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YouTube now lets parents set time limits for their kids’ YouTube Shorts stream, ranging from 15 minutes to two hours, with an option for zero minutes ahead (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 14, 2026

Stevie Bonifield / The edge: YouTube now lets parents set time limits for their kids’ YouTube Shorts stream, ranging from…

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How Meta Reels became a hit, grossing over $50 billion annually; Sensor Tower: Users spend 27 minutes/day on Instagram Reels, 21 on YouTube Shorts and 44 on TikTok (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 2, 2026

Meghan Bobrowsky / The Wall Street Journal: How Meta Reels became a hit, grossing over $50 billion annually; Sensor Tower:…

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YouTube now lets mobile users set a customizable daily limit to limit how long they can scroll through Shorts feeds; limit notifications are dismissible (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 22, 2025

Jess Weatherbed / The edge: YouTube now lets mobile users set a customizable daily limit to limit how long they…

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Google updates the Discover page of its research request to allow users to follow specific publishers and creators; He plans to add youtube shorts and X and Instagram messages (Ivan Mehta / Techcrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 17, 2025

Ivan Mehta / Techcrunch:: Google updates the Discover page of its research request to allow users to follow specific publishers…

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Neal Mohan says that the rate of monetization of shorts struck parity with the YouTube heart in the United States and several other countries, and that short films increased by 20% in annual shift in the first quarter of 2025 (Todd Spangler / Variety)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 15, 2025

Todd Spangler / Variety:: Neal Mohan says that the rate of monetization of short films struck parity with Core YouTube…

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YouTube says that the views of shorts will now be counted each time a video begins to play or replay, rather than only after being watched for a certain number of seconds (Aisha Malik / Techcrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 26, 2025

What made Zoho “signed” for a paperless future – A decade ago, when the cloud -based software solutions were not…

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United Airlines ditches more economy seats in favor of larger premium cabins

Delta suspends benefits for members of Congress, cites DHS shutdown

War in Iran improves prospects for long-term peace in the Middle East

Moody’s downgrades private credit fund managed by KKR and Future Standard to “junk”

FedEx launches same-day delivery with OneRail to compete with Amazon and Walmart

Trump’s economy approval rating drops lower than Joe Biden’s has ever been

Trump’s mail about election hypocrisy blows up in his face

Trump tantrum worsens airport chaos after election rigging claims are rejected

Trump’s Iran peace talks seem imaginary

Trump is the most incompetent president in American war history

Databricks launches Lakewatch, a security information and event management service, and announces the acquisition of security startups Antimatter and SiftD (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Amazon has acquired New York-based Fauna Robotics, which is developing a 42-inch-tall, human-like robot capable of interacting with people, walking, grasping objects and dancing (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Internal memo: Meta names CTO Andrew Bosworth to oversee its AI For Work initiative, previously led by Guy Rosen, seeking to compete with AI-native startups (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)

Mirage, formerly Captions, which develops a video editing and AI marketing suite, has raised $75 million from General Catalyst, after moving to a freemium model in 2025 (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Amazon says its AWS region in Bahrain has been "disturbed" due to drone activity in the region amid the U.S.-led war in Iran, marking the second disruption in a month (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)

Browsing: Shorts

YouTube now lets parents set time limits for their kids’ YouTube Shorts stream, ranging from 15 minutes to two hours, with an option for zero minutes ahead (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)

How Meta Reels became a hit, grossing over $50 billion annually; Sensor Tower: Users spend 27 minutes/day on Instagram Reels, 21 on YouTube Shorts and 44 on TikTok (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)

YouTube now lets mobile users set a customizable daily limit to limit how long they can scroll through Shorts feeds; limit notifications are dismissible (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Google updates the Discover page of its research request to allow users to follow specific publishers and creators; He plans to add youtube shorts and X and Instagram messages (Ivan Mehta / Techcrunch)

Neal Mohan says that the rate of monetization of shorts struck parity with the YouTube heart in the United States and several other countries, and that short films increased by 20% in annual shift in the first quarter of 2025 (Todd Spangler / Variety)

YouTube says that the views of shorts will now be counted each time a video begins to play or replay, rather than only after being watched for a certain number of seconds (Aisha Malik / Techcrunch)