Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The post Investigators uncover crypto scammers baiting ‘phish’ hooks on YouTube appeared first on TechRepublic. A report reveals a new network of malefactors in the lucrative crypto fraud market using videos, channels and web apps.

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TechSpot

APRIL 16, 2024

In a support document, Google said that users attempting to access YouTube videos through third-party apps with built-in ad-blocking could experience buffering issues or see an error that reads "The following content is not available on this app." Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

YouTube has confirmed that the platform is intentionally delaying video loading when it detects ad blockers. This policy change may be a reaction to the ad blockers that recently started bypassing YouTube's initial measures against them. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

JANUARY 15, 2024

It was back in November that YouTube's previous ad-blocking methods moved from the experimental stage to a full-blown global effort to stop users from avoiding its slew of ads – or make them sign up to YouTube Premium. Read Entire Article

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MAY 11, 2023

Redditor Sazk100 posted a screenshot earlier this week showing a YouTube popup warning that ad blockers are not allowed on the platform. It notes that ads allow YouTube to stay free for billions of users worldwide, and that an ad-free experience is available via the paid-for YouTube Premium. The message. Read Entire Article

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

YouTube CEO Neal Mohan said the next frontier for the video streaming platform is to enter people's living rooms through its subscription TV service. According to him, the company envisions people watching YouTube in a manner reminiscent of families gathering to watch traditional television together at home. Mohan also revealed.

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TechSpot

APRIL 8, 2024

It was designed to transcribe audio from YouTube videos, giving the company a trove of data to train its LLMs. In order to access more reputable English language-based text on the internet in 2021, OpenAI researchers created a speech recognition tool called Whisper, writes The New York Times. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In a statement shared with The Verge, YouTube communications manager Christopher Lawton confirmed that the company had expanded its ad-blocking campaign globally. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

JUNE 23, 2023

YouTube recently announced plans to support a group that helps creators quickly produce audio translations for videos using AI. The initiative will likely complement the company's ongoing development of functionality to enable multiple audio tracks in videos. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

JULY 20, 2023

YouTube Premium delivers an ad-free experience on YouTube and also allows subscribers to play clips in the background and download videos on mobile to watch offline. The membership additionally includes access to YouTube Music, Google's streaming music service. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

JUNE 30, 2023

A Redditor spotted the YouTube warning a couple of days ago and posted the pop-up message. It states in bold letters that "Video player will be blocked after 3 videos," followed by an explanation that YouTube playback will be blocked unless the site is whitelisted or the ad blocked disabled. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 12, 2023

FastStream is an open-source extension available for Chrome and Firefox that replaces the video player on YouTube and other platforms, providing additional features such as accelerated downloads and minimal buffering on most video formats. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

APRIL 28, 2023

Podcast recommendations and unfinished episodes can be accessed from the Home tab in the YouTube Music app. You can also tap the Podcasts tab at the top to filter suggestions. Read Entire Article

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Dataconomy

APRIL 22, 2024

YouTube is incorporating a new “Ask AI” feature, designed by Google, to transform how viewers engage with video content. While you’re watching a video on YouTube, the conversational AI tool lets you interact with AI to learn more about the content. Google Who can use YouTube’s Ask AI feature? Have questions in a YouTube video?

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The Verge

MAY 7, 2021

A week after their broken-down negotiations spilled into the public , Google and Roku still haven’t been able to reach a deal to renew YouTube TV’s presence on the huge streaming platform. But Google has come up with something of a workaround in the meantime: it’s going to let people access YouTube TV directly from the main YouTube app.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 12, 2023

of their daily video consumption time on YouTube. Investment bank Piper Sandler's 46th semi-annual Generation Z survey of 9,193 US teens (via CNBC) shows that participants spend 29.1% Netflix was a close second at 28.7%. The Google-owned service took its first-ever lead thanks to a small rise since the Spring. Read Entire Article

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Dataconomy

JANUARY 15, 2024

In 2024, many are asking, “Why is YouTube slow?” This year has seen a surge in instances of YouTube being slow, presenting users with a dilemma: either disable their ad blocker or switch to YouTube Premium. With an ad blocker active, YouTube’s performance deteriorates significantly.

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Vox

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, at the 2019 Code Conference. | YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, who has led the world’s largest video site for the last nine years, is stepping down from her role. 2 at YouTube since 2015. When I joined YouTube nine years ago, one of my first priorities was bringing in an incredible leadership team.

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Tech Republic Security

JULY 5, 2022

The post PennyWise malware on YouTube targets cryptocurrency wallets and browsers appeared first on TechRepublic. Learn more about how this stealer malware operates and how to protect yourself from it now.

