Recent Headlines

• VTuber Mitama Sakumaru is working on “reality manifestation” tools for VTubers–like an iPhone program that avatar-ifies their hands in real time

  Sakamaru said this tool (which they warn is not beginner-friendly, but can work for both VOD and livestream content) is part of their work on "reality manifestation stuff"--which we're guessing means more tools for VTubers to offer their viewers IRL content while maintaining their animated appearances and settings.

  
• VidCon’s new title sponsor is an AI-powered creator monetization platform

  Rather than YouTube or TikTok, an agentic AI creator monetization platform called POP.STORE will be the title sponsor for VidCon 2026.

  
• Fitness instructors are the “rockstars” of their industry. That’s why Les Mills spent 3 years making a YouTube docuseries to put them in the spotlight.

  Anyone who argues going to the gym isn't a real sport will have a lot to hear from Phillip Mills, the founder and Managing Director of international fitness company Les Mills. Named after Phillip's Olympian father, Les Mills offers a vast variety of in-person and online fitness classes hosted--and this is crucial--by over 100,000 expert instructors from all around the world.

  

• Social media has political divides, but some feeds are more polarized than others
• Streamers are mogging each other, so Twitch changed its rules to accommodate them
• Meta says its new age verification tech isn’t facial recognition. Can that solution manage meddling kids?
• It’s time for a Game Changer: Dropout raises $1.5 million (and counting) to develop board game