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Initially introduced in 2017, YouTube Stories will be killed off starting from 26 June 2023. YouTube made this official in a recent announcement on a Google Support thread. Instead, YouTube suggests that content creators use Shorts and Community Posts to do all the teasers, trailers and supporting information for YouTube videos.

Do you like watching YouTube on your smart TV? Well, bad news for you because the company is planning to put longer unskippable ads, even when your video is paused. Well, starting with the Americans first.

Back in October 2021, YouTube Premium prices went up for a few countries but Malaysia wasn't one of them until this week. From now onwards, the YouTube Premium for Family is now RM33.90 per month.

Among all the annoying things online, ads forcefully appearing on a YouTube video is no doubt one of them. Many resorts not paying or simply installing Ad Blockers but we may not be able to do this in the future. It has been confirmed that YouTube is experimenting with a new feature that blocks Ad Blockers. 

If you are a YouTube Premium member, you're in luck because YouTube is going to introduce an enhanced 1080p video. However, it seems that it will only benefit iPhone and iPad users.

With the upcoming Ramadan season, CelcomDigi is back once again with its monthly online sales. The 4.4 Sale offers exclusive discounts across prepaid and postpaid, smartphones, internet passes, and fibre plans for all Celcom and Digi customers.

If you frequently watch YouTube videos on your desktop computer, then the annoying overlay ads covering a small portion of the video should be familiar to you. Well, even the Google-owned video platform agrees that the overlay ads are intrusive and has announced that it will be removing them beginning next month.

Recently appointed YouTube CEO Neal Mohan recently shared the platform’s priorities for 2023 via an official blog post. Among others, Mohan announced that the company would be introducing new generative AI tools for creators “in the coming months”.

YouTube is currently testing a new higher-quality 1080p option that is currently available for a small group of YouTube Premium subscribers. The new video quality option is called ‘1080p premium’ which has an enhanced bitrate which provides more information per pixel.

CelcomDigi today announced its first monthly online promotion which offers a range of exclusive offers across its Postpaid, Prepaid and Devices. Called the ‘2.2 Sale’, the offer expands to both Celcom and Digi users.