YouTube, the online video powerhouse, turns 20
YouTube, the online video powerhouse, turns 20

YouTube has evolved from a dinner party lark 20 years ago into a modern lifestyle staple poised to overtake US cable television in paid viewership. PayPal colleagues Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim conceived YouTube in 2005, reportedly during a dinner party. The domain YouTube.com...

Zuckerberg cites YouTube in defense of Meta's AI copyright case
Zuckerberg cites YouTube in defense of Meta's AI copyright case

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears to have used YouTube and its battle to take down pirated content to defend his own companys use of a data set containing copyrighted e-books to train AI models, newly released snippets of his deposition reveals, reports techcrunch. The deposition, which was part...

YouTube tests new "Play Something" button for android users
YouTube tests new "Play Something" button for android users

YouTube, owned by Google, is adding new features to improve the user experience. One of these is a floating Play something button, which is currently being tested in the YouTube app for Android. The feature is discovered by 9to5Google in the YouTube app for Android. Found above the bottom bar,...

YouTube to crack down on misleading Clickbait titles, thumbnails in India
YouTube to crack down on misleading Clickbait titles, thumbnails in India

India today reported that YouTube has announced plans to tighten its regulations on misleading titles and thumbnails, commonly known as clickbait, in India. According to the media, the platform aims to enhance the user experience by ensuring that content meets the expectations set by its...

YouTube’s new auto-dubbing feature now available for knowledge-focused content
YouTube’s new auto-dubbing feature now available for knowledge-focused content

YouTube announced on Tuesday that its auto-dubbing feature, which enables creators to create translated audio tracks for their videos, is now being expanded to hundreds of thousands of additional channels,reports techcrunch. YouTube first introduced its AI-powered auto-dubbing tool at Vidcon on...