Google denies longer unskippable ads on YouTube
Andre Rohe, who previously held senior engineering roles at Meta, YouTube and Google, has been hired to lead a newly created consolidated product engineering team in the Disney Entertainment and ESPN technology group.
Typically, YouTube's non-skippable ads are capped at 15 seconds. However, Google appears to be bending its rules to combat users with ad blockers. In response to the recent Reddit post, Google confirmed its efforts to fight ad blockers and suggested that users should subscribe to YouTube Premium if they don't want ads.
Google has responded after a YouTube viewer went viral on Reddit showing a 60-minute unskippable ad on a video.
Google continues to let sexual ads slip through its AI moderation, with a child streaming Fortnite on YouTube exposed to explicit content
YouTube announced a number of new experimental features for Premium subscribers. You can now listen to music videos in higher quality and watch Shorts with picture-in-picture.
Google's significant investment in AI, particularly the Gemini AI, aims to surpass competitors. See why I reiterate my buy rating on GOOG stock.
YouTube just went the Opinion Rewards route, offering gift cards in exchange for feedback on Premium experiments
On the day that Dr Disrespect’s former game studio Midnight Society shut down, the streamer revealed that YouTube remonetized his channel.
Google searches for “my dog is depressed” have skyrocketed by 463% in the past month, indicating growing concern among pet owners.
Security researchers have discovered a 'completely open' DeepSeek AI database that contained chat histories, APIs, and other sensitive data.
Disney Entertainment and ESPN have hired Andre Rohe as their new executive vice president of product engineering. The former Meta, YouTube and Google engineering executive, who will report directly to chief product and technology officer Adam Smith,