It’s a drizzly Mondy morning in New York, and the hotel restaurant I’m sitting in is filled with the sounds of prep work for the day. To me, the tinkling glasses and ringing silverware are easily ignorable, the hodgepodge of clinks and clatters immediately fading into the background. But for …
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When YouTube star and game legend MatPat speaks to Rolling Stone, he’s 24 hours from one of the biggest changes of his life. For almost a decade, MatPat, whose real name is Matthew Patrick, has been the main host of Game Theorists, a popular YouTube show that eventually expanded into …
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It’s 24 hours before the biggest sporting event of the year and amid the fevered cacophony of rabid lines of fans, a looming showdown, and the city of Las Vegas, one small teenage girl only has eyes for an unassuming young woman in a Super Bowl LVIII T-shirt. “Wait!” she …
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Nia D. is the streamer behind StarWarsTheory, a channel dedicated to the George Lucas science fiction universe, with over 3.3 million subscribers on YouTube alone. Most of his content revolves around dissecting Star Wars internet theories, debating casting choices, and discussing new announcements and releases. But it also draws viewers …
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Gaming YouTuber MatPat announced on Tuesday afternoon that he would be officially retiring from his YouTube channel,marking an official end to over 12 years of being an online gaming and fandom authority. In a tearful video titled “Goodbye Internet,” MatPat — legal name Matthew Patrick — announced that March 9, …
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Infamous mommy vlogger and influencer Ruby Franke has pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree felony child abuse, according to KUTV. Franke was charged in Utah with six counts of aggravated child abuse, but two were dropped as a part of her deal. The news comes after three months of …
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YouTube will soon require users to to disclose when their videos feature content made with artificial intelligence. As part of a blog post Tuesday on the company’s evolving approach to AI, the platform acknowledged AI’s potential to be used to generate content that can “mislead viewers — particularly if they’re …
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In a political landscape already fraught for the transgender community, right-wing media organizations have found a new way to bypass platform guidelines prohibiting hate speech, by producing documentaries advocacy groups are calling “propaganda” and promoting them with carefully edited trailers. Last week, many users who logged onto X (formerly Twitter) …
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Winged unicorns dance to a slow lullaby across a pink field of rainbows, cotton candy clouds, and smiling pastel stars. Black text interrupts the scene. “40 INFANTS WERE MURDERED IN ISRAEL BY THE HAMAS TERRORISTS (ISIS). JUST AS YOU WOULD DO EVERYTHING FOR YOUR CHILD. WE WILL DO EVERYTHING TO …
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A YouTube executive said that while Russell Brand has been demonetized on the platform, the actor-comedian will not be banned amid accusations of rape and sexual assault. On Tuesday, YouTube suspended Brand’s ability to monetize his channel — which has 6 million subscribers — and halted advertisements on his videos, …
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