Google’s escalating crackdown on ad blockers has reignited a debate that strikes at the heart of the modern web: the balance between user experience, platform sustainability, and digital monetization. What began as subtle warnings against third-party ad-blocking tools has, in recent months...
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For many users, watching YouTube videos through the official website has become increasingly frustrating due to relentless advertisements, autoplaying recommendations, and an ever-expanding collection of distracting content types scattered around every video frame. While YouTube tries to keep...
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The latest YouTube app update for Xbox, PlayStation, and Smart TVs marks a significant evolution in the big-screen streaming experience, addressing longstanding pain points while introducing a range of new features tailored to diverse viewing habits. This update—rolling out most notably on the...
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In today’s rapidly shifting digital landscape, the balance between user experience, revenue models, and cybersecurity is constantly in flux. Recent developments—from YouTube’s bold crackdown on ad blockers to Microsoft’s push to retire Windows 10 in favor of a more secure Windows 11—underscore...
March 22’s tech news roundup brings a mix of bold policy moves, hardware upgrade dilemmas, and enduring security concerns that will have every Windows user thinking twice about their digital habits. In today’s update, we cover YouTube’s renewed stand against ad blockers, Microsoft’s advisory on...
Hi,
Since I updated to 24h2, youtube videos on chromium based browsers (chrome, edge, brave) take around 10 seconds to load. On firefox everything works fine.
I tried disabling extension, hardware acceleration, GPU scheduling, new browser installation but nothing worked. Did anyone find a solution?
My wife is a very heavy user of Chrome, but seems to be pushing it to the limits of its abilities. My question is what are the limits? Can I have 200 tabs open?
Her machine is a 13th generation Intel i7. I increased her memory from 32GB to 64GB. Windows 11 Pro, current version.
She usually has...
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hi, im facing the issue as mentioned in the title. the only solution to the buffering i have found is by ticking and unticking the audio enhancement in the speakers advanced properties. however the distortion occurs both with the audio enhancements on/off. and this occurs on a regular basis...
Hi everyone,
I have dozens of YouTube videos downloaded to my Windows 11 PC, and I'd like to convert them to MP3 format so I can listen to the audio only. I’m looking for a reliable tool or software that can handle this task efficiently, preferably something user-friendly. Ideally, I’d like a...