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Someone let a GPT-3 bot loose on Reddit — it didn't end well
A GPT-3-powered bot has been caught posing as a human on Reddit after more than a week of rampant posting about some seriously ...
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Reddit acquires Dubsmash and enters the short video market
We probably wouldn't have survived 2020 if not for those funny and entertaining short videos on many platforms like TikTok. ...
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Amazon's self-driving Zoox vehicle spotted ahead of next week's reveal
The first vehicle from Amazon-owned self-driving startup Zoox has been spotted on the streets of San Francisco ahead of its ...
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MIT AI analysis of Reddit shows anxiety levels are sky-high since pandemic
The first wave of COVID-19 increased discussions about anxiety and suicide on Reddit, according to a new study by MIT and ...
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This app guesses your Myer-Briggs personality based on your Reddit history
Enter the MBTI analysis tool, an app that parses your post history to determine your Myer-Briggs personality type based on ...
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Facebook algorithm 'actively promotes' Holocaust denial content, study finds
Researchers from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), a counter-extremist group, found Facebook’s algorithm recommends ...
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Pixel 3 batteries are swelling up — and that could spell trouble for Google
Oh, no, is Google about to have its Galaxy Note 7 moment? Many Pixel 3 and 3XL owners have reported damage to their handsets ...
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Botched iOS Lightroom update irreversibly deleted users' photos and presets
An Adobe blunder just cost numerous Lightroom users years of work they'll never get back — and all the company has to offer ...
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This site lets you stack multiple subreddits in a single screen
Tweetdeck has been a great tool for Twitter power users totrack and follow different timelines through lists and other functions ...
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Reddit now supports up to 20 GIFs or images in a single post
Till now, you've had to rely on Imgur whenever you wanted to post more than one image in your Reddit post. Thankfully, you ...
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Indian Army asks its personnel to delete 89 apps including Facebook and Tinder
The Indian Army has asked its personnel to remove 89 apps from their phones including Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, and Tinder ...
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Google will host a Reddit AMA to answer developers' questions about Android 11
Google wants to give developers a better idea of what they can expect from Android 11 — so it's hosting a Reddit AMA session ...
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Reddit bans r/The_Donald and 2000 other hateful subreddits because it was about time
Reddit's r/The_Donald has long been a thinly veiled breeding ground for racism, misogyny, homophobia, and all-around bigotry ...
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URL bug lets you skip YouTube ads and paywalls by adding an extra period
Some people go through all sorts of trouble to avoid ads and paywalls on the internet, whether that means installing ad blockers ...
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OpenAI to sell its headline-grabbing text generator as an API
OpenAI once withheld its text generator for fear of misuse, but now the company will sell the tech as an enterprise product ...
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Reddit names its first black board member, Y Combinator CEO Michael Seibel
Reddit has just named Y Combinator CEO Michael Seibel as Alexis Ohanian's replacement on its board. This comes after Ohanian's ...
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Reddit's co-founder resigns, asks to be replaced by black candidate
Reddit's Alexis Ohanian is stepping down from its board, to clear the way for a black candidate and to dedicate time to fighting ...
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Devious Call of Duty pranksters are building shitty guns to fool players in Warzone
A bunch of pranksters made a subreddit to celebrate the most awful of Call of Duty: Warzone loadouts — and trick players ...
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Reddit's CEO shared the 5 subreddits he checks every day
In the series “Staying inside with…,” we pick the brains of experts and interesting people in tech to find out their ...
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Reddit's greediest traders debate shorting Tesla ahead of Musk's Joe Rogan interview
Stock traders aren't sure what to do now that Elon Musk paid another visit to the wildly popular Joe Rogan Experience podcast. ...
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Reddit has chatrooms now — what could go wrong? (Updated: Rolled back)
Update (01/05/2020): Just a day after launching the feature, Reddit has pulled it back due to immense pressure and criticism ...
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Jeff Lowe says 'Tiger King' Joe Exotic made sex tapes with zoo animals
Warning: Tiger King spoilers ahead. Jeff Lowe, a prominent figure in the “Tiger King” docu-series on Netflix, held ...
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The internet is obsessed with redesigning the new PS5 controller
It's been less than 24 hours since Sony unveiled the DualSense, the controller for the new PlayStation 5, and the internet ...
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Daily Distraction: Kicking Monday away
What what? The weekend is over? I didn't get that memo until my alarm rudely woke me up today. I mostly spend the weekend ...
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Learning during the quarantine: You can read JSTOR's Open Access content without an account
Yesterday, JSTOR, the famous digital academic library, tweeted that 6,000 of its eBooks and over 150 journals are open for ...
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Reddit partners with an SMS hotline to help users expressing suicidal thoughts
Reddit's new partnership with Crisis Text Line will offers users a way to help each other, as reported users will now receive ...
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Reddit CEO says TikTok is ‘spyware’
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman expressed his dislike for rival social media app TikTok, which he called "fundamentally parasitic." ...
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Reddit is down right now [Update: It's coming back up]
Nope, you're not the only one. Reddit is currently experiencing technical difficulties, with swathes of users reporting being ...
