Watching violent content on social media can trigger PTSD-like symptoms. Here’s how to avoid it.

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. It’s possible to accidentally watch some graphic videos on social media sites. Because autoplay is turned on by default on social ...

If YouTube AutoPlay is not working on your system, the most probable cause is that the feature is disabled by default. In this case, you can turn it ON. When you play any video, the switch for YouTube ...

You’ve probably been caught off guard by videos that play automatically on Facebook, Twitter, or just across the internet in general. They begin playing as soon as you load a page or (if they’re more ...

Like most online media platforms today, YouTube has a built-in recommendations algorithm that produces suggested content based on what type of videos you search for and play on the app. To keep you ...

Do you ever get so startled late at night in your own living room by a sudden burst of loud noise that you drop your kombucha and spill it all over the blanket your grandmother once knitted because ...

We’ve all encountered autoplay video on the web, in one way or another. Thanks to Facebook, it’s become popular all over again with the company rolling out videos that play as you scroll past on both ...

Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, and is a member of the Home team. She is a co-lead of the CNET Tips and We Do the Math series, and manages the Home Tips series, testing out ...

To the dismay of netizens across the world, last week Facebook announced plans to start autoplaying audio on videos as you scroll through your timeline. But fret no more as there’s an app that can ...

We all love our Netflix. Where would we be without our binge watching of shows on a lazy Sunday afternoon? But not everything about the service is all flowers and rainbows. Case in point: the pesky ...

Netflix has heard the people, and will now allow its users to turn off the autoplay previews on the service. Videos and films won’t begin to play trailers or video clips as you browse the service.