Tech

YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money

Creators who want to start earning on the platform will need at least 8,000 qualified watch hours over the past year or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days.

AI will boost oil and gas production more than green energy, report finds

Debate over tech impact on greenhouse gas emissions stoked by latest study

What to expect from Google’s 2026 Pixel hardware launch event

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OpenAI introduces a new cyber model amid fears of AI cyberattacks

The move comes just days after OpenAI delayed its Astra model over hacking fears.

Putting frontier cyber models in more trusted hands

Expanding the Daybreak Cyber Partner Program to close the growing defense gap.

Meta’s new Glimmer AI model offers a hint at Zuckerberg’s personal intelligence vision

Meta’s new open-weight Muse Glimmer model offers a glimpse of Mark Zuckerberg’s personal superintelligence vision, as well as the emerging divide between AI users can own and access.

Touch Grass

Google-backed AI startup Promise has brought on Backrooms executive producer Chris White to develop Touch Grass, a dead internet theory-inspired horror about a tech worker who discovers a secret digital reality populated by strange copes of people from the real world.

Four takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s massive AI manifesto

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One of China's workhorse rockets just exploded in flight

If the failure involved the YF-100 engine, there are broader concerns for China’s space program.

ChatGPT can now make you a dinner reservation.

Yelp said it is partnering with OpenAI to let users book tables or join waitlists without having to leave the chatbot. ChatGPT already uses photos, reviews, and other information from the platform when sourcing recommendations.

3 Key Details About What Mark Zuckerberg's Vision of the AI Future Would Look Like for You

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says personal AI agents could reshape work, help launch smaller companies, and make entrepreneurship more accessible.

A researcher bought noreply.net. Companies started sending him secrets.

Companies treat some email domains as digital trash cans, despite the risks.