(Photo : Pixabay/StockSnap) YouTube Shorts creators get paid YouTube announced on Tuesday, May 11, that a $100 million fund will pay the most popular creators on its latest platform, YouTube Shorts, which is set to be a competitor of TikTok. YouTube Shorts to Pay Creators YouTube said in a blog post that the Shorts Fund is just the first step in their journey to build a long-term monetization model for Shorts on YouTube. The company added the fund will be launched in the coming months. The fund comes as Google-owned YouTube tries to grow its user and creator base for its short-form video…
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Bose announced today that it will begin selling direct-to-consumer SoundControl hearing aids for adults with mild to moderate hearing loss on May 18th. They’ll cost $849.95 and will be sold directly by Bose in five states — Massachusetts, Montana, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas — before they’re available nationally. The hearing aids are meant to be fit and controlled by the wearer without needing to see an audiologist for a hearing test and professional fitting. They use standard hearing aid batteries that Bose says will last up to four days if used 14 hours a day. Volume, treble and…
Right now, Facebook Messenger, Signal, WhatsApp, and other messaging applications are important as they allow people to connect with one another, especially during the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, which is still greatly affecting some countries across the globe. (Photo : Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)The Snapchat app is displayed on the home screen of an iPhone on May 2, 2018 in San Anselmo, California. Stock prices for Snapchat dropped 20 percent before slightly rebounding after reporting first quarter earnings of $230.66 million on Tuesday that didn’t meet analyst expectations of $243.6 million However, various security experts revealed that these online…
Samsung representatives won’t show up in person to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year, according to a statement obtained by Reuters. The company says it has “made the decision to withdraw from exhibiting in-person” and will instead attend remotely to prioritize the health and safety of its customers and employees. Samsung has yet to announce what its remote presence will look like. The in-person event is still scheduled to happen in June, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and difficulties with vaccination availability outside the US. The GSM Association, which organizes the event, also fought against shutting down last year’s…
(Photo : Pixabay/Firmbee) Microsoft Edge browser coupons Microsoft Edge for Android will soon get a new feature that will automatically apply available coupons on e-commerce websites to help users save some money. The feature is live on the latest Microsoft Edge Canary release for Android. Microsoft Edge Coupon Feature Microsoft introduced price comparisons in Edge last week as part of its Collections feature, but this new coupon experience goes further. It is a part of a massive push by Microsoft to position Edge as the browser for online shopping, but the comparisons and coupons only work for the US users as…
The health ministry reported a total of 4,743 people in intensive care units with Covid-19, down by 127 and the eight consecutive fall. Reuters | | Posted by Harshit Sabarwal, Paris PUBLISHED ON MAY 11, 2021 10:26 PM IST The number of patients in French hospitals with Covid-19 fell further on Tuesday, health ministry data showed.The ministry reported a total of 4,743 people in intensive care units with Covid-19, down by 127 and the eight consecutive fall. The overall number of people in hospital with the virus also fell for the eight consecutive day and was down by 638 to…
The White House announced new efforts to vaccinate Americans, including an expansion of free rides from Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. to get shots and a partnership with community colleges to administer vaccines.Lyft and Uber will offer free rides through July 4 to anyone going to get vaccinated in the U.S., the White House said on Tuesday. It’s an expansion of programs they were already providing to some low-income users in cooperation with pharmacies and non-profits.The Biden administration and its federal pharmacy partners are also seeking to start on-site vaccination clinics at community colleges in a bid to inoculate…
Microsoft has been releasing new Windows 10 updates for previous months. These new features are supposed to be offering improvements and enhancements that will make the user experience more enjoyable. (Photo : Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)An HP Spectre XT laptop computer featuring an Intel Ultrabook processor is displayed during the Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) 2012 consumer electronics trade fair on August 31, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Microsoft, Samsung, Sony, Panasonic and Philips are amongst many of the brands showcasing their latest consumer electronics hardware, software and gadgets to members of the public from August 31 to September 5. However, there are…
Viktor Medvedchuk, a prominent ally of the Kremlin in Ukraine, has been formally put under suspicion for high treason and the attempted theft of national resources in annexed Crimea, Ukrainian media reported on Tuesday, citing prosecutors.The move is part of a widening crackdown against Medvedchuk, an opposition lawmaker and businessman, that began in February when he and associates were put under sanctions and three television channels owned by an ally were forced off air.It comes after months of tensions between Kyiv and Moscow over a build-up of Russian troops on Ukraine’s eastern border and rising clashes in eastern Ukraine. The…
Security researchers discovered a new Android banking malware called TeaBot. They claimed that this new trojan virus can steal users’ bank credentials to steal their funds. (Photo : Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)A participant sits with a laptop computer as he attends the annual Chaos Communication Congress of the Chaos Computer Club at the Berlin Congress Center on December 28, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. The Chaos Computer Club is Europe’s biggest network of computer hackers and its annual congress draws up to 3,000 participants. According to the involved cybersecurity researchers, the new Android banking malware was disclosed on Monday, May…