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Political Influencers Are Ramping Up Security—and Posting Through It

wired.com Makena Kelly 2025-09-19 00:40:58

As news broke that conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot at an event on a college campus last week, Hasan Piker’s Twitch chat was spiraling. Messages flooded onto the streamer’s channel. “Disavow quickly and vehemently for your own safety,” one chatter urged. “Pleeeeeeaaaase don’t do public debates anymore,” begged another. Piker, one of the most prominent progressive creators online, was set to face Kirk in a live debate at Dartmouth University on September 25. Now, still on air with new

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Fortnite creators will soon be able to sell in-game items

theverge.com Andrew Webster 2025-09-19 08:49:37

Epic is continuing its attempts to turn Fortnite into a platform that’s bigger than just battle royale — this time by giving creators the ability to make and sell in-game items. Starting in December, Fortnite creators will be able to sell items directly from the islands they’ve built, using new tools that will be launching later on. The benefit, of course, is that creators on the platform will have a new revenue stream (currently, they earn revenue primarily based on engagement numbers). And Ep

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Meta is making the metaverse look better

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-09-19 16:39:07

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Meta is making improvements to its Roblox-like social platform Horizon Worlds, with the biggest upgrades being the introduction of a new game engine with better graphics as well as the Meta Horizon Studio to help creators to make custom in-game experiences. Meta Horizon Studio is an e

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YouTube rolls out Studio updates, ‘likeness’ detection, lip-synced dubs, creator collabs, and more

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-09-22 20:30:00

YouTube on Tuesday announced a suite of new features coming to YouTube Studio, the platform over 30 million creators use to manage their channels and track their analytics and revenue every month. At its Made on YouTube event, the company unveiled new and updated tools like an AI-powered chatbot for support, an inspiration tab, title A/B testing features, auto dubbing, likeness detection tools, and more. Many of these features build on tools previously announced or tested with smaller groups bu

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YouTube rolls out Studio updates, ‘likeness’ detection, lip synced dubs, creator collabs, and more

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-09-23 01:30:00

YouTube on Tuesday announced a suite of new features coming to YouTube Studio, the platform over 30 million creators use to manage their channels and track their analytics and revenue every month. At its Made on YouTube event, the company unveiled new and updated tools like an AI-powered chatbot for support, an inspiration tab, title A/B testing features, auto dubbing, likeness detection tools, and more. Many of these features build on tools previously announced or tested with smaller groups, b

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New YouTube AI tools help creators give viewers what they want

theverge.com Mia Sato 2025-09-23 06:30:00

Influencers and content creators are many things beyond their public personas. All but the biggest figures likely do some combination of the following jobs themselves: content moderator, video editor, photographer, social media strategist, script writer, and idea generator. What if they could outsource much of that work to AI? And what if it were the social media platforms themselves that provided them with the tools to do so? At the Made on YouTube event, held Tuesday in New York, the company

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YouTube is inching closer to becoming a shopping channel

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-09-23 16:30:00

YouTube announced a batch of upcoming features during its “Made on” event today, some of which are focused on giving creators new ways to make money on the platform. You can check out more information about upcoming updates for livestreaming and AI features in our other posts, but there are a few other monetization changes coming in the future that could give viewers new ways to find products online and switch up the ads you see linked out by creators.

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YouTube makes it easier and more lucrative to go live

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-09-23 16:30:00

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. YouTube is introducing some live streaming features that give content creators new ways to grow their audiences and interact with viewers. The updates were announced at the Made on YouTube event today, and include simultaneous horizontal and vertical streams, AI-powered livestream highlights, and the ability to livestream reactions to other live YouTube content on mobile devices. YouTube says that the new f

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YouTube is adding AI into more parts of content creation

theverge.com Mia Sato 2025-09-23 16:30:00

Influencers and content creators are many things beyond their public personas. All but the biggest figures likely do some combination of the following jobs themselves: content moderator, video editor, photographer, social media strategist, script writer, idea generator. What if they could outsource much of that work to AI? And what if it were the social media platforms themselves that provided them with the tools to do so? At the Made On YouTube event, held Tuesday in New York, the company unve

