YouTube - The Sociable

YouTube CEO Wojcicki explains what went down with Trump suspension & where it’s at today: WEF

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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki tells the World Economic Forum (WEF) that due to "concerns of violence," we'll have to "wait...

Social Media

Symptoms of shadowbanning on social media for your diagnosis

Tim Hinchliffe2 years ago

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Shadowbanning is not uniformly defined, but here we show you the symptoms of this cyber affliction, so you can make...

Social Media Technology Web

As big tech and govts differ over hate speech, should AI neutralize it?

Navanwita Sachdev2 years ago

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As big tech platforms and governments have their own policies on hate speech, should society task AI with neutralizing it...

Technology Web

Engaging in storytelling: Microsoft Decoded Show returns for season 3

Tim Hinchliffe2 years ago

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Peeking under the hood of today's most dynamic open source software with the people behind it, Microsoft Decoded Show returns...

Entertainment Social Media Web

YouTube’s PewDiePie and T-Series battle to break the internet

Jordan Jones2 years ago

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Mesmerizing is watching the race between the Swedish YouTuber Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, known as PewDiePie, and the Bollywood content...

Social Media

3 hacks for optimizing online video across social media platforms

Netflix and Youtube Linked to Distracted Driving

Melissa Thompson3 years ago

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While it is a known fact that distracted driving takes place daily and drivers need to take more caution; it...

Twenty years ago we were more than willing to sit patiently through the first three minutes of our cousin’s self-made high school video and see the fluorescent words rolling unsteadily over the black screen.

Entertainment Social Media Technology

If your video doesn’t capture audiences in 10 seconds, you’re losing engagement

Kwinten Wouters3 years ago

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Twenty years ago we were more than willing to sit patiently through the first three minutes of our cousin’s self-made...

Social Media

Murky methods: social media’s initial anti-terrorism efforts

Ben Allen3 years ago

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As governmental pressure mounts on social media companies to rid their platforms of terrorist content, initial AI methods are producing...

Entertainment Social Media Technology

How to find success in the multi million dollar industry of YouTube stars

Sam Brake Guia4 years ago

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Youtube has come along way since its founders uploaded the first ever video of themselves at the San Diego zoo...

Web

Neil Young calls out greedy bankers, oil, media in Dakota pipeline protest song

Tim Hinchliffe5 years ago

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"Behind big money justice always fails" sings Neil Young in his new song protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline, "Indian Givers."...

Technology

Startup Week: Clipchamp’s ‘boundless’ video sharing opps give voice to 1000s

Tim Hinchliffe5 years ago

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We caught up with the CEO of Clipchamp, a unique technology stack for fast and easy video sharing, to get a...

Social Media

Can we consider YouTube Red a success?

Guest Contributor5 years ago

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YouTube made a pretty unpopular decision back in October with the debut of YouTube Red. On the one hand, the...

Mobile

YouTube is the new marketing channel for mobile game developers

Guest Contributor5 years ago

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Today, “YouTube content creator” has become a real career path, with YouTubers’ net worths skyrocketing, while eight out of the...

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Watch Google’s staff celebrate 10 years in Ireland

Piers Dillon Scott8 years ago

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Google's been in Ireland for 10 years, so here's show the company's Irish staff decided to celebrate.

Entertainment

Is YouTube’s freemium paywall a step too far for the social web?

Ciaran Treacy8 years ago

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Has YouTube lost its way by introducing a paywall for some content?And why are we so uncomfortable with ads in our social networks? Ciaran Treacy has a look

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Even YouTube can’t distinguish the Samsung Chromebook with Apple’s MacBook Air

Darren McCarra8 years ago

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Samsung's latest Chromebook is so similar in exterior design to Apple's MacBook Air that not even YouTube's graphic designers can tell the difference, apparently.

Web

In 2012 we stole less music, but we’re still downloading & streaming

Piers Dillon Scott8 years ago

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We're illegally downloading less music these days but, thanks to YouTube & Spotify, that doesn't mean were buying albums & singles as we used to.

Web

YouTube SEO: Make your videos more searchable by adding context

Darren McCarra8 years ago

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While the age-old metaphor of 'content is king' is more important than ever in today's Internet of ubiquitous publishing, context must not be overlooked.

Social Media

Social Media Managers, ignore Google+ at your peril

Ciaran Treacy8 years ago

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Twitter & Facebook might be the big boys but Google+'s rich features & integration with Search mean it's more useful to marketers than most of them realise

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Brains Byte Back

The weekly podcast looking at how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. Every Tuesday we bring you the best stories and guests from around the world relating to technology, psychology, and society.

In today’s episode of the Brains Byte Back podcast, we will take a look at three separate cybercrime stories, attacks, and events, told by three different cybercrime and crypto experts.

We have seen many bank heists and robberies portrayed in movies and TV shows, and they are often high octane, adrenaline-fueled, and exciting.

But times have changed, and no longer are the most sophisticated and lucrative heists carried out by a crew of heavily armed robbers. Instead, it is cybercriminals behind computer screens that stand to make the most money.

This was proven by The Bangladesh Bank Heist that took place in 2016, when unidentified hackers attempted to steal $951 million from the Bangladesh Central Bank in Dhaka.

Even though a lot of this money was recovered, the thieves still managed to get away with $81 million, and the attempt is considered one of the biggest bank heists of all time.

First on the podcast, we will hear Pamela Clegg, Director of Financial Investigations and Education for CipherTrace, an intelligence company working to eradicate financial crimes and provide prevention strategies in the cryptocurrency and blockchain spaces. Clegg shares a story of how CipherTrace teamed up with McAfee to tackle NetWalker ransomware, a ransomware that has become a franchise within the cybercrime underworld.

Secondly, we are joined by Ondrej Krehel, CEO, and founder of digital forensics firm LIFARS, who has worked with the FBI, DHS, Interpol, and many other government organizations on cyber defense and threat hunting. Krehel joins us to discuss his work with NiceHash, a crypto-mining marketplace, which came to LIFARS for help in response to a $67M crypto hack perpetrated by the North Korean military.

And finally, we are joined by Rytis Bieliauskas, CTO of cryptocurrency payment platform Coingate, to discuss how a DEA agent and a Secret Service agent stole Bitcoins from the Silk Road owner and got caught because of Bitcoin’s traceability.