YouTube Adds More Scrutiny to Top-Tier Videos A policy update aims to prevent advertisements from appearing next to troublesome content. Read More…

Role Models Tell Girls That STEM’s for Them in New Campaign The Ad Council — along with G.E., Google, IBM, Microsoft and Verizon — is trying to encourage girls ages 11 to 15 to get involved in science, technology, engineering and math. Read More…

On Paid YouTube, Sci-Fi Comedy and the Grown-Up Karate Kid YouTube Red, soon to be YouTube Premium, is taking baby steps toward competing with the Netflixes of the world (for $12 a month). Read More…

The Story of ‘Mo Bamba’: How a SoundCloud Rap Track Goes Viral Today, a rap recorded in 20 minutes can go from internet obscurity to a Drake-approved club smash. The artists Sheck Wes, 16yrold and Take A Daytrip show us how they did it. Read More…

What You Might Not Know About E-sports, Soon to Be a $1 Billion Industry A fatal shooting in Florida on Sunday thrust e-sports, a young and growing industry, into the national spotlight. Read More…

Lights! Camera! Lots of Watch Action! Much like the diversification of Hollywood, videos for watch buyers and fans now come from websites, blogs and e-tailers. And viewership is booming. Read More…

Kevin’s Week in Tech: Let’s Check In on the Other Social Networks, Shall We? Twitter, Snapchat and YouTube all had interesting news that you may have missed. Read More…

How ‘The Nun’ Buries You Alive The director Corin Hardy narrates a scene that brings one of many people’s worst fears to reality. Read More…

Tech Companies Banned Infowars. Now, Its App Is Trending. Days after Google, Facebook and Apple removed Infowars content, the app from the right-wing conspiracy site has surged in downloads. Read More…

Twitter Bars Alex Jones and Infowars, Citing Harassing Messages When Facebook and YouTube booted Mr. Jones, the internet provocateur, last month, Twitter did not. On Thursday, it joined them. Read More…