YouTube is broadening its efforts to crack down on ad blockers. The platform has “launched a global effort” to encourage users to allow ads or try YouTube Premium, YouTube communications manager Christopher Lawton says in a statement provided to The Verge. If you run into YouTube’s block, you may see a notice that says “video…
Especially after the last round of updates, YouTube decidedly does not feel like a first-party Google app. 9to5Google has a rebooted newsletter that highlights the biggest Google stories with added commentary and other tidbits. Sign up to get it early in your inbox, or continue reading 9to5Google Log Out below: While there is an animated…
Over the years, Twitch has permanently banned many streamers who have violated its guidelines. This includes MethodJosh, Phantoml0rd and Adin Ross, among others. However, it appears they and every other permanently banned Twitch streamers have a chance to get their accounts back. In a blog post posted on November 1, Twitch announced it’s making changes…
Starting November 2nd, YouTube will impose restrictions on how often teens receive repeated video recommendations related to sensitive topics like body image, the company announced on Thursday. YouTube says the new safeguards are the result of its partnership with the Youth and Families Advisory Committee, which consists of psychologists, researchers, and other experts in child…
YouTube is cracking down on ad blockers, which leaves users with a choice of how they want to use the product, if at all. But, if you could name your price to block ads on YouTube, what would that be? As it stands today, there are four options with YouTube ads. You can deal with…
On its launch last July, Threads amassed 40 million installs within 24 hours and 100 million users in just a week. However, in August, the app experienced a decline in its user engagement by 80 percent. From 44 million daily users during its peak, it dwindled to 8 million daily users due to limited functionality….
YouTube Music is finally letting you change the cover art of your playlists. While you still won’t get to upload your own image, you can now make a custom image using generative AI. As shown in the below GIF, you can create AI-generated art by tapping the pen icon in the bottom right corner of…
YouTube’s newly appearing ambient mode enhances the viewing experience, bringing on-screen colors to the previously black edges of the screen. Unfortunately, it can be a little distracting in practice. This quick guide will show you how to turn YouTube’s ambient colors off. While the average size of smartphones has increased in mostly one direction, video…
Fidias Panayiotou, a YouTuber known for doing challenges, is currently under investigation for being a suspected train fare dodger. The controversy surrounding Fidias Panayiotou Panayiotou uploaded a now-deleted YouTube video entitled “I Travelled Across Japan For Free” — where he hid in the train’s bathroom and pretended to be sick when caught. In this video,…
Last year, thousands of people on social media shared a YouTube video featuring a song composed for the Weather Channel's hurricane “storm alert” in 2006. It wasn’t the first time: originally uploaded in November 2019, the piece has resurfaced on Reddit and social media multiple times in the nearly 20 years since it was written,…
Meta is rolling out a software update that lets Quest 3 users eke out more battery life at the expense of graphics quality. In addition to this new Battery Saver mode, the v59 update also gives VR streamers a way to keep track of YouTube Live Chat within the headset, includes more reactions and stickers…
Almost a year ago to the day, YouTube launched “Ambient Mode,” a new feature that would have colors spill out of the video and into YouTube’s interface. Now, fullscreen YouTube videos on Android and iOS are showing those ambient colors on the sides of the display. When Ambient Mode launched, it was designed to show…
Pese a haber redefinido las reglas en el mundo de las redes sociales, TikTok no deja de innovar. La plataforma social, propiedad de la empresa china ByteDance, popularizó hace unos años los videos cortos en formato vertical que se han convertido en una regla en prácticamente cualquier red social. Ahora TikTok hace experimentos para expandir…
YouTube, the world’s largest online video content platform, has introduced its latest news-watching experience. This development aims to redefine how users consume news, incorporating the familiarity of the YouTube platform with a more informative, immersive and interactive news-watching experience. How the watch page works image Courtesy: Google The new, immersive watch page experience is designed…