AI-powered Jump ahead feature is being tested for YouTube Premium subscribers, allowing them to quickly navigate to interesting video segments
In March, YouTube started testing the new Jump ahead feature, and now it is available to a wider range of users via the youtube.com/new section. It is available to subscribers of the Premium version of the service.
YouTube blocks access to its videos for apps that block ads and considers «ad breaks»
The YouTube administration continues its war against ad blockers and this time strikes at tools that allow you to watch videos on mobile devices without displaying ads.
Scrum, «Deadline», and Kaizen Hub. What are the best books, podcasts, and YouTube channels about management
Nowadays, you can use open information on the Internet to learn a profession and develop your skills. You can find everything from podcasts to checklists. However, finding really useful resources takes a lot of time. We decided to simplify this task and put together a selection of books, YouTube channels, and podcasts that project managers…
YouTube is stepping up its fight against third-party apps that block ads
YouTube continues its fight against ad blocking. In June last year, the service conducted a small experiment in this regardthen in October launched a full-fledged attack on ad blockers. Now the company once again tightens restrictions in this area.
YouTube tests new design, users compare it with «interesting» sites
Although YouTube’s design has been updated over the years, there have been no drastic changes for a long time. However, the online video service is now testing a more radical update that shifts many elements to the sidebar. So far, the online reaction to this is not very favorable.
Ukrainian student creates Youtube audio translator into Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar
Taras Ivanov, a 17-year-old Ukrainian developer from the city of Selydove in Donetsk Oblast, created the service «Free Video Translator» —, which translates and dubs YouTube videos into Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar for free.
Zoomers love iPhone and Apple Watch, but rarely use Apple Music and Apple TV+
According to the new Piper Sandler’s report, 85% of teenagers in the US have an iPhone and are not going to change it to another brand.
OpenAI transcribed over a million hours of YouTube videos for GPT-4 training
According to The New York Times, OpenAI developed the Whisper audio transcription model and transcribed more than a million hours of YouTube videos to obtain high-quality materials for training the GPT-4 model.
Sorry, Sora. YouTube says that the OpenAI neural network does not have the right to learn on videos from the platform
It is not known for certain whether the new OpenAI neural network has used YouTube videos, but the video platform’s CEO assures that this would be a clear violation of the terms of use.
More than a quarter of YouTube affiliate program participants receive money from Shorts, but the payouts are small
A year after YouTube enabled monetization for Shorts, more and more creators are getting paid for this format. More than a quarter of the creators in the YouTube Partner Program are now earning money through YouTube Shorts. Given that more than 3 million creators participate in this program, this amounts to approximately 750 thousand Shorts…
US authorities demand that Google disclose the identities of viewers of certain YouTube videos
The US federal government requested from Google the names, addresses, phone numbers, and activities of account users who watched certain YouTube videos between January 1 and January 8, 2023. People who watched these videos without logging in were also not safe, as the government also requested their IP addresses. Investigators are demanding that…
Social network X Twitter will become the new YouTube — video app X for TVs
Recently, the publication Fortune reported that Elon Musk is planning to launch X Twitter as a video service on smart TVs. And now, researcher Nima Owji has published a video on X that demonstrates the interface of the future application.
YouTube blocked Sternenko’s old video with russian prisoners from being shown in russia — at the request of roskomnadzor
This is a video showing russian soldiers surrendering to the russian military, published on the channel of journalist and activist Serhiy Sternenko back in 2022.
YouTube adds a tool for labeling content created by artificial intelligence
YouTube has announced that authors can independently label videos that contain artificial or artificially generated content.
YouTube stopped showing recommendations after logging out of Google account and in incognito mode
Instead, users are shown a homepage without videos and viewing tips.
A former YouTube kids star earned $100,000 in a year on OnlyFans and «has no regrets»
Lizzie Capri launched her YouTube channel in 2018 and gained a million subscribers in just a couple of months, becoming a star among children’s content creators.