YouTube’s burnout generation

For mental health YouTuber Kati Morton, finding some kind of stability has meant using Patreon, which contributes about half of her monthly income and is her most consistent revenue stream. She's been on it for the past four years; her channel has existed since 2011.Patreon is a service for fans to pay monthly subscriptions to…

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The FAA wants to track all drones flying in the US

UAVs only flying within 400 feet of their operators don't have to broadcast that information but will still have to transmit it to the system via the internet. To note, operators can choose between their drone's serial number or a randomly generated alphanumeric code to use as their machines' ID, if they want to protect…

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HP Spectre x360 13-inch review: Stylish, powerful and flexible

HP managed to fit in an IR camera for Windows Hello face authentication. That's something we missed on the XPS 13 2-in-1, which only featured a fingerprint sensor. The Spectre's super small camera is terribly grainy and blurry, unfortunately, but that's the price you pay for squeezing it into a tiny screen bezel. The x360…

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The 24 Absolute Best Movies of the 2010s

Over the past 10 years, thousands of movies have hit the world’s multiplexes. It’s nearly impossible to watch, let alone review, all of them. Yet, looking back over the past decade, it’s easy to recall the ones that left indelible marks. The ones that caused audiences to leave the theater gobsmacked (or heartbroken, or mind-blown).…

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Nintendo Switch Lite Tips: 11 Ways to Get the Most Out of It

Congratulations on the new Switch Lite! Now let's get to work. Whether you got a Switch Lite as a gift this holiday season or you picked one up yourself, setting it up is a breeze but there are a couple of things you should know. First off: Oh my god it's so cute, right?If you…

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When the Transportation Revolution Hit the Real World

The problem with going to college in Saint Paul is that the terms “academic year” and “Minnesota winter” are, give or take a month, synonymous. And so, by the time I grabbed a diploma in 2010, I had a solid education in both the liberal arts and the difficulty of getting around town in single-digit…

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Everything and Nothing Is a Tech Company Now

It was 1998 and internet mania was in full swing. Fueled by the fear of missing out on the next big e-thing, freewheeling venture capitalists and speculators poured money into companies that appeared only tangentially internet-related. Entrepreneurs responded in kind, many going so far as to add “.com” or some techy sounding prefix like “e-“…

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The Decade Big-Money Email Scams Took Over

Some email scams—penis enlargement spam, "Nigerian prince" shakedowns—feel like they've been around almost as long as email itself. But the grifts have evolved significantly over the last decade, as scammers have learned that they can extract much bigger payouts from big businesses than lone victims. They've tallied billions of dollars in the last few years…

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The 10 Tech Products That Defined This Decade

There's no shortage of products that are hailed by their creators as "revolutionary" or "totally transformative" upon launch. Sure, every company that births a new gadget into the world wants to believe that its innovative design and fancy new manufacturing process is going to profoundly change the way we experience technology in the future. But…

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Think You’re Enlightened? Try Eating With Your In-Laws

If your worst critic over the holidays isn’t your fitness tracker, it may be your relatives. You may only break bread with those wackos once a year—but the emotional repercussions from those brief moments can feel long-lasting.You’re not alone. Nearly half of Americans experience family-induced stress over the holidays. And while your family’s particular brand…

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