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Back in October, YouTube redesigned the video watching experience on Android and iOS. YouTube on the web is now following that revamp by placing the autoplay toggle directly inside the video player.  At the moment, YouTube’s autoplay toggle resides in the right sidebar as part of an “Up next” section that previews what’s coming. The new design brings it directly into the video player. It appears to the left of Closed Captioning and Settings with a play/pause button that reflects the current state and matches the mobile app design. As part of the player, it disappears when you’re not hovering directly over it, thus resulting in a cleaner interface than today where the blue of the toggle results in a color mismatch. The control might be too hidden for some, while YouTube has stopped explicitly labeling what the next video is. Rather, it’s separated and appears above a carousel to tune the suggested video feeds. “All” remains the default, with “Related” and “Recently uploaded” also options next to two personalized filters. This new autoplay design for YouTube on the web appears to be widely rolling out, though it’s not yet fully available. Once live on your account, there’s a blue…

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem generated some buzz on social media when she posted a photo of herself holding a flamethrower with a caption asking, "Is it too late to add something to my Christmas list"?"Noem 2024. She'll torch the competition," quipped one Twitter user.Noem, a Republican, is already generating 2024 buzz and responded coyly when asked about if she would run for president while speaking at Turning Point USA's Student Action Summit this past weekend."I'm not going to answer that question," she said with a laugh. WOULD A TRUMP 2024 ANNOUNCEMENT FREEZE OUT GOP RIVALS?Noem has built up a national profile after standing behind her decision not to enact a statewide mask mandate despite calls from medical experts to do so amid a surge in COVID-19 cases."There are many states that do have mask mandates in place and some that do not, but I look at their rate of spread and the fact is, is that cases are increasing in many of those states as well," Noem said at a November press conference. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem headlines an event at President Trump's New Hampshire campaign headquarters, on Oct. 15, 2020 in Manchester, N.H. Noem traveled to Georgia in December to campaign for…

Azealia Banks performs for fans during Splendour in the Grass on July 25, 2015 in Byron Bay, Australia. The rapper drew criticism over a transphobic tirade she recently posted on Instagram. (Photo by Cassandra Hannagan/Getty Images)Getty ImagesAzealia Banks, the American rapper best known for her hit single “212,” received criticism after making transphobic remarks over social media.The Harlem-hailing singer was the subject of much backlash on Twitter after she posted politically charged slides on Instagram, one of which targeted gender pronouns. Please note this tirade contains explicit language.“I can’t stand you they/them sons of b****es,” wrote Banks according to Capital Xtra. “Pronouns are f***ing r*****ed.”Banks went on to criticize other individuals, such as President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, claiming the two would have “cops with machine guns on your block.”“Democrats are a f***ing joke,” continued Banks. “Liberalism is garbage. None of you even practice what you preach.”“I’m in the most liberal city in America which is now the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. All you they/them Black Lives Matter r*****s shout about mask wearing yet here the f*** we are.”Since she received public acclaim for “212” back in 2011, Banks has acquainted herself with much controversy. The…

A New Richland man has been charged with felony assault after an alleged social media fight turned physical, according to court documents.Jagger Neil Johnson, 18, was charged in Waseca County Court on Monday with second degree assault with a dangerous weapon, a felony, and fifth degree assault, a misdemeanor for an incident that occurred on Oct. 29 in Waseca.According to the criminal complaint, the Waseca County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a juvenile being assaulted on Oct. 29 in Waseca. The victim told the investigator they had been arguing with three individuals – two minors and Johnson – on the social media app Snapchat when they arrived at the victim’s home at 2:30 a.m. and asked the victim to come outside of a “peaceful conversation.” The victim said they went outside because the three suspects threatened to shoot the victim’s home and horse. The victim stated they saw one suspect holding what he thought was a pistol. According to the statement provided by the victim, Johnson forced the victim to the ground and he and one of the other suspects began striking him with their hands and the firearm while the third suspect appeared to be recording the incident.…

Yes, Congress approved a new bill Monday that would classify illegal streaming as a felony offense, but the feds won’t be going after your favorite Twitch streamers, YouTubers, or their subscribers. They’re more interested in services dedicated to streaming pirated content. Monday night, Congress approved an over $2 trillion government spending and coronavirus relief package that included a handful of controversial copyright and trademark measures. A felony streaming bill, authored by Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), was included as part of that massive package. The news circulated all across the internet; in a poorly headlined Hollywood Reporter article, tweets, and YouTube videos. Quickly, content creators and their fans grew increasingly concerned that the bill could threaten their livelihoods or their favorite means of entertainment. But according to a press release from Tillis’ office and statements made by tech advocacy groups like Public Knowledge, streamers and their fans have no cause for alarm. “As a general matter, we do not see the need for further criminal penalties for copyright infringement,” Meredith Rose, senior policy counsel at Public Knowledge, said in a statement earlier this month. “However, this bill is narrowly tailored and avoids criminalizing users, who may do nothing more than click…

