YouTube is huge right now. A 2025 Pew study indicates that approximately 84% of U.S. adults use it, and Alphabet’s quarterly updates reveal billions in YouTube ad revenue. That is a lot of eyes and a ...

YouTube announced a new viewing experience on TVs as part of its 20th birthday celebration. We first started seeing the new interface arrive a few months back, and now it’s widely available. The ...

The expanded A/B testing options will automatically apply titles and thumbnails that earn the highest watch time. The expanded A/B testing options will automatically apply titles and thumbnails that ...

YouTube has launched its first-ever personalized end-of-year summary called YouTube Recap. The feature shows users their top videos, genres, and music, and assigns a personality type based on viewing ...

YouTube users are reporting that the published date has disappeared on long-form videos and Shorts. There are also reports of the Subscriptions tab missing. It appears that the Subscriptions tab has ...

YouTube is currently testing out a direct messaging feature on the platform, which the company previously removed years ago. Credit: Valera Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Almost ...

An optional new feature will make the bot’s analysis more useful for players who keep a record of previous answers. By Tom Giratikanon Since its creation, Wordle Bot has analyzed hundreds of millions ...

Apple is Using a ChatGPT-Like Bot to Test Potential Siri Upgrades Your email has been sent The bot, codenamed Veritas, lets Apple developers test the fundamentals of what could become the ...

YouTube Now Guesses Your Age Using AI, Petition Against It Gains Steam A new system within YouTube will use AI to monitor your history and the lifetime of your account to flag whether you’re under 18.

Starting Aug. 13, the company will use artificial intelligence to predict how old a logged-in viewer is, and if it determines the person is under the age of 18, then it will turn on controls and ...

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