Amid a paralyzing breach of medical tech firm Stryker, the group has come to represent Iran's use of “hacktivism” as cover for chaotic, retaliatory state-sponsored cyberattacks. Even among American ...

Update: YouTube issued an update noting that the homepage was back, but the team was working on a ‘full fix’. YouTube was reportedly down. (Unsplash) “An issue with our recommendations system ...

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Meta and YouTube are in court this week over allegations that their social media platforms can be addictive and harmful to children, while TikTok on Tuesday chose to settle the closely watched case.

A landmark case accusing some of the biggest social media platforms in the world of deliberately getting their users addicted kicked off Tuesday in Los Angeles – with Meta’s Instagram and Google’s ...

YouTube viewers have noticed that connections from Albania don’t appear to be served advertisements. As a result, connecting to YouTube through a VPN with an Albanian endpoint can be an alternative to ...

Faces are common in thumbnails, but they are not a universal advantage. The impact looks different across niches and formats. YouTube’s native testing is built around watch time outcomes, not CTR ...

YouTube's CEO Neal Mohan is the latest in a line of tech bosses who have admitted to limiting their children's social media use, as the harms of being online for young people have become more evident.

Experts are sounding the alarm over YouTube’s deepfake detection tool — a new safety feature that could allow Google to train its own AI bots with creators’ faces, according to a report. The tool ...

A YouTube tool that uses creators' biometrics to help them remove AI-generated videos that exploit their likeness also allows Google to train its AI models on that sensitive data, experts told CNBC.

On November 8, 2025, the YouTube channel for Hololive ID Vtuber Ayunda Risu was hacked by a crypto account and, following its recovery, was removed on November 10, 2025. Risu noted on social media ...

YouTube revealed on Tuesday that its likeness-detection technology has officially rolled out to eligible creators in the YouTube Partner Program, following a pilot phase. The technology allows ...