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On February 1, YouTube will start paying producers of Shorts a portion of the advertising income, the company announced on Monday. YouTube is beginning to push out new terms for all producers in the YouTube Partner Program in order to get ready for the impending transition. Creators who choose to …

Three new features are being added to Snapchat’s $3.99/monthly paid subscription service, Snapchat+. Subscribers can now alter the camera capture button, app icons, and other aspects of the app to give it a more distinctive appearance and feel. The camera capture button can be customized by users to be a …

Bipartisan legislation to outlaw the social media app TikTok has been announced by US legislators. The law would prohibit any transactions by social media businesses with headquarters in or that are thought to be influenced by nations that are considered to be enemies. Any social media firms with headquarters in …

The most recent and impressive chatbot to date is called ChatGPT. After being released two weeks ago, it reached a million users in just five days. Because of how frequently it is utilized, its servers have frequently approached capacity. Its creator, OpenAI, is already being mentioned as a potential Google …

Apple has acknowledged that a two-week-old iPhone software update it provided addressed a zero-day security flaw that it now claims was being actively exploited. The update, known as iOS 16.1.2, was released on November 30 and included unnamed “critical security updates” for all compatible iPhones, including iPhone 8 and later. …

After adamantly opposing the “sideloading” of alternative app stores onto the iPhone, Apple is reportedly looking to permit them with iOS 17, which will be released next year, in order to comply with European legislation. According to the Bloomberg story, Apple is considering making its camera and NFC (Near Field …

The decreasing size of Twitter’s personnel, which is said to be down to 2,300 from 7,500 when new owner Elon Musk assumed control, has received a lot of attention. Many people are concerned about the random ways the firm has been downsized, even though we hypothesized that the most recent …

Apple has introduced new functionality to the always-on display feature offered for the iPhone 14 Pro models with the third beta of iOS 16.2 that was made available to developers this morning. When the always-on display option is selected, there are now two toggles for turning off the wallpaper and …

Former workers claim a revival would have a difficult time competing with TikTok, which now rules the short-form video market. On October 30, Elon Musk, who had just been named “Chief Twit,” published a Twitter poll asking the straightforward question, “Bring back Vine?” After almost five million votes, the survey …

Since Elon Musk became CEO two weeks ago, Twitter has modified the blue tick verification process three times. The most recent adjustment makes people wonder what a Twitter Blue subscription is for while bringing the system a little closer to what verification meant prior to Musk taking over. Soon after …