YouTube has added a 'gifting' feature to its vertical streams, ramping up the competition for livestream e-commerce

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Google announced a new "gifting" feature on YouTube that is similar to TikTok's.

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Hurricane live streams were riveting on TikTok. It was the best place to watch.

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Residences evacuated Florida as Hurricane Milton approached — and some people caught part of the action on TikTok live streams.

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Beauty YouTube creators turned TikTok into QVC

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Elon Musk Blames DDOS Attack on X for Crashing Trump Interview

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Elon Musk attends 'Exploring the New Frontiers of Innovation: Mark Read in Conversation with Elon Musk' session during the Cannes Lions International Festival Of Creativity 2024

2 'potentially hazardous' asteroids will streak by Earth this week, one as big as a mountain. You can watch it live.

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Two different "potentially hazardous" asteroids will fly by Earth this week. Both will be rare and spectacular events, but they won't threaten Earth.

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Reopen the NYC-Dublin livestreaming portal, you cowards! It was an example of tech bringing humans together.

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Viewers in New York City could look through the portal and see a live stream of viewers in Dublin — and vice versa.

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Livestream caught the moment a massive ship crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge and caused it to collapse

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A YouTube livestream captured when a large ship rammed into a support beam of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday.
A YouTube livestream captured when a large ship rammed into a support beam of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday.

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It's not just you — the TikTok Shop will show you literally anything

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TikTok Shop posts are loading up people's For You Pages with stuff they might not be interested in.

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Japanese prosecutors have demanded a controversial streamer pays a fine after he played music in a restaurant

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100,000 people may've heard Vivek Ramaswamy peeing on a livestream with Elon Musk and Alex Jones

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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.

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