney for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said.
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