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Time of India
a day ago
- Time of India
YouTube cracks down harder on ad-blockers, closes loophole that Firefox users relied on — no more ad-free rides
YouTube is again taking strict action against people using ad blockers. The company closed a loophole that helped Firefox users and others still block ads using some extensions. YouTube's fight with ad blockers started way back in May 2023. At that time, they tested warnings saying ad blockers weren't allowed, as per reports. Later, YouTube stopped videos from playing for people using ad after those steps, some browsers and tools like Firefox and certain extensions still worked to block ads. Now, YouTube has patched that workaround too. More users are seeing warning messages that say using ad blockers violated YouTube's Terms of Service, as stated by TechSpot. New warnings but slower start But not everyone is affected yet, people in Southeast Asia and Europe say they can still block ads. This suggests YouTube might be rolling out the update slowly, not all at once. This isn't the first crackdown, as per reports. A new rule against ad blockers was started in March this year by YouTube. It mostly affected Opera GX users with the uBlock Origin tool. Firefox users also began getting warning messages on their screens. YouTube's warning banners now give two options, turn off the ad blocker or get YouTube Premium for ad-free videos. YouTube Premium costs $14 per month, and there's a Premium Lite version for $8 per month, which removes ads from most videos, according to the report by TechSpot. Live Events This whole situation is like a never-ending game of whack-a-mole, every time someone finds a way to block ads, YouTube finds a way to stop it again. FAQs Q1. Why is YouTube blocking ad blockers? Because it goes against YouTube's rules and affects their ad revenue. Q2. How can I watch YouTube without ads now? You must either disable your ad blocker or buy YouTube Premium to keep watching without ads.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Yahoo
Gigabyte's Spring Loaded SSD Cooler Drops Temperatures By 12 Degrees
Gigabyte has introduced a new SSD cooler design for its latest AMD 800-series Aorus Stealth Ice motherboards, called M.2 EZ-Flex. This spring loads the SSD backplate, forcing tighter contact between the SSD's various chips with the SSD heatsink. That leads to better thermal transfer when the drive heats up, prompting up to 12-degree temperature drops during peak load. Storage cooling has rarely been something gamers or PC enthusiasts needed to consider. While classic hard drives could get toasty in jam-packed small form factor systems, SSDs haven't given us much in the way of thermal issues to date. But the latest generations of PCI Express 5 SSDs, which can perform sustained read operations close to 15 GB/s, are starting to generate a lot of heat. When the controller gets too warm, it throttles performance, reducing the drive's capabilities. Hence, companies like Gigabyte are exploring novel ways to improve SSD cooling without resorting to active cooling methods like miniature fans. These are often noisy, have poor performance, and introduce another point of failure in the system. Credit: Gigabyte Instead, M.2 EZ-Flex seems to introduce notable temperature drops in fast SSDs without the need for active cooling. Gigabyte does make it clear that this is in reference testing only and is unlikely to be replicated directly in the real world, but shaved-off degrees are shaved-off degrees. Cooler SSDs tend to run better, so if you're looking for peak SSD performance, having a board that can keep it cool enough is paramount. Although Gigabyte has introduced M.2 EZ-Flex on its flagship X870 AMD motherboards, it's also introducing it to more mainstream options, like its B850 Aorus Stealth motherboards. These are still quite premium designs, aimed at eliminating visible cabling by placing the ports on the back of the board, but they are more affordable. The entire Aorus Stealth Ice lineup includes other premium features too, such as Wi-Fi 7 support, 5G LAN connectivity, tool-free M.2 installation, and a BIOS Wi-Fi driver, as per TechSpot. However, there seems to be no reason that such a spring-loaded design couldn't be added to just about any motherboard. If it proves effective and is likely a relatively cheap change to motherboard design, I wouldn't be surprised to see this in a wider range of Gigabyte boards before long. Especially if we keep talking about it. Want to upgrade your SSD? Here are the best SSD deals for May 2025.
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Yahoo
Chinese HDMI Rival Offers Double the Bandwidth and Near 500W Power
A Chinese conglomerate has debuted a new cable standard that could rival entrenched cables like HDMI and USB-C. The new General Purpose Media Interface, or GPMI, reportedly offers up to 192Gbps of bandwidth (more than double that of HDMI 2.2), as well as power delivery of up to 480W and networking support. It's even USB-C compatible. If these specifications prove true, it would make the GPMI the most capable cable standard in the world and by quite some margin. When it comes to video and audio transmission cables, the premier standards used in most modern TVs, monitors, and external displays are HDMI, DisplayPort, and USB-C. HDMI 2.2 is the latest and greatest of that standard and can offer bandwidth up to 96Gbps, giving it support for 8K resolution and 4K at up to 240Hz, but it doesn't support power delivery. USB-C can go up to 80Gbps with USB4 and it can deliver up to 240W, as well as offering networking support. DisplayPort 2.1b is capable of up to 80Gbps, with similar resolution and refresh rate support to HDMI 2.2, but it can't deliver power. Can you see why a USB-C capable 192Gbps cable with up to 480W of power delivery would be game-changing? That's what GPMI purports to be. HDMI connectors are standard on every display, but I'm not sure manufacturers will want to add a competitor. Credit: Jason Cohen/PCMag The Shenzhen 8K UHD Video Industry Cooperation Alliance suggests that the GPMI standard has two headers: a Type-C connector, which is compatible with USB-C and offers 96Gbps and up to 240W power delivery, and a proprietary Type-B connector. That design gives the full 192Gbps and 480W of power, as per TechSpot. On top of its raw specifications, the technology group behind the cable claims it can also be daisy chained for streamlined cabling over longer distances. It supports HDMI-CEC, so you can control multiple devices connected over GPMI using a single remote. It's already been licensed by the USB Implementer Forum, so is ready for official USB-C interoperability, and there are said to be up to 50 companies working on using the new standard, including major display companies like TCL and Hisense. This is very promising for GPMI and suggests it will find a big market in China, at least. The question is whether companies that are more interested in selling to Western markets will consider it. Although it represents a big upgrade over the capabilities of HDMI and USB-C, those standards are embedded in a range of devices, and backward compatibility is a major selling point of their continued use. Switching to a compatible solution might work, but GPMI's real capabilities appear to be in its proprietary standard. Breaking that into established markets will be far harder.
