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Hardware and Technologies April 30, 2026, 04:59 PM
YouTube has started rolling out one of its most requested features for free — Picture-in-Picture mode is now showing up for Android and iOS users around the world without a Premium subscription. There’s a catch, though, that instantly splits the audience into the happy and the disappointed: background playback won’t apply to music content. -
Hardware and Technologies April 22, 2026, 03:14 AM
YouTube has officially rolled out a permanent change to its notification system. On April 21, the platform confirmed the full launch of a feature it had been testing since March 2025. -
Hardware and Technologies April 20, 2026, 05:07 PM
Despite the video hosting service’s recent restrictions, the test version of the mobile Microsoft Edge browser now lets you listen to YouTube videos with the screen off. Whether by design or by accident, the devs have brought back a feature that Google previously yanked from all free mobile users. On top of that, the browser also got more convenient tab audio controls. -
‘Kill’ Shorts in Zero Minutes: YouTube Gave Users an Emergency Brake But Forgot to Remove the Button Itself
Hardware and Technologies April 16, 2026, 10:47 AM
YouTube has finally given users a way to cut their Shorts time down to zero. A “0 minutes” limit has appeared in settings — but if you thought the platform would finally let you permanently nuke that annoying tab, think again. -
Hardware and Technologies April 9, 2026, 07:23 PM
YouTube now lets users make their own deepfakes — an AI copies your face and voice, then drops your digital double into Shorts. The feature is already rolling out to some users, but it comes with strict limits. -
Hardware and Technologies April 9, 2026, 10:57 AM
YouTube has started testing 90-second ads that cannot be scrolled through. The innovation so far concerns smart TV and streaming devices, according to the Android Authority. -
The strangest strike on YouTube? Nvidia's official DLSS 5 trailer was removed due to copyright infringement
Gaming News April 6, 2026, 07:50 AM
Nvidia's DLSS 5 trailer was removed from YouTube due to copyright infringement. The complaint was filed by the Italian TV channel La7, which had previously broadcast the presentation of the new technology. -
Is Pause No Longer Needed? YouTube Experiments With Replacing Pause Button With “Share” — For Now, Only as a Test
News March 30, 2026, 04:31 PM
YouTube has launched a controversial experiment with its player interface. For some users, the familiar pause button has disappeared, replaced by a “Share” button instead. It’s important to note that this isn’t a global update, but rather a limited test. -
News March 16, 2026, 07:25 PM
Google invested $1 million in Animaj, a studio that uses AI to create children’s content for YouTube. At the same time, YouTube, which is owned by Google, says it plans to fight low-quality AI videos. -
Algorithms vs. Blockbusters: YouTube Made More Money from Ads Than Disney, Paramount, and Warner Bros. Discovery Combined
Hardware and Technologies March 11, 2026, 10:38 AM
Analysts have crunched the numbers for the media industry's financial performance in 2025, and according to the published data, YouTube's ad revenue hit a record high. What's more, that total ended up being higher than the combined earnings of the four biggest Hollywood studios: Disney, NBC, Paramount, and Warner Bros. Discovery. -
Hardware and Technologies February 17, 2026, 08:47 AM
YouTube has begun to tighten the fight against ad blockers. Users of such extensions can now hide comments and descriptions of videos. -
Hardware and Technologies February 5, 2026, 10:02 AM
Machine translation is old news, but when it starts speaking in the voice and with the emotions of a popular creator — that's a new chapter. YouTube has just erased the final boundaries by opening up its sophisticated AI dubbing tool to millions. -
Hardware and Technologies January 29, 2026, 12:20 PM
Android smartphone owners are encountering an unexpected change in how YouTube works. The previously available feature for free users to listen to videos in the background using alternative browsers appears to have been blocked. Numerous complaints suggest the platform is systematically closing this popular workaround, reserving background playback exclusively for YouTube Premium subscribers. -
Hardware and Technologies January 29, 2026, 11:05 AM
YouTube has begun actively implementing its plans to cleanse the platform of low-quality, AI-generated content. Popular channels, whose videos were entirely generated by neural networks, have started disappearing en masse from the service. Dozens of pages with multi-million audiences and billions of views have been hit by these restrictions, signaling a serious shift in the moderation policy of the world's largest video platform. -
Hardware and Technologies January 28, 2026, 10:59 AM
One of YouTube's most in-demand and familiar features is under threat of becoming a paid premium add-on. User reports on social media suggest the platform has begun a large-scale experiment that could drastically change the experience for millions of viewers without a Premium subscription. -
Hardware and Technologies January 15, 2026, 10:03 AM
In response to growing concerns from parents and experts about the impact of short-form videos on teen attention spans, YouTube is rolling out a series of significant changes. The platform isn't just adding new parental controls but is rethinking its approach to content curation for young audiences, aiming to shift the focus away from endless scrolling and towards more meaningful consumption. -
Hardware and Technologies January 9, 2026, 12:58 PM
YouTube has introduced changes to its search functionality across all platforms. Users can now separate results by content type and utilize updated filters to customize their feed. -
Gaming News December 29, 2025, 12:48 PM
The most popular blogger in the world, MrBeast, held a competition in Minecraft, in which 500 girls competed against 500 guys to get the grand prize of $50,000. It turned out that there were many men from Russia among the participants, who, according to other players, illegally joined the women's team and wrote sexist inscriptions. -
Hardware and Technologies December 29, 2025, 10:35 AM
New YouTube users' first impressions are increasingly shaped not by a human creator, but by algorithms generating content for quick monetization. According to a new study, over 20% of the videos the platform recommends to newly created accounts are low-quality "AI slop." -
YouTube has blocked channels with more than a million subscribers who posted fake trailers of Hollywood films
Movies and TV Series December 19, 2025, 10:21 AM
YouTube has blocked two channels that used neural networks to create fake trailers for popular movies. In total, they had more than two million subscribers and about a billion views, Deadline reports.
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