Amazon sued by YouTubers for allegedly scraping their content to train AI video tool

A new class action lawsuit alleges Amazon used "IP-hopping" bots and academic datasets to illegally scrape millions of ...

Advocacy groups urge YouTube to protect kids from ‘AI slop’ videos

Advocacy groups and experts have slammed YouTube for serving up low-quality artificial intelligence-generated videos to its ...
Hypebeast

This Web App Turns YouTube Into a Retro Cable TV Guide

London-based developer Steven Irby has launched Channel Surfer, a free web app that transforms YouTube into a nostalgic, retro cable TV guide The platform features around 40 curated channels across ...
Android Authority

Channel Surfer is the anti-algorithm YouTube guide we’ve been waiting for

Developer Steven Irby built a web app that transforms YouTube into a cable TV-style guide, letting you flip through channels. When you pick a channel, you join whatever video is mid-play, recreating ...
Android Police

This YouTube web tool brings back the magic of cable channel surfing

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...
TechSpot

How to download YouTube videos for offline viewing, including full playlists

YouTube now hosts over 5 billion videos, with the equivalent of 500 hours of content uploaded every minute. Perhaps that's why YouTube is surpassing both Netflix and TV networks in total watch time.
The New York Times

YouTube TV launching lower-cost sports-only package of channels

Options for how to consume the NFL and other live sports are shifting in 2026. Kevin C. Cox / Getty Images YouTube TV announced the creation of a sports-focused monthly subscription plan that would ...
Men's Journal

13 YouTube Channels I Can’t Stop Watching Right Now

From WWII deep dives to golf wisdom, Warzone loadouts, and MRE time capsules—these are the niche YouTubers eating up my screen time lately. The author highlights several lesser-known favorite YouTube ...
Lifehacker

How YouTube Is Fighting Back Against AI Slop

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...
The Verge

YouTube’s top AI slop channels are disappearing

YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says the platform plans to ‘reduce the spread of low quality AI content.’ YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says the platform plans to ‘reduce the spread of low quality AI content.’ is a ...
SlashGear

10 Home Improvement YouTube Channels You Should Be Following

The project of home improvement is one that rarely ends. No matter how well you curate your living space by attuning it to your specific needs and routines, there's always something that can be ...