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Discord Has Accidentally Botted Own April Fools YouTube Video to Over 600m Views
The YouTube video ‘Discord Loot Boxes are Here’ was supposed to be just a straightforward April Fools joke that being why would Discord ever add loot boxes to a chat app? But I think it’s obvious that this little April Fool’s joke should have over 600 Million views on YouTube…
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Watch Nimona For Free After Netflix Upload Whole Movie to YouTube
Tired of all the exciting tech news we’ve been bringing you today, well then take a break and put your feet up as you can now watch the entirety of Nimona, for free, on YouTube right now! Any excuse for a long coffee break, right? It’s a really fun movie…
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YouTube Accused of Slowing Video Loading On Firefox
YouTube as most people are aware, is owned by Google who are behind Chrome. Naturally, as the owner of a website, you’d like your users to also be using your browser in this case Google would like YouTube users to be using Chrome. Now of course we have the right…
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YouTube’s Anti-Ad-Block Measures May Be Illegal In Europe
One of the biggest stories in internet news lately is YouTube’s crackdown on Ad-Block software which has sparked a sort of cat-and-mouse game between YouTube and its users of getting around the ad block… block. It’s not something I’ve been too bothered with as I just roll with the ads,…
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Windows Phone Returns From The Grave To Fight YouTube’s Anti-Ad Block Practices
YouTube has recently stirred up a storm in regards to its new methods of preventing ad-block which block users from watching videos with an ad blocker. Since this came into place many ad-block providers have been creating workarounds starting a war between the two but one unexpected part of this…
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FTC May Investigate YouTube Over Child Privacy Violations
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has recently been sent a request from four nonprofit groups in regards to YouTube violating children’s privacy with their targeted ads. YouTube Privacy Violations As reported by arstechnica.com, four nonprofit groups have sent a letter to the US FTC to request that YouTube is investigated…
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YouTube To Crack Down On Adblock Users Restricting Them To 3 Videos
YouTube are testing a program which cracks down on those who use Ad blockers with new restrictions only allowing them to watch 3 videos. YouTube Blocking The Ad Blockers This possible change was first Spotted on Reddit by u/Reddit_n_Me who was met with a message which stated “Video player will…
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Google – We Need to Have a Talk Because I Don’t Think I Love You Anymore!
While Google was originally just a search engine, it has since evolved into more of an umbrella term expanding way beyond the limitations of merely being just another online organisational brand. How prevalent are they? Well, given that the mere instance of searching for something online has seen ‘google’ or…
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YouTube Rolls Out New Update Looking to Target ‘Toxic’ Comments
Google has certainly been making proactive steps over the last couple of years when it comes to toxic behaviour on its platforms. The internet, and social media in general, can, of course, be an occasionally unpleasant place thanks to some of the basement dwellers that lurk upon it. – For…
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Billy Mitchell Launches 2 New Lawsuits Against YouTuber – Karl Jobst Needs Our Help!
I have a huge amount of both respect and interest in the speedrunning/high-score community. I am in fact, and in a very small way, actually a part of it myself. With that being said though, in terms of outright news, I think it would be fair to say that most…
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LG Launch its New 32” 4K UHD Smart Monitor (32SQ780S)
LG Electronics (LG) has announced the launch of its new 32-inch 4K UHD LG SMART Monitor (model 32SQ780S). The all-around SMART Monitor enhances home life by enabling a remote workstation, home exercising, next-level gaming and various entertainment applications, including popular streaming services, without a PC connection. Thanks to its built-in…
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YouTuber Reveals Commodordion – Commodore 64 + Accordion = Musical Instrument?!
While most would agree that the Commodore 64 was one of the most iconic home gaming systems ever created, I doubt that you’d think it was possible to attempt to modify it for any other kind of practical use. – Following a video released by Linus Åkesson, however, through a…
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YouTube to Make Watching 4K Videos a ‘Premium’ Exclusive?
Based on the growth (and increasingly annoying prevalence) of adverts seen on the platform, it’s hardly any secret that YouTube (Google) is getting more and more aggressive in attempting to get people to sign up for its premium-level subscription service. – And, in fairness, if it was less expensive, I…
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Kaspersky Warns Gaming YouTube Channels May Be Getting Overrun With Malware!
It’s not exactly a secret that many people, through dishonest means, will always look to give themselves an advantage in gaming and particularly the online multiplayer aspects of it. – We are, of course, talking about cheaters/cheating. It seems, however, that if you do actively search or look to engage…
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YouTube Tests New 5-in-a-Row ‘Bumper’ Advert System?
I’m not a particularly huge fan of the prevalence of adverts on YouTube. Sure, I get that they’re a business and have to earn money. I also get that advertisement revenue is clearly the only way they can pretty much do this. It just seems that over the last few…
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