YouTube ad blocker with 11 million installations with possible backdoor

Adblock for YouTube has over 11 million installations. However, it can inject script code into any page uncontrollably.

YouTube Shorts are getting even shorter with an update that lets you double the playback speed

YouTube is rolling out a series of changes to Shorts, including a new method that lets users shrink the duration of ...
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Chrome Ad Blocker with 10M+ Installs Found with Dormant Script Injection Capability

Island found dormant JavaScript injection paths in Adblock for YouTube, a Chrome extension with 10M+ installs, raising ...
Goodwood

The robotics boss who’s rewriting the rulebook

Eleanor Tang-Smith co-founded a robotics company from scratch, having never written a line of code in her life. The former ...

Study Reveals Exploit That Lets Your Browsing History Be Spied On Using Your SSD

You can minimize the degree to which your browser spies on you, but potential hackers can use your own SSD against you and ...
techtimes

OpenAI Codex Automation Gains Record and Replay: Show It Once, Skip the Script

OpenAI has added a feature to its Codex macOS app that changes the barrier to AI-powered automation: instead of writing a prompt or configuring a workflow, a user performs a task while Codex watches, ...
Android

YouTube App Tests a Drastic Main Feed Font Overhaul and Users Are Not Happy

YouTube is running an A/B test that replaces the standard Roboto font with what appears to be YouTube Sans Condensed for video titles on its main mobile feed. The ultra-compact display font features ...