Last year, like 2024, 2023, and, well, probably most years since 2005, was the Year of YouTube. The video platform has become massively successful in every dimension: It’s got at least 2.5 billion ...

Thousands of people have reported that video site YouTube was not working on Friday afternoon. Downdetector, which allows internet users to self-report when a website isn’t working, recorded 265 ...

For years, YouTube has been recommending users what its algorithm deems fit for them. While this approach has worked for some people, this one-size-fits-all method may not be what everyone is looking ...

As part of an AI-focused reorganization, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan told employees that it will offer voluntary buyouts, according to an internal company memo. At the same time, he emphasized that there ...

TL;DR: YouTube is updating its video player with a cleaner, more immersive design inspired by Apple's iOS changes, featuring modernized seek controls, improved app fluidity, animated custom likes, ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — YouTube, the popular video website, was down on Wednesday, according to Downdetector. Over 300,000 users reported outages. “If you’re not able to play videos on YouTube right now – ...

YouTube will start using machine learning to determine whether viewers should be on a teen account. The company said it plans to start using this AI application on a subset of US users in the coming ...

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The big picture: Is YouTube becoming harder to navigate as the platform increasingly embraces AI-generated "slop"? As many users start to ask that question, the Alphabet-owned company is doubling down ...

A hot potato: YouTube is once again cracking down on those who use ad blockers. The Google-owned company has been implementing measures to combat third-party extensions for years, and it has just ...

At its own Brandcast 2025 event, YouTube presented a new way of inserting advertisements in particularly exciting places, which was recapped in this official YouTube blog post. The new feature, called ...