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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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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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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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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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Veritasium: Veritasium Stole $10,000 from MKBHD's Locked iPhone and Here Is Exactly How

August 11, 2026

Marques Brownlee's locked iPhone was charged $10,000 in seconds using a Proxmark, a Python script,

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Veritasium: The LSD-Fueled Road Trip That Gave the World PCR

August 11, 2026

On a Friday night drive through the California mountains in 1983, Kary Mullis pulled over

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Veritasium: The Glass in Your Pocket Has a 1.2-Million-Year History

August 11, 2026

A Veritasium producer at Corning's research facility tried to crack Gorilla Glass with a stylus

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Forbes: Sara Blakely Cut a Heel in Half and Glued It to a Sneaker. That Became Sneaks.

August 11, 2026

Sara Blakely cut a high heel in half, cut a sneaker in half, and glued

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Learn with Owner.com: The 5 Secrets Behind In-N-Out's $6 Billion Burger Empire (And What Any Restaurant Owner Can Steal)

August 10, 2026

Angus Stanfield, who runs eight pizza locations in San Antonio, breaks down the five operational

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Learn with Owner.com: The Four Rules Behind Five Guys' $2 Billion Burger Empire

August 10, 2026

Five Guys spent 17 years as a five-location family operation before franchising, then sold rights

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Learn with Owner.com: Matangos Pizzeria Grew to 7 Locations and $1 Million in Profit by Fixing These 5 Things

August 10, 2026

Enga Sandfield turned a money-losing single location into a seven-location, $7 million operation in San

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