Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

Say you’re watching a Short on the YouTube mobile app, and you notice a plant you’d love to bring home to your apartment. You will now be able to pause the video by tapping the screen, select “Lens” ...

YouTube announced on Thursday that it’s bringing Google Lens to YouTube Shorts in the coming weeks. With this integration, viewers will soon be able to use Google Lens to search what they see while ...

I have no idea how to write code, but with a little help from generative AI, I built a JavaScript bookmarklet tool that dramatically improves YouTube Shorts—and you can, too! From the laptops on your ...