Take Five: Friday Edition June 26

Hello and welcome back to the Friday edition of Take Five, where we analyze and dissect the top tech headlines and share my opinions. Be sure to tune into Pulse: The Heartbeat of America on YouTube, where I cover my favorite tech headlines, teen culture, exclusive interviews, and react to trending content. Let’s jump in….

YouTube Finally Rolls Out a Long-Awaited Quality-of-Life Upgrade

YouTube has introduced a much-needed improvement to its auto-generated captions and transcripts, making it easier than ever to search through video content. For years, desktop users could access transcripts by clicking the description box and selecting “Show transcript.” While there was no dedicated search bar within the transcript itself, you could simply use Ctrl +…

How To Download RUMBLE Transcripts For FREE

Rumble, the Canadian “uncensored” competitor to YouTube, is still an emerging platform. It doesn’t yet have the same level of coder support as YouTube (no built-in AI transcript search, easy exports, etc.). However, because Rumble is more open, you can often download a video’s transcript/captions directly on your device—no third-party tools needed! (Tested on Windows)We’re…

How To Search Local and National News Archives FREE!!!

As many of you know, I am passionate about investigations, OSINT, and local news. I often wonder how characters like Emily Jones from Adventures in Odyssey or Liz from Kids Corner find local stories for their detective agencies. Searching for local news, whether in Houston or any major U.S. city, is often frustrating. Ad-heavy websites…

How I Created a Custom Wiki About Myself

     NotebookLM is finally working for me again! With over 100 videos transcribed by YouTube across multiple channels, I decided it was time to create a personal wiki about myself and my views. NotebookLM is great for this, but manually importing each video would be tedious and time-consuming. So, I used the YouTube to NotebookLM…

Press Release: TheTechBoy Media Expands Teen Brand With Podcast Co-Host Search and New Opportunities for Student Writers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TheTechBoy Media Expands Teen Brand With Podcast Co-Host Search and New Opportunities for Student Writers Houston, TX — TheTechBoy Media, a Houston-based student-centered media company, is expanding its presence in teen culture with new opportunities for students to join its growing brand. The company announced an open call for a new teen…

This Week In TheTechBoy Podcast Transcripts (beta)

    Hello, this is TheTechBoy with a special article. Using my YTTranscripts downloader, I was able to download and archive most of my podcast episode transcripts that have been auto-generated by YouTube. Now, I am sharing this with you. This site will be updated, and new features such as full-text search will come soon. Access…

How to Cut Out a Person in Motion Ninja

If you want to cut out a person or object in Motion Ninja—the awesome mobile video editing app that’s perfect for creating animations and effects—here’s what you need to do. It’s great for beginners or pros who want to make their videos pop with stuff like keyframes and multi-layer magic. Open Motion Ninja (available on…

Chat GPT Interviewed Me!!!

Hello, this is TheTechBoy with a special article.  I recently sat down with ChatGPT for an exclusive interview. Here it is. Interview with TheTechBoy CEO: Insights into the World’s Largest Teen-Run Christian Tech Blog 1. What inspired you to start TheTechBoy, and how has the blog evolved since its inception?** I was inspired to start…