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vidIQ: YouTube Just Doubled Its Monetization Bar and Creators Have Until February 2027

August 11, 2026

YouTube has doubled its watch hour requirements for ad revenue monetization, raising the bar from

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Senator Bernie Sanders: Bernie Sanders Sat Down With Claude and Asked It to Explain What AI Companies Know About You

August 11, 2026

Senator Bernie Sanders asked Claude directly what AI companies know about ordinary Americans and whether

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Cesar Millan: Cesar Millan Visits a Grandma Whose Lab's Barking Is Keeping Her Grandson Away

August 11, 2026

Cesar Millan visits Leslie Wenke in California, where her yellow lab Buddy's constant fearful barking

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Plumes: A Bird Sings 'My Way' and the Internet Is Not Okay

August 11, 2026

Plumes assembled a compilation of animals receiving private concerts, from 'You've Got a Friend in

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Shout! Studios: Frank Sinatra Called Palm Springs His Heaven, and the Town Never Forgot It

August 11, 2026

Frank Sinatra fell in love with Palm Springs in the mid-1940s and called it his

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Rolling Stone: BTS Opens Up About 'Arirang,' Jung Kook's Explicit Lyrics, and the Super Bowl Dream

August 11, 2026

BTS returned to the Rolling Stone cover with stories of 600-year-old folk songs, Super Bowl

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Olandria Carthen♡: Olandria Carthen Visited Nigeria for the First Time and Left a Piece of Herself at a Lagos Primary School

August 11, 2026

Olandria Carthen made her first trip to Nigeria wearing a custom dress she had commissioned

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Olandria Carthen♡: Olandria Carthen Became Barbie at Coachella 2026 and Brought Her Day-One Besties Along for the Ride

August 11, 2026

Olandria Carthen spent the pre-dawn hours of Coachella 2026 inflating pool floaties and painting her

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Plumes: Animals Get a Private Concert and the Reactions Are Everything

August 11, 2026

A channel called Plumes has been singing classic ballads directly to animals, and the reactions,

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: Marty Schwartz Breaks Down the Electric Guitar in One Beginner Lesson

August 11, 2026

Marty Schwartz of Marty Music walks a first-time electric guitar player through every piece of

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: Marty Schwartz Teaches Two Guitar Chords That Unlock a Million Songs

August 11, 2026

Guitar teacher Marty Schwartz breaks down two chords built from a single movable shape that

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Undecided with Matt Ferrell: Graphene Is Finally Showing Up in the Real World, and the Concrete Numbers Are Hard to Dismiss

August 11, 2026

In April 2025, workers poured 15 cubic meters of graphene-enhanced concrete at a wastewater treatment

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