Peggy K's Creator News

Lots of updates this week, for YouTube, for Meta Threads and Facebook, Twitch, and more. Plus a new social AI video sharing app from OpenAI that’s all about deepfakes of yourself and friends. Note that next week there will not be a newsletter or live stream because I will be attending the Google Product Expert Summit in Dublin, Ireland . I’ll share more about it when I get back! 📨 Subscribe to get Creator Weekly by email. Top news and updates this week New generative AI tools and templates in YouTube Effect Maker YouTube BrandConnect Open Call is a pilot program for U.S. Partners to more easily get started with Brand sponsorships. Extend with AI is a new Remix option for YouTube Shorts. YouTube reorganized the Channel Moderation settings in YouTube Studio. Monetizing YouTubers who vertical live stream can now set Gift goals. YouTube is updating its Medical Misinformation policy to prohibit false claims about tobacco and nicotine. YouTube is piloting two auto-dubbing update...

To celebrate 10 years of Creator Weekly, I’m sharing  tech highlights from 2015  that still resonate 10 years later. This update was for the  week of October 3, 2015. Ten years ago this week, Blogger started rolling out HTTPS support for Blogspot blogs. This was part of a concerted push for "HTTPS everywhere" as adoption of secure sites took off. HTTPS Everywhere Blogger HTTPS Settings in 2015 On September 30, 2015 Blogger started rolling out HTTPS support . Initially this was only available for blogs on the blogspot.com domain, but it eventually became available for Blogger blogs with custom domains as well (like this one).  HTTPS is HTTP Secure, which makes an encrypted connection between the browser and web server. This prevents man-in-the-middle attacks, bad actors seeing authentication credentials and cookies, or even tampering with the data in transit. HTTPS was not new in 2015. Gmail web pages, for example, were using HTTPS in 200...