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Mr. Beast doesn't want you to watch his YouTube videos anymore

Between a new fintech app and his Amazon TV show, Jimmy Donaldson now treats his YouTube channel like a funnel for other ventures

Snapchat launches creator subscriptions in alpha, available to some creators in the US starting February 23; creators set custom monthly pricing (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Snapchat launches creator subscriptions in alpha, available to some creators in the US starting February 23; creators set custom monthly pricing  —  Social network Snapchat announced today it's launching creator subscriptions in alpha with select people in the U.S. starting on February 23.

Israeli drone OS developer Xtend merges with New York-listed JFB to list on Nasdaq at a $1.5B valuation, including a $152M investment from Eric Trump and others (Sophie Shulman/CTech)

Sophie Shulman / CTech:
Israeli drone OS developer Xtend merges with New York-listed JFB to list on Nasdaq at a $1.5B valuation, including a $152M investment from Eric Trump and others  —  The Israeli drone operating system company secures $152 million in investment.  —  Israeli drone operating system company XTEND …

Muppet Treasure Island's PC game was almost the turning point for Muppet video games

Explore the history of Muppet video games, with a focus on the Muppet Treasure Island PC game that almost turned the ship around for the Muppet gaming genre in 1996.

Alex Ross reveals new Marvel characters in exclusive artwork

Alex Ross' Marvel Dimensions is out this fall. Here's Polygon's exclusive look at some of the characters the Kingdom Come artist says he's debuting.