Streamer ExtraEmily faces scrutiny after an on-stream mishap raised concerns about potential view-botting.

New court documents revealed that YouTube employees deliberately aimed for “viewer addiction” and decided against safety tools for kids. The documents said that “internal chat logs and presentations ...

YouTube employees admitted that their goal was “viewer addiction” and killed proposed safety tools for kids because they wouldn’t provide a sufficient “ROI” — financial lingo for “return on investment ...

There could be one more step required before creating an account and posting on Reddit in the future. According to Reddit's CEO, Steve Huffman, the social media platform is exploring different ways to ...

More creators are fighting for attention than ever. In January 2025, YouTube ads reached 2.53 billion users, which shows how crowded the platform has become for every new video trying to break through ...

There is a new viral trend on YouTube and social media of an “Asian Guy” generated by artificial intelligence (AI) tools, spreading mostly false or misleading information across the precious metals ...

In December, Howard Marks published an investment memo titled, “Is it a bubble?” that expressed some of his skepticism and reservations about artificial intelligence and the stock-market boom it had ...

An open source project called Scrapling is gaining traction with AI agent users who want their bots to scrape sites without permission. “No bot detection. No selector maintenance. No Cloudflare ...

The $20 billion AI startup Perplexity filed a motion in its ongoing legal battle with Dow Jones. Perplexity argues Dow Jones "cherry-picked" responses from its search engine to support its lawsuit.

College and NFL football propelled Disney to 11.9% of all U.S. TV viewing in January, according to Nielsen‘s latest Media Distributor Gauge report. YouTube once again topped the list at 12.5%, ...