Author: News Room
Breaking into YouTube and actually making money from it already requires some serious numbers. Starting next year, creators are going to have an even taller mountain to climb. YouTube has announced major changes to its Partner Program that will double two of the requirements new creators need before they can earn a share of advertising and Premium revenue. YouTube is literally doubling the numbers New creators will need 1,000 subscribers alongside either 8,000 qualified public watch hours over the previous 365 days or 20 million qualified Shorts views within 90 days to qualify for ad and Premium revenue sharing. As…
In this age of AI, fake photos have become a genuine concern. But Apple might be planning on dealing with this with its next major iteration of iOS. Code discovered in iOS 27 beta 5 by 9to5Mac points to an unreleased feature called Apple Reference Image. The system is designed to authenticate that an image originated from an iPhone camera by using information tied to the hardware that captured it. Meaning, iPhone photos could now arrive with a verifiable record of where they came from. Your iPhone camera could vouch for its own photos Reference Image reportedly won’t apply to…
I have been reviewing the MelGeek Made68 Ultra V2 for the past few weeks, and surprisingly, one of my favorite things about it has nothing to do with gaming. Make no mistake, this is very much a gaming keyboard, and a premium one at that. It uses Hall effect switches, offers adjustable actuation, and has all the usual features you would expect from a modern magnetic keyboard. I have particularly enjoyed using it in Rainbow Six Siege, where peeking and strafing feel noticeably snappier than on the mechanical keyboards I normally use. But I have also fallen in love with…
Lenovo apparently hasn’t finished asking how much screen it can squeeze into a laptop bag. A new report from WindowsLatest points to a Lenovo ThinkBook design with a display capable of expanding horizontally, potentially giving users considerably more desktop space without making the laptop permanently enormous. The design appears connected to a Lenovo patent covering a laptop computer shown in multiple configurations. The patent was filed in August 2024 and granted in the US on March 10, 2026, with Lenovo Beijing listed as the assignee. This filing illustrates the machine in second and third usage configurations, suggesting a chassis designed…
PC buyers are getting squeezed from every side this year, and it is not just memory and chips driving up the cost of your next computer. According to a Taiwanese publication, United Daily News, Microsoft has quietly raised its Windows OEM licensing fees, and the hike is steeper than usual. This could make PC prices climb another 5% this quarter. As if the AI-fueled RAM and chipset crisis was not enough, PC buyers are getting another price hike, and the sad part is that they won’t even get anything extra for it. How much more is Microsoft charging PC brands?…
Searching for an old message in a busy WhatsApp chat has always felt like more work than it should be, especially on an iPhone. WhatsApp is finally fixing that with a new button that lets you jump into search mode without ever leaving the conversation. How do you search for a message on WhatsApp right now? On iPhone, finding a message inside a chat means digging through menus first. You have to tap the contact or group name at the top to open the chat info screen, then tap the search button from there, which sends you back into the…
Google is adding Venmo as a payment option on Google Play in the US, giving users another way to pay for apps, games, add-ons, and other digital content without relying solely on cards or traditional payment methods. According to a report by Techcrunch, users will be able to connect their Venmo account through the payment methods section in Google Play settings. Once linked, they can use their Venmo wallet or other payment methods connected to it, including bank accounts and cards, to pay for subscriptions and even tip creators inside supported apps. The addition gives Google Play another familiar digital…
For over a decade, finding a rival Android app store meant hunting down APK files and clicking through security warnings. But that changes now. Aptoide Games, a gaming-focused marketplace, is available for download directly through Google Play in the United States. It marks the first time a competing app store has officially landed inside Google‘s own platform since it shut the door on rivals more than ten years ago. Why Google finally opened the door to Play Store Google’s longstanding legal battle with Epic Games set this in motion. Epic sued both Google and Apple back in 2020, after Google…
I’ve always thought the Atlas Cross Sport looked like an Atlas that didn’t quite find its personality; competent but a little forgettable. Volkswagen apparently agreed. The automaker just revealed a fully redesigned 2027 Cross Sport. It now has a sharper exterior, a genuinely upmarket cabin, and, most importantly, more power under the hood. Further, it’s arriving early next year as the sportier five-seat alternative to the three-row Atlas. So what actually changed on the outside and inside? Based on an updated MQB Evo platform, the new Cross Sport measures around 4,968mm in length, over 127mm shorter than its three-row sibling.…
Big Walk, the recently released multiplayer puzzle game from House House, has officially sold one million copies. It’s a major milestone to hit for any game, but it’s especially significant for an indie developer. Big Walk’s publisher Panic shared the news with a post on social media earlier today, with an image you can see below. “In just six days, over one million of you have bought Big Walk, our co-op adventure all about talking and walking,” the post from Panic reads. “We are so grateful that so many of you are spending time with our game. And we deeply…