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You can now bother Google for tech support with #AndroidHelp
No, it's not a scam: Google is now officially providing tech support for Android-related questions over Twitter. Just use ...
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Don’t update Twitter for Android — it crashes (but you can fix it)
Twitter has advised users against downloading the to the latest version of the app on Android because it crashes. Here's ...
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Leaked trailer offers a new look at Godfall, the first game announced for PS5
We already saw a teaser in December, but there's now leaked footage of Godfall — the first announced game for PlayStation ...
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9 things I learned building my first PC (that I wish I knew before)
It's been a month since I built my very first PC and I couldn't be happier. Here are a few helpful tips I wish I knew before ...
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Alleged Bitcoin extortionist extradited to US for ties to 'Dark Overload' hacker crew
An alleged member of “The Dark Overload,” hacking group — which demanded Bitcoin ransom payments from victims — ...
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All I want for Christmas: A custom username for each subreddit
Reddit is unveiling our shameful and nerdy hobbies, I beg Santa Claus to fix it as soon as possible!
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[Best of 2019] The most popular social media networks each year, gloriously animated
It's hard to remember a world without social media, but it existed – as did a lot of other networks. We tracked their evolution. ...
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CHEAP: Game your ass off with 43% off HyperX Flight wireless headset
You'll struggle to find a better deal on a wireless gaming headset than this $60 discount on the HyperX Flight — yep, they're ...
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Horrible Chinese game asks players to beat up Hong Kong protestors
There have been plenty of games and apps that have sprung up as a result of Hong Kong protests. Now, a rather distasteful ...
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Reddit's DataIsBeautiful is sick of bar chart races — so it's banning them
The moderator team of Reddit's DataIsBeautiful community has been getting an avalanche of spammy race charts, so it's temporarily ...
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Incels and AI: Can machines fill the void?
For the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect individuals against sexual ...
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Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger are down — go back to work
Yep, it's not just you: Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger are all down right now — and nobody knows why. Find something ...
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A cacophony of self-pity drowns out r/The_Donald's message as Reddit extends quarantine
Reddit's taken r/The_Donald's teeth away. The once proud community was, in its heyday, the vanguard for the MAGA movement. ...
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Re-live the golden days with this boss repository of macOS screensavers
I remember being obsessed with screensavers as a kid. I've spent hours flicking through an array of animated backdrops, trying ...
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Alexis Ohanian and Serj Tankian team up to help build a social network for Armenia
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and System of a Down vocalist Serj Tankian are teaming up on a project to build a social ...
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YouPorn now lets you create an account without an email
YouPorn now lets you open an account without entering an email, just like Reddit. It's also introducing a light theme that ...
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Reddit and Gab's most toxic communities inadvertently train AI to combat hate speech
A team of researchers from UC Santa Barbara and Intel took thousands of conversations from the scummiest communities on Reddit ...
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Try this brain-melting 3D game that was built entirely in ASCII
A resourceful developer has built a browser-based online 3D game that is entirely rendered in ASCII — and it also has ...
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Redditor repurposes a broken MacBook Pro into a neat iPad-Mac hybrid
Most MacBook Pro machines with busted screens end up in a junkyard. But a Reddit user made the best use of it by hooking ...
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How to access deleted threads and comments on Reddit
There's a fix for the dreaded [removed] sign. Here are a few tricks on how to access deleted Reddit threads and comments. ...
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Reddit tests live broadcasting with a Public Access Network
Reddit today revealed it's testing its own livestreaming service, called RPAN or Reddit Public Access Network. It'll be running ...
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This subreddit documents the most delightful fuckups on Google Maps
Google Maps Shenanigans is a wonderful Reddit community which has been collecting some of the most unusual events caught ...
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How to build Reddit custom feeds (also known as ‘multis’) like a pro
Here is how to build up custom feeds (otherwise known as multis) on Reddit, and avoid mixing business with pleasure like ...
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TikTok is testing a WhatsApp shortcut to let you share videos with your best friends
TikTok is testing a bunch of new features, including a new Discover tab, account linking with Facebook and Google, and a ...
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Reddit's r/technology goes dark as part of #SocialMediaStrike
Reddit's r/technology subreddit has gone dark on Independence Day as part of a social media strike organized by Wikipedia ...
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Third person accused in Bitcoin-powered fake ID ring case pleads guilty
A woman accused of running a Bitcoin-powered fake ID ring pleaded guilty on Tuesday after authorities busted the operation ...
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You can't offer to murder cops on Reddit unless you're on r/TheDonald
Reddit has a very specific policy prohibiting people from threatening bodily harm or attempting to incite violence. It uses ...
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Bitcoin is the most popular cryptocurrency on Reddit, followed by Ethereum and Monero
Bitcoin is the most popular cryptocurrency on Reddit with an average of 3,600 comments about the digital currency being posted ...
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This AI-powered bot is learning how to tweet like Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin
Meet Vitalik Boterin, a new form of artificial intelligence that mimics Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin with alarming ...
