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Microsoft Edge on mobile offers free YouTube background play
By Kevin Okemwa published
APPS Google hid YouTube background play behind a paywall, but Microsoft Edge Canary just brought it back for free.

YouTube viewers can now work together to stop livestream ads
By Kevin Okemwa published
Apps YouTube viewers can now work together to prevent ads from playing during livestreams without paying for Premium.

E-waste prevention or OS awareness? This $3 USB stick comes with ChromeOS Flex ready to install.
By Cale Hunt published
Windows Back Market wants to reduce e-waste, and I'm sure Google is overjoyed to grow its ChromeOS Flex userbase.

YouTube is making ad-free viewing a thing of the past, and I'm hardly surprised
By Kevin Okemwa published
Apps Google announced plans to introduce 30-second unskippable ads on YouTube TV worldwide, in addition to the existing 6-second and 15-second ads.

OpenAI just raised $110 billion, but Microsoft didn’t give them a penny
By Sean Endicott published
AI Microsoft skipped OpenAI's latest multi-billion dollar funding round, but a joint statement confirms their Azure and IP agreements remain unchanged.

Google Meet and Microsoft Teams are crossing the streams
By Richard Devine published
News With the right enterprise hardware it doesn't matter if you're using Google Meet or Microsoft Teams, because the two are now working together.

YouTube restricts background mobile videos to premium only
By Kevin Okemwa published
Apps YouTube is restricting background playback to Premium members, blocking the popular workaround in third‑party browsers in the process.

Google drops Genie 3, Wall Street drops gaming stocks — the AI fear cycle continues
By Michael Hoglund published
Gaming Companies like Tencent, Take-Two, and others lose billions over Google's Genie 3.0.
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