YouTube's fight against antivax videos and Amazon's new robot for your home
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Speaker 1: This is CNET. And here are the stories that matter right now, YouTube announced that we widen its ban on videos, featuring medical misinformation. The broader ban will include false claims about all established vaccines, not just COVID 19 vaccines. YouTube will now take down any videos alleging that approved vaccines don't work are dangerous cause chronic health problems or contain harmful ingredients. The company says it has taken down 130,000 videos specifically for COVID vaccine misinformation. Since [00:00:30] last year, Amazon hosted an all digital online event this week where the company announced a large selection of new devices and services. Most surprising was Astro an autonomous rolling high else, robot designed to patrol your home and deliver notifications. Pre-orders are by invitation only. And Astro will initially cost $1,000 and will ship later this year. Other new products include the ring, always home camp, a small surveillance drone designed to fly through your home and patrol also an echo show with a 15 inch screen, [00:01:00] a new interactive projection and you a chat device for kids called Amazon glow an entry level smart thermostat that costs $60 as well as other addons and services. And finally Disney announced that its star wars theme hotel in Walt Disney world will open a March 1st, 2022 officially it's called star wars gala galactic star cruiser. And it's aiming to offer immersive experiences like light saber training. Galactic star cruiser will not be cheap. Pricing will start at nearly $5,000 for two guests.
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