YouTube to Limit Streaming Traffic in Europe to Avoid Congestion Amid Coronavirus

Liam Gallagher has hit out at Damon Albarn‘s recent comments about Taylor Swift and declared her to be “fucking cool”.The Blur and Gorillaz frontman was on the receiving end of a backlash last month when he said that Swift’s “co-writing” approach was at odds with his “traditionalist” view of songwriting.This led to Swift hitting back with the tweet: “@DamonAlbarn I was such a big fan of yours until I saw this. I write ALL my own songs.

The Stooges’ ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’ while competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics this week.The 17-year-old athlete selected the rendition of the 1969 song (which was the Iggy Pop-led band’s debut single) that was recorded by John McCrea for the soundtrack to last year’s Cruella film.Trusova skated to the sounds of ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’ during her free skate program at the Winter Olympics yesterday (February 17).Despite finishing top of the free skate standings, Trusova missed out on the overall gold medal after finishing fourth in Tuesday’s short program (February 15). She ended up picking up the silver medal, with Anna Shcherbakova winning the gold.Russian skater Trusova performing to Iggy & the Stooges “I Wanna Be Your Dog” pic.twitter.com/kNC3yPWaVz— Steve Kiviat (@SteveKiviat) February 18, 2022After she missed out on gold by 4.22 points, Trusova was heard to say (via Reuters): “Everyone has a gold medal, everyone, but not me. I hate skating.

Aldi has once again wowed shoppers with their SpecialBuy's range as shoppers have been hailing the latest product as "excellent value".

A man posted naked photos of his girlfriend on Snapchat with a mouse's head instead of her own.

Bradley Walsh was left gobsmacked - alongside viewers - after a contestant on The Chase took a minus £11,000 cash offer.

A High Court judge has ruled that people receiving legacy benefits should not be given the same £20 weekly uplift that was paid to millions of Universal Credit claimants during the coronavirus pandemic between April 2020 and October 2021 to help with additional costs.

Borussia Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc was left embarrassed and ashamed of a "disgraceful" performance against Rangers.

Brad Pitt is suing Angelina Jolie for secretly selling her shares in the winery they bought as a couple to a Russian oligarch.The 58 year old, whose ex recently said she "feared for her children's safety" during their marriage, asked a court judge to undo the business transaction Angelina made with Stoli Group subsidiary Tenute del Mondo, which Yuri Shefler runs, over the property she and Brad bought back in 2008. According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, Brad said he invested a great deal of money and time into Chateau Miraval in Correns, in France, throughout the years.

Olivia Bowen has wowed fans once again by showing off her growing baby bump in another envy-inducing outfit. After jetting off to sunny Barcelona for a mystery photoshoot, the 28-year-old showed off her incredible holiday style with a series of posts. On Thursday, the former Love Island star took to her Instagram account to share a picture of herself sporting a figure-hugging pink velvet number which perfectly shows off her baby bump — could Olivia be taking style notes from Rihanna? Fans rushed to fill the comments with praise as one wrote: "You look phenomenal." For all the latest celebrity news – including their style secrets! – sign up to the OK! Daily Newsletter.

Kate Garraway has revealed she feels worried about the social workers making "several journeys" to look after her husband Derek Draper as Storm Eunice rages. Derek, 54, returned home in April 2021 after spending a year in hospital fighting for his life after contracting coronavirus in 2020, which has since left him battling a number of ongoing health issues.

Victoria's Secret has made history by casting a model with Down's Syndrome to star in one of their campaigns for the first time. After making her runway debut at New York Fashion Week in 2020, 25-year-old Sofia Jirau has now been recruited to star in the lingerie brand's new Love Cloud campaign.The Puerto Rican model took to her Instagram earlier in the week to share her excitement about being cast in Victoria's Secret's mew campaign.

Storm Eunice may be causing some drama this week, but we’d argue that Maura Higgins' 40-inch ponytail is causing just that bit more. She first debuted the look in a few Instagram Stories from BFF Molly-Mae Hague’s Pretty Little Thing Fashion Week show, but has now offered a closer look with a, quite frankly, stunning grid post.

