YouTube is making it harder to earn money on YouTube

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 … Read more

CVE-2026-56155: The Actively Exploited AD FS Flaw That Hands Over Your Identity Keys

On July 28, 2026, the federal deadline passed to remediate CVE-2026-56155 — an actively exploited vulnerability in Microsoft’s Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) that CISA added to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on July 14. The flaw is not remarkable for its CVSS score, a middling 7.8. It is remarkable for what it … Read more

Meet SecurityMetrics: HackerNoon Company of the Week

We are back with another Company of the Week feature! Every week, we share an awesome tech brand from our tech company database, making their evergreen mark on the internet. This unique HackerNoon database ranks S&P 500 companies and top startups of the year alike. This week, we feature SecurityMetrics, a data security and compliance company, holding a … Read more

Slick Search Earns an 81 Proof of Usefulness Score by Giving Users Control Over Search Rankings

Welcome to the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon spotlight, curated by HackerNoon’s editors to showcase noteworthy tech solutions to real-world problems. Whether you’re a solopreneur, part of an early-stage startup, or a developer building something that truly matters, the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon is your chance to test your product’s utility, get featured on HackerNoon, and … Read more

Building Reliable Voice Control for Jellyfin: What Worked, What Broke, and What Had to Go

When I started extending Smart Home Cinema – Voice Control to Jellyfin, the goal sounded straightforward: speak a command on one side of the system and make the expected action happen on a television running a Jellyfin client. The project had started as a Windows voice-control system built around VLC and PotPlayer. In that environment, … Read more

Boeing is selling its air taxi startups to Archer Aviation

Boeing is selling three of its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) subsidiaries to Archer Aviation, in addition to taking an undisclosed stake in the San Jose-based company. The subsidiares to be acquired by Archer include Wisk Aero, which has been developing an autonomous electric aircraft; SkyGrid, which is building air traffic management systems to … Read more

Steam hardware shipper breach leaks customer data, including names and addresses

Valve says a data breach may have exposed the personal information of customers who ordered its Steam hardware in Europe. In an email sent to users, Valve says its European shipping partner, CEVA Logistics, suffered a data breach that may have included customer names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses. The breach at CEVA occurred … Read more