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Jess Weatherbed

Jess Weatherbed

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    YouTube is trying to make livestream ads more tolerable.

    While the platform currently cuts away from live content to display video ads, YouTube is now experimenting with live mid-rolls that will instead launch and run alongside the broadcast in Picture-in-Picture mode.

    That should be less disruptive for viewers, and may also dissuade them from installing adblockers to avoid paying for YouTube’s ad-free premium service — something YouTube has been cracking down on.

    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    Apple TV is getting link sharing.

    The latest tvOS 18 beta enables Apple TV devices to share external links with nearby iPhones or iPads — getting around Apple TV’s lack of a web browser.

    At the moment, the feature is only working with promotions for Apple’s Vision Pro, but 9to5Mac notes it should expand to allow users to share other content from their Apple TV right from the tvOS app.

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    Jess Weatherbed
    TikTok permanently scraps Lite Rewards in the EU.

    The program, which paid users around 38 cents a day to engage with videos, was already suspended in the region after the bloc opened an investigation in April.

    A separate EU Commission probe into TikTok’s allegedly addictive design, and its content moderation rules for minors remains open.

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    Jess Weatherbed
    Nintendo bides time until Switch 2.

    With no big movies or The Legend of Zelda games this quarter, Nintendo’s gross profits have fallen by 45 percent compared to the same period last year.

    Sales of Nintendo Switch hardware, now in its eighth year since launch, have also “decreased significantly year-on-year” — and we may not see a notable improvement until the company announces its highly anticipated next-gen console sometime in 2025.

    A screengrab taken of Nintendo’s Q1 2025 earnings.
    This slide from Nintendo’s latest quarterly earnings report highlights low, yet stable, hardware and game sales.
    Image: Nintendo
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    Jess Weatherbed
    Paralympic sports illustrated.

    This Its Nice That writeup dives into the animations made by design agency Kreatives to explain how adaptations, rules, equipment, and classifications differ between Paralympic sports and their traditional counterparts.

    Kreatives co-founder Franzi Sessler says “We wanted to move away from the typical explainer video style and tell the story from the athlete’s perspective.” You can check them out on the official Paralympic social accounts.