Ellen DeGeneres has teased that another member of the Kardashian-Jenner family is pregnant as she grilled matriarch Kris Jenner on her children's plans for the future. Appearing on the show, 66 year old Kris was full of gushing words for her son and daughters as always, when the presenter suddenly turned conversation onto the next round of babies in the family. "Who's going to give you your 12th grandchild do you think?" Ellen, 64, asked, as Kris seemed taken-aback by the question.

This Morning fans have been in for a treat this week on the show as they have got to enjoy five full days of Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary carrying out hosting duties. The duo have been standing in for usual hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield whilst they enjoy their half-term break from the show.

Kanye West has appeared to reveal the tracklist for his forthcoming new album ‘DONDA 2’.The rapper and producer, who is now legally known as Ye, is readying the sequel LP to 2021’s ‘DONDA’ for release on Tuesday (February 22). Future is said to be executively producing the record, while Marilyn Manson has also been working on the album.After announcing overnight that ‘DONDA 2’ will only be available on his Stem Player device, West has now shared what appears to be the tracklist for the record.Song titles include ‘Security’, ‘Life Me Up’, ‘Broken Road’, ‘Sci Fi’, ‘530’ and ‘Closed For Business’ – you can see the handwritten tracklist in the below Instagram post, which West captioned “like we always do at this time” in reference to his 2007 single ‘Good Life’.A post shared by ye (@kanyewest)After confirming that ‘DONDA 2’ wouldn’t be available on the major streaming platforms, West wrote on Instagram that “for the first time in a long time, I feel alive”.He also said that his fans should acquire the Stem Player “to be a part of the revolution”.“I feel that same feeling like when I first moved to New York to make it in music,” he continued. “I ain’t know what was gonna happen but I knew had to move.

died in August last year aged 58 after a battle with lung cancer, was remembered by close friend Bailey in a post on Twitter.Sharing a photo of them both on Wednesday (February 16), Bailey wrote: “Six months since we lost Sean. Miss him everyday.”Six months since we lost Sean.

Calvin Harris, Napalm Death and Jax Jones lead a raft of new acts who have been announced for EXIT Festival 2022.Honey Dijon, Maceo Plex, ZHU, James Arthur and Marky Ramone are also among the 60 new additions to the bash, which is set to take place at the Petrovaradin Fortress in Serbia from July 7-10.They join the previously announced headliners Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, with more headliners expected to be unveiled in the coming weeks. You can view the full line-up so far below.Tickets are on sale now and can purchased here.

Google's YouTube said Friday that it has agreed to reduce its streaming quality in Europe, including the U.K., to standard definition for the next month to help avoid internet congestion amid the coronavirus pandemic.

YouTube will limit streaming in European countries to standard-definition video by default, following a similar move by Netflix to curtail bandwidth usage across the continent amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The coronavirus has yet another unforeseen impact. The European Union recently urged Netflix and other streaming platforms to only allow video streaming in standard definition — rather than high definition — to relieve some of the bandwidth strain during times of unprecedented usage as people are increasingly quarantined due to the spread of COVID-19.

Netflix has agreed to temporarily reduce video quality of its streaming service in Europe, reducing bit rates for the next 30 days at the behest of the European Union in order to ease the load on internet networks in the region.

Amid concerns that there could be a surge in online traffic driven by people forced to stay home amid the coronavirus crisis, a high-ranking member of the European Union has called on Netflix to do its part. EU Internal Market and Services Commissioner Thierry Breton has asked the streaming giant to limit streaming of its films and TV series to standard definition, not high definition, or HD, streams, which require more online bandwidth, at peak times.

Binge-watching might have to be in SD

A top European Union official called on Netflix and other streaming-video services to reduce video quality to standard-definition format — forgoing HD for now — so that internet networks don’t get overloaded during the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Joe Utichi