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ForkLog 35 19.11.2024

Popular YouTuber Loses Seed Phrase to Ledger Holding $366,000 in Bitcoin

A renowned Brazilian pianist known as Lord Vinheteiro, with over 7 million YouTube subscribers, has lost access to 4 BTC valued at over 2 million reais (more than $366,000), according to Decrypt. Fabrício André Bernard Di Paolo, his real name, revealed on X that he misplaced the paper containing the seed phrase for his Bitcoin […]

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ForkLog 7 13.11.2024

South Korean YouTuber Accused of Selling Scam Coins Worth $232 Million

South Korean police have detained 215 individuals in connection with an alleged fraud involving an investment company managed by an unnamed video blogger. This was reported by local media. According to the investigation, from December 2021 to March 2023, the creator of a YouTube channel with 620,000 subscribers operated a fraudulent consulting firm. Users were […]

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ForkLog 71 14.10.2024

MrBeast Accused of Promoting Scam Tokens by Researcher

YouTube personality MrBeast allegedly earned over $10 million by investing in low-cap tokens and promoting them. This conclusion was drawn by anonymous on-chain analyst SomaXBT, as reported here. 1/ An investigation into @MrBeast ,how he allegedly made $10M+ by backing low-cap IDO crypto tokens promoted by influencers like Lark Davis, CryptoBanter, KSI, and others. Many […]

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ForkLog 24 20.09.2024

Indian Supreme Court’s YouTube Channel Hijacked for Crypto Scam Promotion

Hackers seized control of the Indian Supreme Court’s YouTube channel to promote a scam involving Ripple and the cryptocurrency XRP. Source: Cointelegraph. On September 20, the perpetrators changed the channel’s name, which had 217,000 subscribers, and deleted all previous videos. They then launched a fake broadcast featuring Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse. The scammers urged […]

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ForkLog 11 19.09.2024

YouTube to Introduce AI Tools in Shorts

YouTube has announced the integration of DeepMind’s AI model, Veo, into its short-form video service, Shorts. Unveiled in May, the neural network can generate 1080p videos lasting about a minute using prompts. The technology competes with OpenAI’s Sora and other video generators like Pika, Runway, and Irreverent Labs. Veo will be integrated into YouTube Shorts […]

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ForkLog 23 04.09.2024

Spotter Unveils AI Tools for YouTube Creators, Boosting Views by 49%

Startup Spotter has launched AI-driven tools designed to assist YouTube creators throughout the creative process, reports TechCrunch. The Spotter Studio solution facilitates brainstorming video concepts, generating ideas for thumbnails and titles, planning projects, organizing tasks, and collaborating with teams. Among the tool’s features is the analysis of billions of publicly available YouTube videos using AI […]

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ForkLog 18 08.08.2024

YouTube Trials New AI Feature Powered by Gemini

YouTube is testing a new feature for content creators called Brainstorm with Gemini, based on Google’s AI. This tool enables video creators to brainstorm ideas, titles, and thumbnails. To use the tool, one must open YouTube Studio, describe the video idea in the search bar, and select the Brainstorm with Gemini option. The functionality is […]

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ForkLog 9 16.07.2024

YouTube Music and Deezer Unveil New AI Features

Music streaming services YouTube Music and Deezer have joined Spotify and Amazon Music in the race to integrate new AI services. AI Radio and Shazam-like Tool from YouTube Music YouTube Music has introduced two new tools, reports TechCrunch: an AI-powered conversational radio feature; a Shazam-like tool. The first feature allows users to create their own […]

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ForkLog 79 03.06.2024

Deepfake of Elon Musk Promotes Bitcoin Scam on YouTube

On June 2, a graphic designer for Dogecoin, known as DogeDesigner, discovered a YouTube livestream featuring a deepfake of Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk promoting a cryptocurrency scam. YouTube should change its name to ScamTube. A deepfake livestream of Elon Musk promoting a cryptocurrency scam is currently being broadcast on YouTube, with over 35,000 […]

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ForkLog 11 28.05.2024

YouTube Co-Founder Backs Meme Coin Inspired by Platform’s First Cat Video

Steve Chen, co-founder and former CTO of YouTube, has thrown his support behind the meme coin Pajamas Cat (PAJAMAS), which is based on the first cat video uploaded to the platform. The only thing I own is Pajamas. Hahaha. …and Solana. I am having so much fun on Solana! Looking at Sol’s market cap, it […]

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ForkLog 15 24.05.2024

Court Sides with SEC Against YouTuber Ian Balina

Crypto investor and YouTuber Ian Balina violated U.S. securities laws in promoting and selling SPRK tokens, a Texas court ruled. In 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused Balina of participating in the unregistered ICO of Sparkster. The project marketed itself as a “no-code” development platform. It completed a crowdsale in July 2018, […]

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ForkLog 19 20.03.2024

Steve Wozniak Prevails in Legal Battle Against YouTube

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has secured another legal victory in his ongoing battle against YouTube over the use of fake videos featuring the entrepreneur in a bitcoin scam. This was reported by Bloomberg. The San Jose appeals court overturned a lower court ruling that had absolved the video hosting platform of any liability. According to […]

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