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YouTube unveils new ways for creators to earn with brand deals, YouTube Shopping program

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-09-23 16:30:00

At its Made on YouTube event on Tuesday, the company unveiled a series of new ways for creators to earn more with brand deals and the YouTube Shopping program, which lets creators earn money by featuring and tagging products in their content. Most notably, YouTube is going to allow creators to swap out brand sponsorships in long-form videos. The company is also introducing auto timestamps for product tags, auto tagging for eligible items mentioned in videos, and a new brand link feature for Sho

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YouTube Live gets a major update, introduces dual-format streaming, minigames, and more

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2025-09-23 16:30:00

At its Made on YouTube event on Tuesday, the video giant announced several new features aimed at improving the livestreaming experience. This includes letting creators play mini-games to entertain viewers, broadcasting simultaneously in both horizontal and vertical formats, AI-powered highlights, reacting to live events, a new ad format, and more. The company says this is the most significant update to Live it has ever introduced, as the livestreaming market continues to grow, and competition w

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YouTube announces new generative AI tools for Shorts creators

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-09-23 16:30:00

At its Made on YouTube live event on Tuesday, the company unveiled new generative AI tools for Shorts creators. YouTube is bringing a custom version of Google’s text-to-video generative AI model, Veo 3, to Shorts, along with a new remixing tool, an “Edit with AI” feature, and more. The custom version of Veo 3, called Veo 3 Fast, generates outputs with lower latency at 480p, making it easy to create video clips, YouTube says. And now, users can do so with sound for the first time. This update i

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YouTube rolls out Studio updates, ‘likeness’ detection, lip synced dubs, creator collabs and more

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-09-23 16:30:00

YouTube on Tuesday announced a suite of new features coming to YouTube Studio, the platform over 30 million creators use to manage their channels and track their analytics and revenue every month. At its Made on YouTube event, the company unveiled new and updated tools like an AI-powered chatbot for support, an inspiration tab, title A/B testing features, auto dubbing, likeness detection tools, and more. Many of these features build on tools previously announced or tested with smaller groups, b

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“No Tax on Tips” Includes Digital Creators, Too

news.ycombinator.com Alex Weprin 2025-09-30 16:26:07

President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act may have quietly changed the economics of the creator economy. The U.S. Treasury Department this past week released a list of occupations “that customarily and regularly received tips” and thus will be eligible for the administration’s flagship “no tax on tips” policy, which will let eligible taxpayers deduct their tipped income, within certain limits. And while the list includes the obvious (bartenders, food servers, casino dealers and housekeepers

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Forget subtitles: YouTube opens the floodgates on auto-dubbing videos into your own language

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-01 12:41:37

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube is officially rolling out its multi-language audio feature for creators. This feature will allow viewers to watch videos dubbed in their native language. The rollout will happen over the coming weeks. Soon, you’ll be able to watch videos from creators around the world without having to read subtitles. YouTube has announced that it is finally officially launching its multi-language audio feature for creators. Don’t want to miss the best from Andro

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YouTube’s multi-language audio feature for dubbing videos rolls out to all creators

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2025-10-02 04:58:32

YouTube announced on Wednesday that its multi-language audio feature has officially launched after a two-year-long pilot. Now, millions of YouTubers can add dubbing to their videos in different languages, helping them reach a wider global audience. The rollout is expected to happen over the coming weeks. The feature initially launched as a pilot in 2023, available to a limited number of creators, including MrBeast, Mark Rober, and chef Jamie Oliver. Creators had to work with third-party dubbing

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"No Tax on Tips" Includes Digital Creators, Too

news.ycombinator.com Alex Weprin 2025-10-02 08:26:07

President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act may have quietly changed the economics of the creator economy. The U.S. Treasury Department this past week released a list of occupations “that customarily and regularly received tips” and thus will be eligible for the administration’s flagship “no tax on tips” policy, which will let eligible taxpayers deduct their tipped income, within certain limits. And while the list includes the obvious (bartenders, food servers, casino dealers and housekeepers

