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Microsoft PowerPoint for web will let users insert videos into their presentations with closed captions and subtitles. The feature is a breakthrough for the differently abled, who may have trouble hearing. Closed captions can be added to videos in multiple languages so that users can connect with their audience easily. Subtitles have already become a supportive feature for many video-sharing platforms like TikTok, Netflix, Zoom, etc. and Microsoft isn't staying behind. To embed a video and insert captions , users will have to create closed caption files in the WebVTT format by either using a caption -creation tool or a text editor like Notepad. After selecting a video on PowerPoint web, users will need to insert the video , and then insert subtitle similarly. For insertion of multiple languages, multiple different files will have to be uploaded to support the feature. Read: IMF chief says rules, infrastructure needed to prevent crypto risks Microsoft has been increasi...

TikTok will prohibit content that promotes Osama bin Laden's 2002 letter detailing the former al Qaeda leader's justifications for attacks against Americans, the short-form video app said on Thursday. Discussions of the 20-year-old letter have spread on the platform this week in the context of debate over the Israel-Hamas war, with some users in the West praising its contents. The letter, which was written after al Qaeda's attack on the United States that killed nearly 3,000 people, criticized US support for Israel, accused Americans of financing "oppression" of Palestinians, and contained antisemitic comments. Bin Laden was killed in 2011 in Pakistan by a US military special operations unit. "Content promoting this letter clearly violates our rules on supporting any form of terrorism," TikTok said in a statement, adding that reports that it was "trending" on the platform were inaccurate. A search for "Letter to America...

WARNING: Distressing content Aussie teenagers using TikTok are being shown suicide-related content within minutes of being on the app, a new study has revealed. The study, conducted by the US-headquartered Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCHD), involved researchers setting up two new TikTok accounts for users aged 13 in the USA, UK, Australia and Canada. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> One account was a “standard” account and one was a “vulnerable” account - meaning the account created had the username containing the word “lose weight”. This was to test the theory that users who seek content related to eating disorders often have usernames that included related words. For each account, researchers screen-recorded the first 30 minutes of usage, liking any videos related to body image, mental Health or eating disorders. CCDH chief executive Imran Ahmed called the results of the study “deeply disturbing”. This TikTok video used the #imnothung...

ISLAMABAD: TikTok – a popular online video sharing social networking service – has removed around 11.7 million videos uploaded from Pakistan for violating its community guidelines in the first quarter of 2023. The online short video service has released its latest community guidelines enforcement report for Q1 2023 (January-March 2023) as part of its strategy to stop misinformation on the platform and create a safe environment for its users. In its report, TikTok said it had removed over 91 million videos globally during this period. They make up roughly around 0.6% of the total videos uploaded to the platform from across the world. In comparison, the number of video s removed globally was more than 85.68 million in the fourth quarter of 2022. Around 53.49 million video s were automatically removed worldwide while 6.20 million deleted after reviewing them. In Pakistan, 11,707,020 videos were deleted for violating community guidelines during this period. This figur...

Instagram's head Adam Mosseri admits that the platform intentionally focused on promoting videos and reels in 2022. In a Q&A session with the users, Mosseri admitted that Instagram is now working on creating a balance between videos /reels and photos shown to the audience. He said, "I think we were overfocused on video in 2022 and pushed ranking too far and basically showed too many videos and not enough photos." Read Netflix's ability to churn out hits gives it an edge over rivals He mentioned that both types of posts are getting equal attention now, which proves to be evidence of their work. Adam agreed that "photos are always going to be an important part of what we do. And there are always going to be people who love and are interested in finding photos on Instagram and elsewhere. And I want to make sure that we're very clear about that." The head of Instagram did mention how the efforts to change the app to a full-screen video exper...

ByteDance owned, TikTok, has started a test to introduce new features including a horizontal full-screen mode for video s to stream on users' phones. Users chosen to be part of the test phase will see a button on square or rectangular video s in their feed, which will expand the video to full-screen mode. TikTok is a popular known platform with short vertical video s which forces creators to add a "turn your phone" message at the beginning of the video s filmed in landscape mode. The feature, if launched, would incline creators to film more video s in landscape mode, Tech Crunch reported. Read:  Tesla shares fall as investors bash Musk's Twitter focus The company is taking big steps to capture audiences and directly com Pet e with YouTube. Just this year TikTok extended its maximum video length to ten minutes. On the other hand, YouTube is doing its best to rival TikTok with its Shorts, and allowing creators to earn revenue with them. However, it is ...

TikTok has announced that it will actively ban all videos from the platform that encourages tanning and sunburn after Australian medical experts raised concerns over the recent TikTok trend, #sunburnchallenge. Co-medical directors Prof Georgina Long and Prof Richard Scolyer from Melanoma Institute Australia, warned the public at the National Press Club, how content creators on TikTok had been glamorizing sunburns with tagines and hashtags. Long insisted the company, television stations, and influencers took action to “change the cultural narrative around sunburn and tanning ” in Australia, since it faces the highest skin cancer incidence and mortality rate in the world. TikTok immediately responded by launching a widespread education campaign that will impose a pop-up banner for anti- tanning content and for all searches related to sunburns and tans. Read More Elon Musk says Apple never considered removing Twitter from App Store The campaign intends to target users ...