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Reddit’s CTO: Designers should know these two things
At TNW2019, Reddit’s Chief Technical Officer, Chris Slowe, shared some behind-the-scenes insights into what makes the message ...
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Yes, there's a subreddit that skewers those targeted Facebook t-shirt ads
Facebook ads are usually weird and funny when they're not showing off spooky knowledge of your life and hobbies. Those targeted ...
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Redditors are pissed (and delighted) about the temporary shutdown of its r/games subreddit
Usually, being a gamer on the first of April is good fun -- jokes, memes, pranks about Half-Life 3. But the moderators of ...
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This app collects wallpapers designed to hide Samsung Galaxy S10's camera
The Hidey Hole app for Samsung's Galaxy S10 collects hole-punch wallpapers from Reddit – so you can easily hide that hole. ...
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Here’s why you’re having issues with Reddit and Wikipedia in the EU
The final vote on the EU's controversial Copyright Reform will take place on March 26. If it's passed it could have disastrous ...
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Reddit operates exactly as it was designed -- and that’s a problem
After carefully selecting a semi-automatic weapon from the trunk of his car, one of at least three, a 28-year-old gunman ...
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ISPs are reportedly blocking Reddit in India
Facebook and Instagram might be up for people around the world after a long outage, but for several people in India are not ...
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Novel ways to find what book to read next, curated by a huge word nerd
We've all been lost for what to read next, but this guide will banish that feeling forever. So, hop on in and find your next ...
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'The Gyllenhaal Experiment' shows where redditors go wrong in spelling celebrity names
In more than 600,000 attempts at spelling actress Scarlett Johansson’s name, fewer than one-in-three were successful. In ...
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Reddit's r/changemyview is a template for how all online discussion should be
The threads start as they would anywhere else online: a contentious topic, the type that adds fuel to debate before engulfing ...
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Why does Google show mysterious art when searching two random 4-letter words!
If you type in two strings of random 4-letter words (like "fjdu apld"), Google Images shows some mysterious art. We tried ...
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Reddit kicks off a game of whack-a-mole in shutting down soccer streaming subreddits
Soccer (forgive me, football gods) is arguably one of the most popular sports across the globe and has loads of fans tuning ...
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The best new social media features of 2018
Social media sites and apps have changed a lot since the beginning of the year. Here are a few of our favorite changes from ...
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Memes are taking the alt-right’s message of hate mainstream
Think of an internet meme and you’ll probably smile. The most memorable viral images are usually funny, from Distracted ...
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Redditors work out player counts to over 100 PS4 games
Gamers on Reddit have seized on trophy data provided by Sony to calculate just how many people are playing which PS4 games. ...
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All #TNW2018 talks are now podcasts for your aural pleasure
All the talks from this year's TNW Conference have been turned into podcasts, so you can listen rather than watch. We're ...
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Redditor spots murderers on NBA trading card
A perceptive Redditor recently realized an NBA trading card from nearly 30 years ago contained infamous characters in the ...
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Twitter, Pornhub and other platforms ban AI-generated celebrity porn
'Deepfakes', the latest trend in online pornography is about to take a hit as Twitter and PornHub are banning its distribution ...
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Reddit bans Deepfakes community that made AI-generated celebrity porn
Following in the footsteps of Twitter, Gfycat and Pornhub, Reddit has banned the Deepfakes forum to stop the spread AI-generated ...
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Reddit's data hoarders are frantically trying to save Tumblr's NSFW content
After Tumblr announced, on Monday, that it was invoking the nuclear option to expel NSFW content on the platform, the internet ...
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Oh my god this leak of a Harry Potter RPG has blown my tiny muggle mind
Leaked footage from a Harry Potter RPG has appeared online. And, well, it looks like it might be an amazing video game. We ...
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A subreddit called StopGaming offers help for addicts over objections from skeptics
While the debate rages over whether gaming addiction is a true disorder, a subreddit is lending a helping hand to those who ...
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People are turning to subreddits in lieu of traditional counseling
When they can't find help for their problems in person, those in need are turning to support groups in an unlikely place: ...
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Apple runs into another embarrassing issue with the new MacBook Pro
A series of embarrassing gaffes in Cupertino are leading many to question whether Apple has lost its eye for detail. Just ...
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Everything you need to know about Reddit's recent security 'incident'
Reddit recently learned that a hacker managed to access multiple employee accounts and walk away with "some" current email ...
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This decentralized Reddit copycat lets you buy upvotes with Bitcoin
ThunderMessage is a decentralized take on Reddit powered by the new Lightning Network - where votes are funded by Bitcoin. ...
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Reddit rolls out subreddit chatrooms – what could possibly go wrong?
Social media giant Reddit has begun rolling out a new chatroom feature across its site with an aim to increase user engagement. ...
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Tech savvy drug users are relying on Apple Watch and Fitbit to keep them safe during cocaine binges
Apple and Fitbit both like to tout the potential health benefits of their wearable devices. For a few hundred bucks, users ...
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A ring that lets you feel your partner's heartbeat is trolling at level 10
The HB (heartbeat) ring lets you feel your partner's heartbeat while they're away. It's a sweet idea, until the internet ...