News - subcat

YouTube is causing Firefox to lag
Published in News
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 11:57

YouTube is causing Firefox to lag


But Google says it is ruining everyone’s experience - not just Firefox

Firefox users across the internet are complaining that they are encountering an "artificial" five-second load time when they try to watch YouTube videos.

Social media will allow fake news during the elections
Published in News


Not even worth trying

Big Tech is rolling back all the censorship and policies to curb misinformation ahead of the 2024 election cycle.

Europeans put 19 big tech outfits on notice
Published in News
Wednesday, 26 April 2023 10:32

Europeans put 19 big tech outfits on notice


New online content regulations

The European Commission will require 19 large online platforms and search engines to comply with new online content regulations starting on August 25, European officials said.

Russians think that less than a per cent of its trolls are detected
Published in News


The west are so stupid they believe stories about cathedrals 

Buried in the secret documents about the Ukrainian war which a kid leaked to his gaming group to show how important he was, is an indication that nice Mr Putin cleaned the West's clock when it came to manipulating social media and search engine rankings.

YouTube sees surge in AI backed info stealing content
Published in News


It installs Vidar, RedLine and Raccoon

YouTube has seen a recent surge in the number of videos containing harmful links to infostealers Vidar, RedLine, and Raccoon in their descriptions.

YouTube CEO steps down
Published in News
Friday, 17 February 2023 12:31

YouTube CEO steps down


No. 16 escapes the Village

Google's Number 16 employee and YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is stepping down from her role.

Google warns that Supremes could shut down the internet
Published in News


Don't remove protection against content moderation

Search engine outfit Google has warned that a ruling against it in an ongoing Supreme Court (SC) case could put the internet at risk.

Google explains how it is going to fact-check things
Published in News


Including on YouTube where it invented flat earth theory

Google has explained how its fact-checking initiatives will work soon in its bid to stop fake news and science. This will apply to YouTube which boffins have previously claimed was responsible for the return to popularity of flat earth theory.

Apple purges videos of its Worldwide Developer Conferences from YouTube
Published in News


Rewriting history

Fruity cargo cult Apple has conducted a “special operation” to purge YouTube of historical files from its history.

YouTube's dislike button pretty rubbish
Published in News
Wednesday, 21 September 2022 10:38

YouTube's dislike button pretty rubbish


Firefox strike back

Firefox developer Mozilla has been asking around about YouTube’s video moderation tools and discovered that most people think they are as useless as a chocoate teapot because the continue to recommend videos you have said are rubbish.