Creators

You can now buy a DIY OLED screen upgrade kit for the Nintendo Switch Lite for less than $50, but how easy it to install? Taki Udon demonstrates the process and while there’s no soldering needed, the installation does require the Lite to be nearly completely disassembled, and its original screen to be removed with the help of a hair dryer.

As previously announced, Masahiro Sakurai’s excellent YouTube channel — which has covered everything from organizing classic games to the nitty gritty of game development — is coming to an end. The silver lining is that the Smash Bros. boss is teasing that a “special finale” is in the works.

As Google reengineers its cost base, The Information reports that the gold “Play Button” plaque handed out for reaching one million subscribers is now around 30 percent smaller, weighing just one pound compared to the previous four pounds. YouTube says the lighter and smaller awards resulted in a “more sustainable design.”

James Bruton, an engineer and former toy maker, has spent the past few months designing and building a Star Wars AT-AT replica strong enough to carry a single rider.

It’s built from a mix of 3D-printed parts and aluminum extrusion and has a top speed of about one meter per minute, giving the Rebels plenty of time to get out of its way.

Amazon Prime has added every episode of The Legend of Vox Machina to YouTube, with all 24 episodes set to be removed again once season three launches on October 3rd.

That could bring some new fans to the series, and is a great way to speedrun the original 440+ hour Critical Role D&D campaign it's based on.

The Apple IIGS (graphics and sound) debuted in 1986 with enhanced multimedia capabilities, but software developer Matt Chesters remembers it best for the sleek mechanical keyboard the computer shipped with.

In a 15-minute YouTube video they detail how they revived a used Apple Desktop Bus Keyboard and upgraded it with wireless Bluetooth connectivity, a rechargeable battery, a tiny OLED screen, and a dedicated volume control wheel.

Following a preview earlier this year, developers can now fully build, launch, and monetize their Activities apps directly on Discord. The apps all appear as an embedded iframe inside Discord, and we’ve seen YouTube and a variety of minigames available through Activities so far. Discord is also enabling in-app purchases in Activities this week.

That’s from Meta’s Mark Rabkin, who wants to assure developers that the Meta Quest 3 and 3S are great platforms to develop VR experiences for.

Zuckerberg says that Meta is experimenting with automatic video dubbing and lip-syncing on Reels so that your videos can reach people in more languages. We didn’t get a live video of this, but he showed a video onstage of Spanish Reels dubbed into English.

YouTube has been exploring auto-dubbing, too.

The service will be shut down on November 28th according to a post on the streaming site, with subscription renewals being automatically canceled.

TikTok Music launched in 2023 as a rival to services like Spotify and Apple Music, but was only available in Indonesia, Brazil, Australia, Singapore, and Mexico. Users have until October 28th to transfer their TikTok Music playlists to other platforms.

The tool, announced last year, is now available to all Premium subscribers in the US on Android, the company says. This doesn’t personally sound like something I’d use, but it’s there if you want it.

TikTok’s subscriptions feature is rolling out to eligible non-Live creators. The platform first launched its Twitch-like subscriptions in 2022, but it was only available to TikTokers who livestream.

This means more creators can offer subscriber-only chats and videos for their fans, who can also get things like custom badges, emotes, and maybe a role on a private Discord.

The lawsuit, which is seeking class-action status, alleges “multiple causes of action related to the chronic mistreatment of and neglect suffered by participants” of the show, Variety reports.

In August, The New York Times reported that conditions on the show, Beast Games, have been pretty bad.