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Apple’s creator-centric iPhone 17 Pro will make the vlogging camera obsolete

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-10-04 00:18:25

Apple unveiled its new line of iPhones on Tuesday, and the iPhone 17 Pro is making a direct appeal to content creators. The iPhone camera has long checked all the boxes for anything that a casual user might need, making a digital camera obsolete for most consumers. But for millions of content creators — an industry encompassing an estimated 200 million potential customers — it has remained necessary to buy handheld video cameras from companies like Canon, Sony, Panasonic, Nikon, and Fujifilm. S

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Right-Wing Influencers Are Turning to Foreign Affairs

wired.com Makena Kelly 2025-10-04 16:43:28

Wearing combat helmets and protective vests, some of the US’s most popular right-wing creators toured what they called an aid distribution hub in Gaza late last month—a trip carefully funded by Israel’s foreign ministry. By way of the nonprofit Israel365, the Israeli government funneled at least $70,000 to 15 MAGA creators to bring them to Gaza’s humanitarian sites, the Western Wall, and the Golan Heights, among other areas. “It sits here to spoil and be stolen,” Xaviaer DuRousseau captioned a

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Roblox announces short-form video feed for gameplay clips, new AI tools for creators, and more

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-10-08 20:30:00

Online gaming platform Roblox is launching a TikTok-like short-form video feed for sharing gameplay moments, the company unveiled on Friday at the Roblox Developers Conference. The company also announced increased earnings for creators, new AI tools to boost creation, and other advancements in performance. The new short-form video experience, called “Roblox Moments,” is launching in beta for users 13 and older. It allows users to capture clips of their gameplay, then edit and share those clips

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Instagram adds inbox management tools for creators and big accounts

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-20 04:56:21

Big-time creators on Instagram just got a bit of welcome news. The platform is introducing inbox management tools to make it easier for influencers to wade through endless messages and requests. The tools include multi-select filters that let users sort through messages faster to find important correspondences. Remember, popular creators are getting hundreds upon hundreds of messages each day. The software lets these influencers add, edit or remove any filter, which should be helpful. Instagra

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A Dark Money Group Is Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers

news.ycombinator.com Taylor Lorenz 2025-10-20 19:58:35

In a private group chat in June, dozens of Democratic political influencers discussed whether to take advantage of an enticing opportunity. They were being offered $8,000 per month to take part in a secretive program aimed at bolstering Democratic messaging on the internet. But the contract sent to them from Chorus, the nonprofit arm of a liberal influencer marketing platform, came with some strings. Among other issues, it mandated extensive secrecy about disclosing their payments and had restr

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A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers

wired.com Taylor Lorenz 2025-10-26 00:00:00

In a private group chat in June, dozens of Democratic political influencers discussed whether to take advantage of an enticing opportunity. They were being offered $8,000 per month to take part in a secretive program aimed at bolstering Democratic messaging on the internet. But the contract sent to them from Chorus, the nonprofit arm of a liberal influencer marketing platform, came with some strings. Among other issues, it mandated extensive secrecy about disclosing their payments and had restr

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Notice a weird beauty filter on Shorts? YouTube says it’s on purpose

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-28 03:07:03

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube has been secretly upscaling Shorts by certain creators without their consent. Creators have not been offered any notification or given any option to disable upscaling. The team has clarified that it is using “traditional machine learning” to denoise and unblur videos. YouTube was founded 20 years ago and has gone through significant changes over this period, especially in video quality. More recently, however, it is experimenting with forced upsca

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Severance stars face off in delightful trivia game show, watch here

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-11-02 12:42:11

If the wait for Severance season 3 is wearing on you, Apple just released the perfect way to ease your pain. A new video episode of the Severance podcast is available now, featuring the cast competing against each other in a trivia game show “Tournament of Fripperies.” Severance trivia show features series cast and creators The official Severance podcast has historically been an audio-focused show. Hosted by Ben Stiller and star Adam Scott, the podcast started as a way of recapping Severance

