YouTube has once again shattered ad revenue records, generating a staggering $10.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024. This marks a 13.8% year-over-year increase, fueled largely by political ...

MANILA – The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) on Friday said there were a total of 10,004 cybercrime complaints filed with their office in 2024, more than three times the ...

Facepalm: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg complained about company leaks during an all-hands meeting, only for the audio to leak online almost immediately. Sensing the irony, Meta's security chief issued ...

YouTube users are experiencing ... users have been getting really long, unskippable ads, long enough to question whether the video after the ad is even worth it. Reddit user Lin1ex has complained ...

Surprising us all by dropping a teaser two weeks ago for its upcoming Super Bowl ad (yes, we live in a world where there are theatrical trailers for freaking commercials, now) the American ice ...

A complaint that garlic bread was not sold in a particular branch of Dunnes Stores has been upheld by the advertising watchdog. It was among 14 ads found to be in breach of the advertising standards ...

Since around January 2025, there have been a series of reports of YouTube displaying unskippable ads that last for several hours. Since these ads are being displayed to users of 'ad blockers' that ...

A user on Reddit has recently encountered an hour-long unskippable ad on YouTube. The issue could be attributed to an ad blocker, which Google is proactively cracking down on. Google issued a ...

YouTube users have recently raised concerns about encountering unusually long ads—and when we say long ads, we’re talking about some lasting three hours or more. Screenshots shared on Reddit show ads ...

Despite its massive user base ... freeloaders last year, YouTube is stepping up its efforts in 2025, making viewers with adblockers sit through hours of unskippable ads. Even though ads are ...

In response, Google has intensified its crackdown on such freeloaders, particularly in 2025, by introducing extreme deterrents like unskippable ads lasting several hours. In 2024, YouTube had ...

Out of the 501 user grievances Prime Video received in December, it disposed of 455, leaving 46 remaining at the end of the month. As for Netflix, the streaming major disposed of 28 complaints out ...