YouTube Adds AI Podcast Recommendations and Auto Speed for Premium Users

The post A 20-Year-Old Made ‘Backrooms’. Now It’s Making A24 History appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. promotional still for kane parson’s ‘backrooms’ imdb Kane Parsons is 20 years old, and as of this weekend he is the director of the biggest opening in A24’s 14-year history. Backrooms, the psychological horror film he adapted from his own viral YouTube series, opened to $81.4 million domestically and $118 million worldwide on its debut weekend of May 29. Against a production budget of $10 million, co-financed by A24 and Chernin Entertainment, the numbers represent one of the most profitable launches of 2026 and the clearest signal yet that the generation of filmmakers who built audiences on YouTube is now dominating theatrical cinema. Forbes‘Backrooms’ Sets A24 Record With $81 Million Opening Weekend—Beating Out ‘Obsession’ And ‘Mandalorian’By Ty Roush What Backrooms Is About Backrooms is rooted in one of the internet’s most enduring pieces of folk horror. The concept originated fr

The post Will There Be A ‘Backrooms 2’? appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Renate Reinsve in “Backrooms.” A24 Director Kane Parsons’ horror thriller Backrooms opened with an estimated $81 million over the weekend against a $10 million production budget, an amount more than enough to justify the production of at least one sequel. Based on YouTube filmmaker Parsons’ web series of the same name, Backrooms stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as Curtis, a struggling used furniture store owner who discovers in the basement of his business an interdimensional portal that leads to a maze of liminal spaces that contain bizarrely placed objects and evil entities. Forbes‘Backrooms’ Streaming: Why Film’s Big Box Office Will Likely Change A24’s PVOD StrategyBy Tim Lammers After convincing his skeptical therapist, Mary (Renate Reinsve), that the spaces — known as The Backrooms in internet lore — are real, she enters the furniture store’s basement portal to find Curtis after he sends a message that he is trappe

The post When is ‘Backrooms’ Coming To Streaming? appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Renate Reinsve in “Backrooms.” A24 Kane Parsons’ Backrooms is off to a blazing start in theaters, something that will no doubt alter A24’s strategy when it comes to the film’s digital streaming release. Directed by YouTube filmmaker Parsons based on his Backrooms web series, Backrooms opened in theaters on Friday and is projected by Deadline and Variety to earn anywhere from $85 million to $90 million through Sunday. Forbes‘Backrooms’ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews Open Door To A Glowing ReceptionBy Tim Lammers The film stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as Clark, a struggling used furniture store owner who, after a recurring power glitch in the businss, goes down to the basement of his retail space. It’s there that Clark discovers an interdimensional portal that leads to a maze of creepy liminal spaces that contain strange objects and evil beings. After Clark shares his experience in the spaces — known as The Backroom

The post Clark’s Monster And ‘Backrooms’ Mysteries, Explained appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor) in ‘Backrooms’ A24 A unique monster stalks the endless corridors of Kane Parsons’ Backrooms, sharing the liminal space with abominations. There’s a kind of warped ecosystem in the other world—some elements can be traced back to Parsons’ Backrooms content on YouTube and the digital folklore that preceded it, but the monster is a new, intriguing creation. Here’s everything to know about the monster, and the background mysteries of Backrooms. Warning—Spoilers Ahead Why Is There A Monster In ‘Backrooms’? Before it became a box office hit, the Backrooms was a viral creepypasta, a collective storytelling effort that anyone on the internet could contribute to. It remains so—outside of the A24 film, the Backrooms is still inspiring new interpretations, sparking online debates over canon. Some fans believe that the Backrooms is best left empty, viewing monsters as a cheap

New features coming to YouTube could make it better for listening to podcasts, rolling out to Premium subscribers starting today on Android and coming later to iOS. A new "on-the-go mode" shifts YouTube into an audio-first layout, with larger, simplified playback buttons, a still image in place of the video, and a timeline showing video chapters. YouTube says you can turn on this new mode in a video's settings - a pop up will also appear if YouTube detects you're moving around while watching a video. If you like to speed up your podcasts to get through episodes faster, YouTube's new auto speed feature can help you automate that process. … Read the full story at The Verge.

The update signals YouTube's ongoing efforts to compete with other platforms for podcast audiences.

You can enter your own prompt, or select from the suggested options provided by YouTube. | Image: YouTube YouTube is launching a new AI feature that creates a personalized video feed based on descriptions of what you want to watch. In its announcement, YouTube says custom content feeds can be built around your specific interests, moods, or favorite topics, which you can then pin to the top of your YouTube homepage - making it easy to jump back into the feed. This feature is currently rolling out with English language support to YouTube users in the US who are signed-in on the YouTube mobile app or desktop. To access it, click on the "Your custom feed" tab at the top of the YouTube homepage and enter a prompt description into the AI text box. Fo … Read the full story at The Verge.

YouTube is taking a more active role in policing AI-generated content, announcing it will automatically apply labels to videos when its internal systems detect significant photorealistic AI — even when creators fail to disclose it themselves. The platform has required creator disclosure for over two years, but the policy shift means YouTube will now act unilaterally if […]