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Instagram now lets creators link multiple reels in a series

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-11-02 22:00:00

Instagram has begun allowing creators to connect multiple reels in a series, the Meta-owned social network told TechCrunch exclusively. The new capability, which is already available on TikTok, makes it easier for viewers to follow and discover related content. Now if a creator is telling a story in a series of videos and follow-ups, they can link them all together so that viewers don’t have to scroll or search for different parts. For instance, creators often tell followers to “come back for p

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Facebook and Instagram now offer AI-powered dubbing for video creators

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-11-07 12:42:12

Meta announced today a new AI-based translation tool for creators on Instagram and Facebook. The company uses artificial intelligence to automatically dub videos in other languages, with support for lip-syncing and voice cloning that promises to preserve the creator’s tone and delivery. Here’s how to use it. Meta AI promises good auto-dubbing with voice matching and lip sync Right now, the feature supports two-way translations between English and Spanish, and Meta says that “more languages com

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Meta rolls out AI-powered translations to creators globally, starting with English and Spanish

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-11-08 08:20:01

Meta is rolling out an AI-powered voice translation feature to all users on Facebook and Instagram globally, the company announced on Tuesday. The new feature, which is available in any market where Meta AI is available, allows creators to translate content into other languages so it can be viewed by a broader audience. The feature was first announced at Meta’s Connect developer conference last year, where the company said it would pilot test automatic translations of creators’ voices in reels

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Substack lets you subscribe as an in-app purchase – but you shouldn’t

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-11-09 18:26:37

Indie content platform Substack now lets you subscribe to newsletters, podcasts, and video channels via an in-app purchase. However, while this removes friction from the subscription sign-up process, you definitely shouldn’t use it, for two reasons … The last few years have seen growth in subscriber-funded independent newsletters, with Ben Thompson’s Stratechery one of the earlier successful examples. Substack was created to handle the business aspects of this, leaving independent creators fr

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Substack turns on iOS in-app payment option for all paid newsletters

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-11 03:22:37

Substack now lets users subscribe to any paid publication via an in-app purchase from the official iOS app. The news comes after the company tested the feature with 30,000 creators. This makes subscribing to something a much speedier affair, with the entire process taking just a few taps on the old smartphone screen. Prior to this, it wasn't always possible to upgrade to a paid subscription directly in the app. Showing off that it's more expensive to use iOS. (Substack) However, there's a fai

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Political Influencers Are Ramping Up Security—and Posting Through It

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Meta is making the metaverse look better

YouTube rolls out Studio updates, ‘likeness’ detection, lip-synced dubs, creator collabs, and more

YouTube rolls out Studio updates, ‘likeness’ detection, lip synced dubs, creator collabs, and more

New YouTube AI tools help creators give viewers what they want

YouTube is inching closer to becoming a shopping channel

YouTube makes it easier and more lucrative to go live

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YouTube unveils new ways for creators to earn with brand deals, YouTube Shopping program

YouTube Live gets a major update, introduces dual-format streaming, minigames, and more

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YouTube rolls out Studio updates, ‘likeness’ detection, lip synced dubs, creator collabs and more

“No Tax on Tips” Includes Digital Creators, Too

Forget subtitles: YouTube opens the floodgates on auto-dubbing videos into your own language

YouTube’s multi-language audio feature for dubbing videos rolls out to all creators

"No Tax on Tips" Includes Digital Creators, Too

Apple’s creator-centric iPhone 17 Pro will make the vlogging camera obsolete

Right-Wing Influencers Are Turning to Foreign Affairs

Roblox announces short-form video feed for gameplay clips, new AI tools for creators, and more

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A Dark Money Group Is Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers

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Instagram now lets creators link multiple reels in a series

Facebook and Instagram now offer AI-powered dubbing for video creators

Meta rolls out AI-powered translations to creators globally, starting with English and Spanish

Substack lets you subscribe as an in-app purchase – but you shouldn’t

Substack turns on iOS in-app payment option for all paid newsletters

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