That’s a lot of cat videos. YouTube has been crowned the world’s largest media company, riding a years-long wave of user-generated videos — including millions of cat videos — to surge past even Walt ...

The Trump administration can’t end federal funding for public media via an executive order, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, siding with National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service in their ...

Taylor Little became so badly addicted to her smartphone that she felt she had lost many of her teenage years. “I was literally trapped by addiction at age 12 and lost my teenage years because of it,” ...

New images of an alleged iPhone 18 Pro prototype and screen protectors have emerged from multiple sources, adding weight to earlier reports that Apple plans to significantly shrink the Dynamic Island ...

Social media is designed to be addictive, jurors in a landmark trial against two of the largest social media companies have found. Research in recent years has increasingly suggested a causal link ...

A $6 million verdict against Meta and Google in a closely watched social media addiction trial may signal the start of a far broader legal threat for the tech giants. A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday ...

LOS ANGELES—A 20-year-old woman prevailed in a landmark social-media trial against Meta Platforms META4.01%increase; green up pointing triangle and Google’s YouTube in which the companies were accused ...

A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found Meta and Google liable in a closely watched trial accusing social media platforms of designing their products to get young users addicted, awarding the plaintiff ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After about a month of hearing from addiction experts, therapists, platform engineers and executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, 12 jurors are listening to closing arguments before ...

The influential financial research firm MoffettNathanson suggests that the Google-owned video platform passed Disney's media business in 2025. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor YouTube‘s cultural influence ...

People are seeing different prices for the same game. People are seeing different prices for the same game. is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, including 10 years as ...