YouTube’s player now shows the most popular parts of a video | Engadget
YouTube is making it easier to find the best moments in a video. The service is updating its desktop and mobile video players with a previously experimental graph that shows…
YouTube’s player gains new features including Most Replayed, Video Chapters, Single Loop and more – TechCrunch
YouTube today is launching a new feature designed to help users identify the most popular parts of a video they’re watching, along with other changes for its video player. The…
SpotOn, a competitor to Block and Toast, raises $300M – TechCrunch
Payments and software startup SpotOn has closed on $300 million in a Series F financing that values the company at $3.6 billion. Dragoneer Investment Group led the latest round, which…
Isabl’s rapid whole-genome analysis opens the playbook for cancer treatment – TechCrunch
Every cancer is unique because every person is unique, and one of the most important weapons in any cancer battle is information. Isabl offers that in abundance through rapid sequencing…
Amazon refreshes the Fire 7 tablet with USB-C charging, better battery life, a faster processor, and increases the price from $50 to $60, shipping on June 29
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It’s still really easy to game Facebook’s algorithm | Engadget
Meta’s accounting of the most popular content on Facebook continues to be a confusing mess to untangle. The company released the latest version of its “widely viewed content report,” which…
It’s Cooking Week at Engadget! | Engadget
If we’re honest, we’re kind of obsessed with food here at Engadget. Senior news editor Billy Steele is a backyard pitmaster and has the finsta to prove it. Editor-in-chief Dana…
CNN is making a documentary about the fall of HQ Trivia | Engadget
Which of these has greenlit a documentary about HQ Trivia? Netflix CNN Quibi If you read the headline and correctly chose CNN, congratulations! You’ve won some internet points, I guess.…
Stripe expands its infrastructure play with Data Pipeline to sync financial data with Amazon and Snowflake – TechCrunch
Stripe — the payments giant valued at $95 billion — is on a product sprint to expand its services and functionality beyond the basic payments that form the core of…
Al Gore’s Generation launches $1.7B growth fund – TechCrunch
Generation Investment Management, a sustainability-focused public and private equity firm co-founded by Al Gore, is upping its bet on growth-stage companies via a new $1.7 billion fund. With $36 billion…