Over the past year, Google has transformed its web search experience with AI, driving toward a zero-click experience. Now, the same AI focus is coming to YouTube, and Premium subscribers can get a ...

YouTube and Google down? When will it be back up is trending as users across several countries report problems accessing Google services. After multiple platform outages this year, YouTube users ...

Premium members may see an AI-written summary pop up when they search. Premium members may see an AI-written summary pop up when they search. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and ...

Ask YouTube returns AI-generated summaries with cited videos and follow-up questions in a persistent thread. The experiment is available to US Premium subscribers 18 and older on desktop in English.

YouTube viewers can now use Google Lens to search objects, locations, and text within Shorts. Pause any video and tap to identify what you see. Shorts with affiliate tags or paid promotions are ...

The company's generative AI search tools increasingly cite its own services, like Google Search and YouTube, over third-party publishers. Many website owners and publishers have relied heavily on ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of the Decoder podcast, and co-host of The Vergecast. Today, I’m talking ...