US chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices said on Friday it will invest around $400 million in India over the next five years and will build its largest design center in the tech hub of Bengaluru. AMD’s announcement was made by its Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster at an annual semiconductor conference that started Friday in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat. Other speakers at the flagship event include Foxconn Chairman Young Liu and Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra. Despite being a late entrant, the Modi government has been courting investments into India’s nascent chip sector to establish its credentials as a chipmaking hub. AMD said it will open its new design centre campus in Bengaluru by end of this year and create 3,000 new engineering roles within five years. “Our India teams will continue to play a pivotal role in delivering the high-performance and adaptive solutions that support AMD customers worldwide,” Papermaster said. The new 500,000-square-foot (55,5...
YouTube starts rolling out its TikTok rival Shorts on TV globally
YouTube has started rolling out its TikTok rival short-form video app Shorts on TV to its global users.
The updated YouTube smart TV app will now let users see the popular vertical videos in an optimised experience.
YouTube Shorts on TV
“Coming soon to a TV near you � Shorts! Starting today, viewers will be able to enjoy these bright bursts of video (60 seconds or less) on the big screen at home,” the company said in a statement late on Monday.
In the design rolling out, the users will see a modified version of a “maximal” prototype. These YouTube Shorts do not autoplay and hence users will have to use the remote’s up and down buttons to go to the next one. According to Google, “research indicated that people want to take charge of the viewing experience.”
You can also use the remote to start or stop the Shorts video from playing by clicking directly on the short or by using the Play and Pause buttons on the remote control itself.
“We simplified the design of the right side rail, but will be looking to bring in additional functionality in future releases. We believe that this experience balances the fun, and quirkiness of Shorts in a way that feels natural for TV,” said the company.
To launch the YouTube Shorts player on TV, users need to know go to the carousel on the homepage or visit a Creator’s channel and then go to the “Shorts” tab.
Over the coming weeks, this experience will be rolling out on TV models (2019 and later) and on newer game consoles.
In addition to this, YouTube also tested various designs for Shorts including “Jukebox” where “multiple Shorts would fill the screen at the same time, taking full advantage of the TV screen’s additional space.” However, it never saw the light of day as it “strayed too far from the essence of Shorts, which features one video at a time”.
YouTube Shorts has reached 30 billion daily views, and is growing exponentially.
YouTube isn’t the first service to bring short-form vertical videos to the TV screen. TikTok has been experimenting with smart TV interfaces for some time.
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