YouTube now lets creators tag Amazon products and earn commissions from purchases
The update turns product recommendations into a more direct revenue stream for creators, and for Amazon, the move puts its massive online marketplac…
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If Meta’s going down, it’s taking TikTok and YouTube with it
Meta might be on the hook for $17.1 billion and a host of app changes under a new kids safety settlement, but it's already spinning the deal to its…
Adobe is adding more AI to Photoshop
Adobe is rolling out an AI-heavy update for Photoshop that includes a new "optional" interface dedicated to its AI tools. Launching in beta, the "AI…
Instagram’s ‘First Draft’ trims your Reels clips for you
Instagram is launching a new Reels-editing feature that automatically trims your video clips to focus on the highlights. The feature, called First D…
Raspberry Pi shares its official tutorial for making a cyberdeck
Raspberry Pi's head of social, Ashley Whittaker, acknowledged the cyberdeck trend today, saying "we haven't been able to get away from cyberdecks th…
TikTok will pay $400 million to settle DOJ child privacy lawsuit
The US Department of Justice announced on Friday that TikTok will pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit filed in 2024 over allegedly violating the Ch…
Major YouTube creators are facing backlash for accepting AI money
Over the past few days, a number of prominent filmmaking content creators including Matti Haapoja and Sam "Kold" Kolder have posted videos of themse…
Patreon is changing its algorithm to help smaller creators get discovered
Patreon has announced a number of new and overhauled features that are designed to "build a better network - and a better internet," according to CE…
Patreon launches 30 new creator features, including short-form Clips and revamped discovery
Patreon is overhauling how creators get discovered, adding short-form Clips, topic-based communities, and a revamped recommendation system designed…
Meta glasses are a workplace menace
In August, Toru Hinkle was stocking shelves at their job at Target when they noticed two customers and asked if they needed any help. The men reques…
YouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playing
The change comes a year after YouTube applied the same approach to counting views on Shorts videos.
YouTube is changing how it counts views to give the numbers a boost
YouTube will soon count a view as soon as a video starts to play, lining up with the system used by Instagram, TikTok, and its Shorts videos. The up…
When housing is unaffordable, this artist’s device makes pedaling harder
Justin Blinder had just been laid off when he first came up with the idea for Ground Truth. It was 2020, two weeks before covid lockdown went into e…
Twitch streamers can now opt out from training Amazon’s AI
Twitch users can now opt out of allowing their content to be used to train Amazon's generative AI models. Opting out means that "your streams, VODs,…
YouTube is making it harder to earn money on YouTube
Starting February 1st, 2027, creators who want to monetize their channel through YouTube's Partner Program (YPP) will need at least 1,000 subscriber…
X replaces its revenue-sharing program with ‘Original Content Rewards’
X is ending its controversial revenue-sharing program for content creators, which has seen numerous revisions under Elon Musk's reign. In its place,…
TikTok blames ‘moderator error’ on slow response to Perez Hilton livestream
TikTok says a "moderator error" delayed the removal of a livestream that appeared to show blogger Perez Hilton harming himself, as reported earlier…
Disney gives TikTok creators official access to Marvel, Star Wars, and Pixar characters
Disney is introducing fan-created TikTok content to its Disney Plus app in its latest attempt to break into short-form creator videos. The Walt Disn…
How an OpenAI influencer trip backfired
The brand trip is a right of passage for influencers. It's a mark of legitimacy that a sponsor wants to invite them on an all-expenses-paid vacation…
Can Reddit fend off a new wave of AI SEO spam?
Earlier this year, a Reddit user had asked members of a skincare-focused subreddit if anyone had tried a specific hypochlorous acid spray, a product…
The union drive at the Wikimedia Foundation is expanding
In June, UK staff at the nonprofit that runs Wikipedia became the first to announce their intentions to form a union. Now, US-based employees at the…
The vertical video takeover is here
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on all things vertical video, follow David…
Meta just created a moderation nightmare for its smart glasses
Meta's smart glasses have been a PR headache for the company. Public backlash has been swift, and fierce; people are concerned about the erosion of…
TikTok’s protection of minors should not be opt-in, warns EU
TikTok has attracted the ire of the European Union over its protection of children who use the video sharing platform. The European Commission annou…
Twitch will let parents stop their teens going live
Twitch is giving parents more control over how their children are using the streaming platform, including the ability to block them from broadcastin…
Instagram will let users endlessly swap the audio on old posts
There's a symbiotic - and sometimes frustrating - relationship between social media sites and the creators that depend on them. Platforms need influ…
Adobe’s ‘natural look’ camera app embraces generative AI
Adobe's experimental camera app has taken an unexpected turn. After Project Indigo was launched last year to provide a "more natural (SLR-like) look…
US Marshals arrest the Tate brothers in Miami
The manosphere influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested Saturday in Miami by US Marshals in relation to new rape and sex trafficking charge…
TikTok is testing an AI likeness detection tool
TikTok is starting to test an opt-in tool that scans for AI likenesses and lets creators report them to the company, as spotted by social media cons…
X cracks down on creators who steal content
X will use Grok AI to better detect stolen content, redirect payouts to original creators, and crack down on engagement bait.