On YouTube’s 15th birthday, longtime creators talk about the platform they grew up with

As YouTube figures out its awkward teen years, some creators have been left behind, others are skeptical, and some hopeful for where the platform is headed.

Facebook orders creepy AI firm to stop scraping your Instagram photos

Alphabet just revealed how much money it makes from Google search, YouTube, and Cloud

We don’t understand how YouTube’s algorithm works—and that’s a problem

Many experts think that YouTube contributes to radicalization, showing people increasingly extreme videos. But we won’t know for sure unless the company shows researchers what’s under the hood.

Watch this YouTuber’s creative correction of the nightmarish character design in ‘Cats’

Critics and audiences alike used ‘Cats’ as a litter box, for reasons that include the movie’s jarring visual aesthetic. It did not have to be this way.

Report: YouTube is running ads from major brands, including Samsung and Greenpeace, on climate change misinformation videos

This YouTuber’s correction of Scorsese’s ‘Irishman’ de-aging is embarrassing for Netflix

This fan-made ‘Star Wars’ trailer puts Keanu Reeves in what is reportedly the next movie

Here’s what it might look like if Keanu Reeves ends up in the planned movie based on the ‘Knights of the Old Republic’ video game.

Marques Brownlee explains what outdated tech can teach us about the future

Did Alexa win Christmas 2019? It sure looks like it

Report: YouTube came really close to making a curated YouTube Kids app

5 things Google got right in 2019—and 5 it got wrong

Sundar Pichai got a promotion. Google’s gadgets reached more people. And AI and content moderation continued to create new dilemmas.

‘Thrilling and eerie’: will.i.am on making his own avatar on his YouTube series ‘The Age of A.I.’

‘The Age of A.I.’ dives into the technology shaping our future—and series coproducer will.i.am has some feelings on where it’s all headed.

The Billboard 200 chart will now include video plays from YouTube, Apple, and Spotify

Watch YouTube’s ‘Rewind 2019’ year-in-review video, which people really seem to hate

I became part of the alt-right at age 13, thanks to Reddit and Google

An anonymous teenager writes about his brief infatuation with the alt-right, which made him critical of how big tech platforms influence the way we think.

50 years later, the internet’s inventors are horrified by what it’s become

The first real internet connection happened 50 years ago—but those that sent the first messages on what would become the modern internet aren’t so pleased with their creation today.

You can now create the ultimate vacation slide show inside Google Earth

Now anyone can create custom multimedia presentations about locations around the world in Google Earth. I just used it to post pictures from a recent trip.

In 2018, an 8-year-old made $22 million on YouTube. No wonder kids want to be influencers

More kids these days want to be influencers than astronauts. But unlike supersuccessful YouTubers such as Ryan Kaji, most influencers are more like unpaid interns.