YouTube will no longer support 2012 Apple TV

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If you still use the third-generation Apple TV released in 2012, you should know that YouTube will no longer natively support this set-top box. The app is dropping support for this Apple TV in early March, but if you use AirPlay, you can still stream YouTube from your iPhone or iPad. YouTube will continue to support the fourth-gen Apple TV HD and fifth-gen Apple TV 4K.

Source: The Verge

Instagram lets you restore recently deleted posts

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Instagram is launching a new feature to help you gain access to content you deleted. The aptly-named Recently Deleted allows you to review and restore deleted content in the Instagram app. The social network also said it added protections to prevent hackers from compromising your account and deleting posts you've shared.

Now, Instagram will ask you to verify that you're the rightful account holder when permanently deleting or restoring content from the Recently Deleted folder. 

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Amazon Music launches podcasts in Canada

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Amazon Music announces the launch of podcasts in Canada, across all tiers of service at no additional cost. For the first time, customers will be able to stream top podcasts they already know and love, as well as new, original shows produced exclusively for Amazon Music and hosted by creators including DJ Khaled, Becky G, Will Smith, Dan Patrick, Jake Brennan, and more. Amazon Music customers can access podcasts in the Amazon Music app for iOS and Android, on Amazon Echo devices, and at amazon.ca/podcasts. 

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TikTok rolls out prompts to assess accuracy and misinformation

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The wildly popular social sharing platform, TikTok, has announced further action to help users identify accuracy and misinformation in the content they are viewing. TikTok has partnered with fact checkers to help them assess the accuracy of content. If fact checks confirm content to be false, TikTok will remove the video from their platform. Sometimes fact checks are inconclusive or content is not able to be confirmed, and in these cases a video may become ineligible for recommendation into anyone's For You feed to limit the spread of potentially misleading information.

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