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Starting February 1st, 2027, creators who want to monetize their channel through YouTube’s Partner Program (YPP) will need at least 1,000 subscribers and either 8,000 qualified watch hours over the past year, or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days. That’s a sizeable jump from YouTube’s current requirement of 1,000 subscribers with 4,000 watch hours in the past year, or 1,000 subscribers with 10 million Shorts views in the last 90 days. Creators will also need to maintain 10 million Shorts views over 90 days to earn money from the Shorts Creators Pool, though falling below this…

class H3Graph: def __init__(self, schema, unet, te, lora=None): self.s, self.g, self._id = schema, {}, 0 self.unet, self.te, self.lora = unet, te, lora def node(self, cls, **inputs): self.s.check(cls, inputs) self._id += 1 nid = str(self._id) self.g[nid] = {“class_type”: cls, “inputs”: inputs} return nid def _backbone(self): model = self.node(“UNETLoader”, unet_name=self.unet, weight_dtype=”default”) if self.lora: model = self.node(“LoraLoaderModelOnly”, model=[model, 0], lora_name=self.lora, strength_model=1.0) if CFG[“SIGMA_SHIFT”]: sv, sa = CFG[“SIGMA_SHIFT”] model = self.node(“MiniMaxH3SigmaShift”, model=[model, 0], shift_video=float(sv), shift_audio=float(sa)) clip = self.node(“CLIPLoader”, clip_name=self.te, type=”minimax”, device=”default”) vvae = self.node(“VAELoader”, vae_name=VAE_VIDEO) avae = self.node(“VAELoader”, vae_name=VAE_AUDIO) return model, clip, vvae, avae def _tail(self, model, cond, latent, vvae, avae): turbo = bool(self.lora)…

A financially motivated threat actor previously associated with the Medusa ransomware operation is now deploying a new ransomware strain called StormEncryptor. Microsoft Threat Intelligence is tracking the actor as Storm-1175 and says the recent attacks were likely preceded by exploitation of an authentication-bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-18577) in the N-central remote monitoring and management (RMM) tool. Storm-1175 is believed to be a China-based threat actor. It was previously linked to Medusa ransomware, targeting systems via zero-day and n-day flaws in various products, including GoAnywhere MFT, SmarterTools SmarterMail, Microsoft Exchange, Invanti Connect Secure, and JetBrains TeamCity. “Storm-1175’s deployment of StormEncryptor marks the threat…

“We view this as the first of several rulemakings the SEC will undertake to provide regulatory certainty for crypto assets after the Senate failed before the August recess to advance the Clarity Act on crypto market structure,” TD Cowen analyst Jaret Seiberg wrote in a client note sent after the SEC’s notice.The proposal is expected to give a path to crypto firms enabling them to raise capital for projects without triggering SEC registration requirements, and the businesses are also expected to be provided an exit path for getting clear of the agency’s jurisdiction when they’re not engaged in hands-on management…

A total solar eclipse is set to cross Europe, and people around the world will be able to watch the event live. The European Space Agency (ESA) will begin its broadcast at 1:30 p.m. EDT (19:30 CEST) on August 12, giving viewers a chance to experience the eclipse from home.. Quick linksWhat Happens During a Total Solar Eclipse A solar eclipse happens when the Moon moves directly between Earth and the Sun, covering the Sun and casting a narrow region of Earth into darkness. When the Sun’s brilliant surface is hidden, its faint and wispy atmosphere becomes visible. Stars and…

With Virginia’s Aug. 4 primaries in the rearview mirror, the ballot is set in one of the nation’s most competitive congressional districts.  In the state’s second congressional district, Republican incumbent Jen Kiggans will fight to hold her seat against former U.S. Rep. Elaine Luria in a district recently reshaped to include Virginia Beach, Hampton Roads, and parts of Norfolk. The Cook Political Report describes VA-2 as a swing seat. In recent years, the area has faced severe blue-sky flooding and land subsidence from storm surges and extreme weather. It’s also adjacent to the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, projected…

Your leader (The Guardian view on sporting fair play: it was never quite cricket, 30 July) recycles the persistent caricature of Siegfried Sassoon’s, Hugh de Sélincourt’s and AG Macdonell’s cricket fiction as existing in a “bucolic dreamworld”.Sassoon’s The Flower Show Match is set against the background of the Boer war, with recurring references to the relief of Ladysmith. The home umpire is also suspected of using his wooden leg to make dents in the pitch.In De Sélincourt’s The Cricket Match, a war profiteer has felled the fir trees surrounding the Tillingford ground to have them sawn into pit props. The…

Heat health alerts now in place across whole of EnglandAmber heat health alerts are now in effect across all regions of England, aside from the north east, which has been given a yellow alert, up until Friday evening. You can keep up to date with the latest weather health alerts here.ShareUpdated at 10.04 CESTKey eventsPippa NeillFarmers have reported their earliest harvests in 20 years, with reduced yields, while reservoir levels have fallen to 69% – 11.6% lower than expected for this time of year.Paul Tompkins, the deputy president of the National Farmers’ Union, said that with no meaningful rain forecast in…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un have deepened ties since the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine began. In September last year during a meeting in Beijing, Kim vowed to do “everything we can to assist Russia.” Zelenskyy also reported attacks on a Kyiv hospital and businesses overnight, with at least one person injured. The capital’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, urged residents late Monday to seek shelter. Moscow also attacked substations in Kherson and Kharkiv, causing power outages, Zelenskyy said. Further attacks took place in the Donetsk, Dnipro and Mykolaiv regions. “Every step Russia takes — increasing ballistic…

Andy Burnham has told the justice secretary to find a way to exclude PC Andrew Harper’s killers from the early release scheme aimed at easing prison overcrowding.The prime minister is said to be “determined” to find a solution amid increasing pressure from Harper’s family and police not to allow Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, who were sentenced to 13 years for manslaughter, to be freed in January under the existing plans.On Monday, Downing Street said it was “not possible” to exempt “one or two offenders” convicted of manslaughter from the early release scheme, and it is not clear how the…