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Coachella 2026 weekend 1 will be streamed live on YouTube across seven channels and stages, with some sets shown on a delay and overnight rebroadcasts. Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Karol G anchor the headlining lineup, and Variety provides a day‑by‑day channel schedule and an embedded grid to help viewers map overlaps and plan what to watch.
Coachella has released the weekend one livestream schedule for 2026, with YouTube streaming all seven stages across both weekends and offering a multiview option; the schedule lists daily set times for Friday (April 10), Saturday (April 11), and Sunday (April 12) across all stages, featuring acts such as The xx, Sabrina Carpenter, Turnstile, The Strokes, Interpol, Jack White, Wet Leg, Iggy Pop, Karol G, Young Thug, and more.
Coachella 2026’s Friday livestream lineup spotlights Sabrina Carpenter headlining the Main Stage at 9:05 p.m. PDT, with additional acts across the Outdoor Theatre, Sahara, Mojave, and Gobi. The performances are streaming on YouTube and the Coachella livestream app, with occasional delays noted for past events.
YouTube has raised Premium pricing in the US to $15.99/month for individuals and $26.99 for families, with Premium Lite at $8.99; the changes take effect on June 7, 2026, and are noted in subscriber emails. Separately, reports of 90-second unskippable ads are said to be a UI bug that inflates ad timers; YouTube says there is no 90-second non-skippable format and a fix is rolling out. Free users will still face more ads as the service monetizes content.
Google is rolling out AI-generated avatars for YouTube Shorts, enabling creators to generate a photorealistic digital likeness from a selfie and voice to appear in videos, with built-in AI disclosures and visible watermarks (SynthID/C2PA). Avatars are created via YouTube's AI Playground or YouTube Create app, can be remixed into Shorts, and can be edited or deleted; accounts must be 18+ and unused avatars auto-delete after three years, with a gradual rollout.
Alex Cooper’s Unwell Network is launching Unwell Winter Games, a four-episode YouTube reality competition filmed at a Park City, Utah chalet with 16 polarizing contestants, including Dakota Mortensen and Demi Engemann. The two-team format features mental and physical challenges across four days, hosted by Adam Waheed, with prize money up for grabs and daily episode releases starting April 6.
Hong Kong creator Handy Geng outfits an excavator with a 15-foot sword blade and a speaker, turning a sibling rivalry into a big, silly spectacle as he slices through water barrels, cars and his brother’s trike—an over-the-top stunt in his quirky-machines repertoire, presented as good-natured fun rather than a real threat.
Two juries in New Mexico and Los Angeles found Meta liable for harming minors and YouTube liable in LA, treating the platforms as defective products and signaling a potential shift around liability shields like Section 230; if upheld on appeal, the rulings could trigger multimillion-dollar penalties and larger settlements, but the ultimate effects on platform design, regulation, and free expression remain uncertain.
A Los Angeles jury found Meta and YouTube negligent for addictive features that harmed a 20-year-old California woman’s mental health, assigning 70% fault to Meta and 30% to YouTube and awarding $6 million. Both companies plan to appeal, and the ruling could set a precedent for thousands of similar lawsuits, potentially impacting future product design and big‑tech profits amid ongoing scrutiny of teen mental health and AI development.
Safety advocates say landmark jury verdicts finding Meta liable—and YouTube in one case—signal a turning point for protecting kids online, spurring calls for stronger safeguards, greater algorithm transparency, and federal action like the Kids Online Safety Act; they also want platform redesigns such as fewer notifications and nudges, less autoplay, and stronger parental controls to curb addiction and harm.
A Colorado mother, Kim Osterman, celebrated juries’ verdicts holding Meta and YouTube liable for harms to children by designing platforms that hook young users, after her son Max died from a fentanyl-laced pill bought through social media. The Los Angeles trial found both companies liable; a separate New Mexico verdict found Meta knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed exploitation. Snapchat and TikTok also reached settlements earlier this year. Osterman, part of Parents for Safe Online Spaces, advocates stricter guardrails such as age verification and supports federal Kids Online Safety Act, while platforms say they may appeal.
A Colorado mother whose son died after taking a fentanyl-laced pill bought via social media (Snapchat) celebrates recent verdicts against Meta and YouTube, saying the rulings set a path for holding platforms accountable for harms to children who use their services.
The Academy Awards will move in 2029 from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood to the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles and shift broadcast to YouTube instead of ABC, with the new venue offering about 7,100 seats (up from around 3,400) and upgrades to support the ceremony, signaling a major break from tradition while the 2027 and 2028 ceremonies will still be held at the Dolby Theatre.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and AEG announced a multiyear deal moving the Oscars from the Dolby Theatre to the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles, starting with the 101st ceremony in 2029 through 2039, with venue upgrades and a global exclusive YouTube broadcast deal; red carpet and related events will be staged at the LA Live plaza, and the show will shift to YouTube for global rights after 2028.
Gavin Newsom calls the LA and NM verdicts against Meta and YouTube a moment of reckoning for Big Tech, urging a renegotiation of the industry's social contract as juries find design features fueled addictive use among teens; Meta and YouTube plan appeals, while California continues to push stricter kids' online-safety laws.