Peggy K's Creator News

Here we are in May already. I hope spring has sprung where you are reading this from! This week there are a bunch of YouTube updates, plus news for web publishers, Instagram, Firefly and more.  New this week YouTube Creator updates: replace copyright-claimed music with AI generated instrumentals, search your channel’s comments by topic rather than keywords, add multi-language thumbnails, and set channel guidelines. YouTube Live on mobile lets you preview effects before you start the stream. StreamYard lets you stream to Vimeo natively. Instagram’s Edits app added text customization, favorite effects, and the ability to generate video clips with AI. Devine may (or may not) be the reincarnation of Vine. It wants real creators, not AI slop. YouTube Viewer updates: Ask YouTube conversational search, global availability of picture-in-picture, Home feed thumbnail experiment, build your own multiview in YouTube TV and a Shorts shelf on the Google TV Home screen. Go...

Dear readers, this Earth Day week, it's worth taking a moment to think about what you can do to explore and appreciate the works around you.  This week there are updates from YouTube, Beehiiv, Edits, Threads, Google Photos and more. Announcements at Google Cloud Next suggested that the future is Agentic AI. Plus group live chat is where community is at (at least on Threads and X). Celebrating Earth Day OnEBoard’s Bob Danley shared how regular folks can participate in observing nature and the world around us.  Google:  Celebrating Earth Day 2026: How Technology and Collaboration Are Protecting Our Planet (Google Earth, Satellite Imagery and more) Flickr: Earth Day. Every Day This week's top updates Google Cloud Next: Workspace Intelligence and AI Agents YouTube adds timestamped link sharing from the mobile app and kills Clips  YouTube limits push notifications to engaged users YouTube expands likeness detection to the entertai...

 What's new this week? There are updates from Canva, YouTube, AdSense, Google Search, video and image editing tools and more.  Join OnEBoard this week for our annual Earth Day special. (Note the later than usual time for the live stream) Video Tip: Does Gemini use your emails for training? This week's top updates YouTube Live Streams with automated ads will pause ads when viewers engage. YouTube Shorts music library is available in the YouTube Create video editing app. YouTube is testing image Posts in the Shorts feed.  Hate YouTube Shorts ? Set your Shorts feed allowed viewing time to zero. Google Vids AI voiceovers are more expressive and available in more languages.  AdSense Offerwall ads and now generally available to publishers (but consider whether they are worth adding). Google Search spam policy now prohibits browser back button hijacking. Chrome on desktop will now open links side-by-side with ...

As I wrote this, the Artemis II astronauts successfully returned to Earth. It was a triumph of physics, engineering, math and human ingenuity. It was a bright spot this week. If you are in a music mood, the Coachella Music Festival is live on YouTube. There are updates this week for YouTube, AdSense, Instagram, Substack, Reddit, SEO and more. There are also AI updates for Gemini, Lyria, Firefly, Meta Muse Spark and Copilot.  This week's top updates New metrics in the YouTube Media Kit for Creators AI Avatars in the YouTube Shorts editor Nano Banana is now available in YouTube Create . StreamElements integrates YouTube Creator Partnerships and its own data to match advertisers with creators. Twitch Affiliates can participate in the latest Minecraft Sponsored Campaign. Instagram creators can earn by tagging products in Reels. Instagram now lets you edit comments. Chrome adds a vertical tabs lis...

Hello readers, I hope you had a non-foolish week. Unlike days of yore, most tech companies no longer join in April Fools Day pranks. I don't miss that, especially with jokes getting harder to distinguish from real life. A couple of exceptions: Threads let people toggle on a Comic Sans version, Snapchat trolled Meta with Reals, and Twitch switched to their original site layout. Funny? Maybe worth a chuckle. And don't miss Google's big update that allows Gmail username changes.  New This Week Google Vids has multiple updates, including Veo 3.1 video generation for all, customizable AI avatars that can interact with objects, export to YouTube and a screen capture extension for Chrome. YouTube added bulk comment hearting, expanded access to Effect Maker and AI chat on TVs. YouTube is launching Stations, a new TV viewing experience. LinkedIn requires live streams to be scheduled. TikTok added Came...

This week's theme is shopping. You may be seeing more creators promoting products on YouTube and Instagram.  Plus OpenAI is killing the Sora app, X was going to limit monetization outside users home region, plus new features for Instagram, Twitch, YouTube and more.  This week's top updates YouTube Creator Partnerships matches advertisers and creators YouTube Shopping expands to more creators Meta adds shopping features to Instagram Reels Generate music in Google Vids with Lyria 3 Edits has new fonts and templates Rushes is a new Vimeo replacement Twitch improves mobile streaming StreamYard has a new look Restream adds sharing and analytics features Ghost adds members only podcasts WordPress dot com allows AI agents Beehiiv adds AI integration for audience insights Mastodon launches friendlier user profiles Reddit labels good bots X tried to limit international creators monetizing US politics, then b...