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YouTube started cracking down on ad blockers earlier this year, but it escalated things this month when it locked out anyone trying to watch YouTube through apps, add-ons and extensions that skip its ads.It’s even affected a lot of YouTube viewers not using workarounds though, with Firefox or Edge users reportedly having to wait around five seconds every time they load a video. In screen recordings shared on Reddit and other online forums, users show how their screen goes blank for a short period when they click on a YouTube video before the page loads, but we couldn’t replicate this at Engadget.Based on code found by some Y Combinator and Reddit posters, Google’s anti-ad blocker mechanism may be causing the delays. The company said users with ad blockers installed “may experience suboptimal viewing,” no matter which browser they use.— Mat Smith​​You can get these reports delivered daily direct to your inbox. Subscribe right here!​​The biggest stories you might have missedChatGPT’s voice chat feature is rolling out to non-paying usersCities: Skylines II developer delays DLC to focus on fixing the base gameThe 60 best Black Friday deals right now from Amazon, Target, Walmart and othersUS Senator calls for the public release of AT&T Hemisphere surveillance recordsWhen will your phone get Android 14?Insta360’s Ace Pro is a Leica-branded action cam with AI enhancementsSunbird shuts down its iMessage app for Android after major privacy concernsTeenage Engineering made a toy car that costs $250Objet d’ork. Teenage EngineeringTeenage Engineering just revealed a toy car/doodad that costs $250. Yes, it’s $250 for a little (but stylish!) piece of metal with wheels you can roll around a desk for a bit before getting bored. The company tends to release two kinds of products: Expensive, yet pretty darn cool, audio devices and, well, everything else. The toy car falls squarely in the latter camp. The company seems to be readying another announcement for later today too.Continue reading.Sam Altman reinstated as OpenAI CEO five days after being firedThere’s now a three-person board with one original member.Sam Altman is returning to OpenAI as CEO after his firing five days ago,

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Readers help support Windows Report. We may get a commission if you buy through our links. Read our disclosure page to find out how can you help Windows Report sustain the editorial team. Read more In the last few days, I have seen several reports of YouTube videos or Shorts displaying a black screen on Opera GX. In most cases, the audio runs fine, but for a few, there’s no sound as well on YouTube. Additionally, some see a white glow on YouTube in Opera GX!The underlying causes for YouTube not working on Opera GX include issues with hardware acceleration, conflicting extensions, corrupt browsing data, problems with the installed GPU driver, and misconfigured settings.To start with, I recommend you update Opera GX to the latest version, use another YouTube account, or switch the browser profile. If YouTube shows a black screen when opting for Full-Screen mode in Opera GX, first press T to enable Theatre mode and then F for the Full-Screen mode. The workaround seemingly worked for many.How do I fix Opera GX’s black screen while running YouTube?1. Disable hardware accelerationLaunch the browser, click on the Opera menu near the top left, and select Settings.Scroll down, click on Advanced to view more settings, and then turn off the toggle for Use graphics acceleration when available.For video-playing issues, whether with YouTube or any streaming platform, your primary approach should be to disable hardware acceleration in Opera GX. This also works when Opera GX is not streaming Discord.2. Disable conflicting extensionsOpen the browser, click the Opera menu, select Extensions from the list of options, and then again choose Extensions.Click the Disable button under the first extension here. Relaunch the browser and verify whether YouTube videos show a black screen on Opera GX. If the problem is fixed, again open Extensions, click the Remove button under the one you just disabled, and confirm the change. In case the problem persists, disable other extensions individually and check for improvements.3. Clear the browsing dataLaunch Opera, and press Ctrl + Shift + Del to open the Clear browsing data window.Choose All time from the Time

Black and the ad sound would continue playing for pre-load ads.Change Log 3.0.8Fixed a bug where your Youtube Watch History was not saved.Change Log 3.0.7Allow Users to turn the toolbar at the bottom of Youtube on/off.Fixed the ad blocking technology so it blocks all types of video ads including pre-roll.Fixed a bug where our extension was interfering with Youtube native dark mode.Change Log 1.0.71) Fixed the auto blocking of Ads settings. Now if you choose "Block All" under options/settings, the video and image ads for Youtube are blocked automatically.Side note: the toolbar for all the other useful features will fade away if you do NOT mouse over the toolbar in full screen/theatre mode etc.Change Log1) Fixed Bugs - Toolbar kept appearing even when User used full screen mode for their videoFixed Black Screen from appearing when we block a pre-roll adAdded in Tutorial Page so users know how to begin using this extensionAllow users to turn on/off the software toolbar at the bottom of the page.2) Added in toolbar at the bottom of Youtube videos. There are 7 buttons available now.Shield Icon - Press this button whenever you want to skip a pre-roll ad manuallyTheater Mode - Watch your favorite videos in Theatre modeScreenshot - Take a screenshot of an exact moment.Volume Boost - Increase Volume of the Youtube Video up to 600%Picture Mode - Allow the Youtube video to become floating videosLoop Video - Loop your favorite music videos to play over and over again. You can specify the