Legendary streamer Dr Disrespect may have been banned from Twitch in 2020 under mysterious circumstances, but that hasn’t stopped the two-time from remaining on of the top Warzone players on the platform according to a new report. Even though Dr Disrespect was randomly permanently banned from Twitch back in June, his numbers were still high enough for him to remain the eighth most-watched Warzone streamer of 2020. The report by the esports betting site Unikrn states that Doc had a whopping 12,213,359 hours watched on Twitch while playing Warzone in 2020. This put him ahead of Cloakzy and German sensation MontanaBlack88 who rounded out the top ten. This is quite staggering considering just how much of the year Dr Disrespect missed on Twitch, with the streamer only being on Twitch for half of it. YouTube/DrDisrespectDr Disrespect has been seeing success on YouTube. Since the ban, Doc has started to broadcast on YouTube, but the report only takes into account Twitch statistics, which firmly show that the two-time was ahead of most of the pact when it came to drawing Warzone viewers.  Read More: xQc roasts “boomer” Dr Disrespect after he mocked his content “The real story here is Dr Disrespect…

The Telegraph Updated 11:50 am CST, Tuesday, December 22, 2020 Mercurio-Cherrier Mercurio-Cherrier Mercurio-Cherrier Mercurio-Cherrier HARTFORD — A filmmaker who created a movie in Hartford last year now has four online film projects. In 2019, Elle Mercurio-Cherrier used the Lewis and Clark State Historic Site in Hartford as the setting for her horror film “Claimed” set in 1857. The film had its Illinois debut in February at the historic site in Hartford. More than 250 people worked on the film, which she said also was a metaphor for the hundreds of thousands of heroin addicts who go missing in the U.S. every day. “Most people assume drug addiction is the result of a bad childhood or sustained exposure to drug use by others,” she said. “Sometimes it’s the consequence of prescription drug use that spirals out of control.” Since then Mercurio-Cherrier has been busy. She said she aims to make movies that make an impact on addiction. Currently, her movies are more show than tell, she said, eschewing “a didactic approach” for something more expressionistic and emotional as to help audiences connect to the epidemic and understand it fully. Amid COVID-19, she has her future in film to a new online platforms…

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- CoSell, a SaaS platform for B2B companies to find customer overlaps with partners to facilitate warms introductions, announced today it has raised $2MM million in seed funding to accelerate its growth and help companies unlock revenue with every partnership. The round was led by Pivot North with participation from SaaStr Fund. Co-founders Brendon Cassidy, Pete Ryan, and Andrew Burleson believe that, by leveraging the CRM between partners to effectively build "private sales graphs", CoSell has created the ability for partnering sales organizations to sell more, together. The platform supports a growing demand for partner co-selling as a business strategy through warm, qualified introductions. The growth of APIs has been tech partnerships commonplace, however, the CRM data for co-selling has been siloed up until now. The CoSell philosophy is pretty simple: Why go it alone when you can find protection in the herd? A single wildebeest is far more vulnerable than a herd of wildebeest. Same logic applies to growth for B2B companies. "The reality is that there are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of companies that can help you, just as you can help them, with a win-win for both sides. Because their customer…

A “weird” north-east pervert who sent vile sexual images to girls as young as 10 has been jailed. Callum Findlay, who was caught after a mum posed as a 14-year-old girl on Snapchat to help snare him, was sentenced by Sheriff Graham Buchanan who deemed the offences too serious to be dealt with any other way. The 27-year-old had used Snapchat to take sexual images of himself which he then “fired off in all directions”. Findlay, whose address was given in court papers as Forest Park in Stonehaven, previously pled guilty to six charges. He admitted causing a woman to look at a sexual image without consent, causing a 10-year-old girl to look at a sexual image and causing a person he believed to be a child aged 14 to look at a sexual image. Findlay also admitted sending written communications of a sexual nature without consent, causing two teenagers to look at a sexual image without consent, and a further charge of causing a third teen to look at a sexual image without consent. And Findlay has now appeared back before Aberdeen Sheriff Court to be sentenced. Defence agent Laura Gracie said: “There is acceptance by him he is…

Spurred on by rapid growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, YouTube competitor Vimeo is spinning off from IAC, the company announced on Tuesday, with the goal of going public during the second quarter of 2021. The decision to spin off Vimeo has pushed shares of IAC, the tech and media holding company founded by Barry Diller, up 13.5% on Tuesday morning.“It’s time for Vimeo to spread its wings and become a great independent public company,” IAC CEO Joey Levin said in a statement.The video site, like several other streaming services during the pandemic, has seen its user base climb higher in recent months. Last month, Vimeo reported 200 million users, although the company didn’t specify if those are weekly or monthly users, and that it had gained 30 million new users over the last seven months. Vimeo is only a month removed from raising $150 million, at a $2.75 billion valuation, from Thrive Capital and GIC.From April through November, Vimeo’s revenue was at least 40% higher than the corresponding month in 2019, The Wall Street Journal reported. Overall, its Q3 revenue was $75.1 million.Also Read: How YouTube Helps Lele Pons and Saweetie Tackle 'Real' Topics, Like OCD and Tourette's SyndromeVimeo launched…