This week, 9to5google reported that YouTube were testing an upcoming feature for their video-hosting site currently titled, “Playables.” Citing YouTube’s updated document that shares the test features the platform is currently working on, the key snippet that outlines “Playables” reads as follows: “[September 5, 2023] Testing “Playables” on YouTube: We’re starting to test a new experience on … Read more
Last night I was scrolling through my YouTube home page, as one does, and came across a variety of videos that YouTube and Google thought I may be interested in watching. From video essays about geopolitics and obscure films from the 1960s, clips from gaming podcasts, to shorts of some guy making a grilled cheese … Read more
Linus Sebastian’s YouTube media company, Linus Media Group, has seen better days. The media giant has been accused by their contemporaries within the tech YouTube space of theft, erroneous reviews of products, ethical concerns pertaining to their affiliations with other tech companies, and most recently (and most concerning), allegations of workplace harassment by a former … Read more
