YouTube has made several key changes to Shorts by removing dislikes and offering a clear screen mode.

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YouTube is adding even more TikTok-like features to Shorts, including a new “clear screen” mode that removes the icons and text from the video you’re watching. In a blog post on Thursday, YouTube says it’s also replacing the “thumbs-up” button with a “heart” icon,

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Peacock is joining YouTube Primetime Channels, expanding NBCUniversal’s streaming reach and giving viewers another way to subscribe through YouTube.

YouTube accounted for more than 65% of all digital video-on-demand hours watched in Japan in May, reaching 72 million viewers who collectively logged 2.8 billion hours on the platform, according to new behavioral data from ampd Analytics.

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