David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

Users on Reddit are reporting that they’re now seeing 90-second unskippable ads on YouTube’s TV app. YouTube’s official ad format rules still state that non-skippable in-stream ads cannot exceed 30 ...

I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the minute changes in apps and software updates that most people would ...

YouTube has certainly proven itself to be a bit of a pain for viewers lately, especially those members of its audience attempting to bypass ads. Today’s issue takes it to a whole new level, though, as ...

A Los Angeles jury found Instagram parent company Meta Platforms Inc. and Google’s YouTube liable for the mental health problems of a teenage girl who became addicted to their social media platforms, ...

The most basic issue with this approach is that people are not good at spotting AI-generated content, and the gap between human detection and AI capability is widening fast. Early AI content had ...

One in five Shorts that YouTube recommends to new users is low-quality, mass-produced AI-generated video, often described as “AI slop.” YouTube CEO Neal Mohan used that label himself in his January ...

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

Editor's Note: The YouTube outage has now been resolved. Read an update on Thursday, Oct. 16. YouTube experienced technical difficulties on Wednesday, Oct. 15, with hundreds of thousands of users ...

You’re neck-deep in IKEA assembly instructions. Furniture parts lie strewn across the floor. Your new purchase sits half-complete in front of you, mocking your fruitless hours. As an uninterested ...