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.

OK boomer, but millennials and Gen Z have their generational differences, too

Google’s parent company just reported a significant drop in profits

Watch Google, Facebook, and YouTube’s rise to dominance in this hypnotic video

A mesmerizing eight-minute video shows how AOL, Yahoo, and MSN fell to the current web kingpins over the course of two decades.

16 incredibly useful things you didn’t know YouTube could do

From time-saving shortcuts to interface-enhancing adjustments, YouTube’s got plenty of handy tricks hidden up its video-watching sleeve.

What’s the deal with the ‘Epoch Times’? Here’s why you’re seeing so much pro-Trump content

Read real stories of how YouTube pushed people down shocking rabbit holes

Mozilla published 28 stories to pressure YouTube into allowing outside experts to help fix a recommendation engine that sometimes leads people toward disturbing videos.

YouTube is sorry after finding yet another way to rile up its seething vloggers

Here’s why YouTube is stripping some users of verification badges

How human curation came back to clean up AI’s messes

After years of investment in algorithmic recommendations, major tech companies are rediscovering the human touch.

This video testing out increasingly expensive pianos sounds like a million dollars

YouTube settlement could put video creators on the hook for violating kids’ privacy

YouTube gets slapped with $170 million FTC fine for violating children’s privacy

These YouTubers used Google Maps to find the world’s longest possible footpath. It’s a doozy

YouTube Kids will finally get its own website this week

This YouTuber redesigned the logos of Starbucks, Coffee Bean, and Folgers—and they’re brilliant

Graphic designer Kelly Lauren gave each coffee brand a new look, dividing commenters with her design decisions.