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The Verge

APRIL 8, 2022

Many big YouTube creators have expressed frustration with an increase in comment spam on their channels in recent weeks, including Linus Tech Tips, Jacksepticeye, and MKBHD. YouTube has a problem. YouTube comment spam can take many forms. But those systems clearly haven’t been enough, and YouTube seems to know it.

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The Verge

JANUARY 25, 2022

YouTube NFTs may be in the works. In a letter published today, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki suggested the company is looking to branch into NFTs in the future as another source of revenue for creators. Creators of a few viral YouTube videos have already made them into NFTs and sold them on their own.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 23, 2023

YouTube recently started a new "experiment" to annoy users with adblock extensions on their browsers, trying to force a substantial number of them to either allow advertising on the site or pay for the YouTube Premium subscription. The experiment turned out to be an incredibly engaging incentive for finding even. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Pornhub's YouTube channel had been around since 2014 and managed to amass 900,000 subscribers before being banned. It posted safe-for-work videos promoting the popular adult entertainment network and its performers.

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Dataconomy

APRIL 8, 2024

The ambiguous legal territory of AI development, where YouTube videos transform into machine learning fuel. This initiative allowed for the transcription of more than a million hours of YouTube content to advance the development of GPT-4, their latest and most sophisticated large language model.

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Dataconomy

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The new YouTube ad block popup shows how strict the company is against all these ad blockers that the majority use. YouTube, the world’s most popular video network, has introduced a new pop-up notice geared at users who use ad-blockers. YouTube, like many tech giants, is facing challenges in the form of declining ad revenues.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Just like Instagram did with Reels , YouTube is rolling out a new short-form video creator called YouTube Shorts that the company hopes will take some attention away from TikTok. Reports of YouTube’s short-form video creator tool came out several months ago , but now the company is launching an early beta beginning in India.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 1, 2023

In a YouTube support page update on July 31, Google writes that it has started the AI summaries test so users can read a quick summary of a video and decide if it's something they would like to watch. The text will initially appear on watch and search pages, though. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Starting this week, some YouTube Premium subscribers might begin seeing a selection of mini-games they can play directly in the service. The trial, lasting until March 28, is the latest sign that YouTube plans to enter the video game market. Read Entire Article

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Vox

MAY 10, 2022

Prominent YouTubers keep quitting the platform and then coming back. Call it the result of YouTube brain. For three years, Dan Howell didn’t post anything on YouTube, and for his 6 million subscribers, this was a very big deal. Another, less discussed one, however, is something I’ve come to call “YouTube brain.”

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Gizmodo

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Everyone, please dramatically slow clap: YouTube says it will finally ban videos that lie about the effectiveness or nonexistent dangers of any vaccine—not just clips focused on covid-19 vaccines—and it has terminated the accounts of prominent antivaxxers like Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s s Children’s Health Defense Fund and… Read more.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 9, 2021

YouTube will host a 24-hour interactive live event featuring musicians and creators to look back on the platform’s biggest trends and videos of 2021, the company announced today. The event seems to be an attempt by YouTube to offer more immersive online experiences, like when fans watched butter melt ahead of a new BTS song.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 18, 2023

On Thursday, a federal judge in California dismissed a racial discrimination lawsuit against YouTube that alleged the platform "systematically" targeted non-white and LGBT content creators. Initially, four plaintiffs claimed YouTube frequently throttled or removed their content, often without explanation.

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MARCH 14, 2024

People spend more than 1 billion hours per day watching YouTube on TVs, writes the company, yet there's still a desire to add greater engagement while striking a balance between interactivity and immersion. Read Entire Article

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The Verge

AUGUST 24, 2020

YouTube has banned the controversial creator Calvin Lee Vail, better known as LeafyIsHere, for repeatedly violating the company’s harassment policies. The ban follows big changes to YouTube’s harassment policy meant to deter behavior that in part helped creators in the commentary community like Leafy develop a following.

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The latest experiment from YouTube is about a new quality option for video streaming, a "1080p Premium" option which is only accessible to paying subscribers of the YouTube Premium service. YouTube has confirmed the experiment, even though the company is not planning to remove the usual viewing options provided to.

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TechSpot

MARCH 14, 2023

CloudSEK, a contextual AI company that predicts cyberthreats, writes that since November 2022, there has been a 200-300% month-on-month increase in YouTube videos containing links to stealer malware, including Vidar, RedLine, and Raccoon. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

MARCH 28, 2023

On Monday, streamer EposVox gave early details on how YouTube will soon allow AV1 encoding for livestreaming, enabling 4K 60fps streams. The rundown includes suggestions for good bitrates at each resolution and frame rate. Read Entire Article

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