5 hours ago
YouTube Doubles the Watch-Hour Bar for New Creators to Start Earning Money
Key Takeaways YouTube will double Partner Program thresholds to 8,000 watch hours or 20 million Shorts views. The new requirements apply to new applicants from February 1, 2027, while existing creators remain unaffected. Creators must maintain 10 million Shorts views over 90 days to keep Shorts revenue sharing. YouTube is…
6 hours ago
Microsoft to Unveil Maia 300 AI Chip This Fall, Racing to Catch Google and Amazon
Key Takeaways Microsoft may unveil its Maia 300 AI chip as soon as September after negotiating TSMC capacity. The company seeks over 300,000 chips for 2027 with an eventual target exceeding 1 million units. Microsoft is racing Google and Amazon, which have already scaled their custom AI chips commercially. Anthropic…
12 hours ago
OpenAI Ships a Cyber Model That Answers 95% of Hacking Requests, Days After Restricting a Different One
Key Takeaways OpenAI launched GPT-5.6 Cyber for vetted cybersecurity teams and enterprise defenders. The model completes 95% of offensive security requests compared with 1.5% for standard GPT-5.6. GPT-5.6 Cyber helped uncover Chrome V8 flaws and hundreds of other vulnerabilities. The model reached the High cyber capability tier while Astra crossed…
13 hours ago
iOS 27 Beta 5 Refreshes App Icons and Expands Siri AI Voice Options, With One Notable Removal
Key Takeaways iOS 27 beta 5 refreshes several app icons with Apple’s Liquid Glass design, including Safari, Siri, Settings, Remote, App Store, and Preview. Siri AI voice customization expands to British English, adding Pace and Expressivity controls across four British English voices. The Siri voice controls require newer hardware, with…
1 day ago
Meta Releases Muse Glimmer, a Laptop-Ready AI Model, as Zuckerberg Pushes for Looser Open-Source Rules
Key Takeaways Glimmer is a distilled version of Muse Spark 1.2, compressed from over 55GB down to roughly 17GB so it fits on consumer GPUs with 24 or 32GB of memory. The model is available free on Hugging Face under an Apache 2.0 license, and is built for local, always-on…
