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Google announced a new feature for YouTube that it says is “all about helping emerging YouTube channels grow by connecting them with new audiences”. Called “Hype”, it allows any YouTube user to hype videos. The only restrictions are that the video needs to have been published a maximum of seven days ago and that the…
The writing was on the wall. Some time ago, Amazon pulled a fast one on Prime subscribers by introducing ads for everyone. Subscribers who did not want the new experience could pay Amazon a few bucks extra to get rid of the advertisement again. To hammer that home even more, Amazon recently started to show…
Watching videos on YouTube is the favorite pastime of many Internet users. Those without YouTube Premium have to sit through ads before they get to see the video that they clicked on. The main way around this is to use an ad blocker. Good ones block video ads on YouTube so that the actual video…
PC Gaming platform Gog just announced a new addition to its ever-growing arsenal of tools and options for PC gamers. Called Gog One-Click Mod, it integrates the installation of curated mods into the platform. Mods are modifications. These can range from tiny changes, like a modified outfit for a character or a fix for an…
After announcing that YouTube Premium Lite will soon get worse with the addition of advertisement in YouTube Shorts, Google has launched another new YouTube plan. Called YouTube Premium Duo, it is a plan for two users. Unlike the Lite plan, which includes some ads and limitations, Premium Duo offers the same functionality as the single…
YouTube users who have enough of the seemingly ever-increasing bombardment with ads on the site have two official options to deal with it. Subscribe to YouTube Premium, which costs more than a Netflix subscription per month, or pick YouTube Premium Lite, if available. YouTube Premium Lite is less expensive, at about $8 per month. For…
Even if you did not grow up during the Nintendo SNES and Sega Genesis / Mega Drive era, you have likely heard about classic games like Street Fighter that revolutionized video games at the time. Some game series get new releases regularly still, others have remained classics. Many of them are playable as virtual games…
The next frontier for AI is advertisement. While some companies are already experimenting with AI-powered advertising formats, more and more will hop on the bandwagon to increase revenue and ideally make ads more lucrative for companies and better for users as well. Netflix announced a push into AI-drive advertising, which it calls creative formats, just…
What would you say if your smart TV uses artificial intelligence to analyze your emotions and beliefs, put you into certain groups, to display targeted ads to you? Ads may be based on your viewing habits, what you watch, when you watch, what you search for and so on. What sounds like something straight out…
You have plenty of options when it comes to listening to music. From traditional radio and Internet radio to locally stored music, music CDs, or online services such as Spotify or YouTube. If you like Spotify, but do not like the advertisements that come with a free account, then you might like what the open…