WTF?! When users type a health-related question into Google, the top result now often comes from an AI-generated summary rather than a traditional blue link. However, new research reveals that the ...

Exclusive: German research into responses to health queries raises fresh questions about summaries seen by 2bn people a month How the ‘confident authority’ of AI Overviews is putting public health at ...

AI Overviews appeared on more than 82% of health-related searches in Germany. YouTube was the most cited domain in AI Overview sources, ahead of medical and government sites. The Guardian reported ...

A country has introduced new rules that dramatically limit how long unskippable video ads can run on platforms like YouTube. The move targets long, forced ads and also bans delays when closing static ...

Thousands of people have reported that video site YouTube was not working on Friday afternoon. Downdetector, which allows internet users to self-report when a website isn’t working, recorded 265 ...

What is the most used social media site by Americans? Believe it or not, it’s not Facebook, Instagram or Tik Tok. According to The Hill, polling from Pew Research Center said it is a site many don’t ...

YouTube's most infamous figures will soon be reappearing to subscribers. The company has officially launched a pilot program designed to streamline the reinstatement of previously banned creators, ...

The flood of AI slop isn’t letting up. And it’s splashed into an online space where many seek solace and comfort, or simply a way of numbing the mind to the world in an attempt to accomplish anything ...

Press Play with Madeleine Brand YouTube at 20: How the video-sharing site changed media YouTube turns 20 this year. The popular video site democratized content on the web, but also inflamed culture ...

A decade ago, journalist András Pethő co-founded the nonprofit investigative site Direkt36. He’d just resigned from Origo, one of Hungary’s leading news sites, over political pressure on the newsroom.

Evelyn Polacek Kery works for the Guardian and is a judge at the Press Awards 2025. When three former PayPal employees, Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim, registered the domain www.youtube.com ...

Twenty years ago, YouTube was born. Here are its little-known earlier beginnings. Credit: Newscast/Universal Images Group via Getty Images It's February 14, 2025. You know what that means? Yes, Happy ...