The Reddit app-pocalyse is here: Apollo, Sync, and BaconReader go dark | Many major third-party apps are finally shutting down. (www.theverge.com)
After a month of outrage, protests, and unrest from the community, Reddit has finally flipped the switch to shut down some third-party apps, including Apollo, Sync, and BaconReader.
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Reddit users are saying goodbye to their favorite apps with tributes and memes; ‘It’s been a great run. So long and thanks for everything.’ (www.theverge.com)
Many popular third-party Reddit apps will be shutting down on Friday, including Apollo, RIF, Sync, and Boost, and fans of the apps are sending them off with heartfelt posts and memes.
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Making a real JARVIS A.I. was a mistake. (www.youtube.com)
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“Reddit cannot survive without its moderators. It cannot.” - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
That’s a recent quote from Reddit’s VP of community, Laura Nestler. Here’s more of it: This week, Reddit has been telling protesting moderators that if they keep their communities private, the company will take action against them. Any actions could happen as soon as this afternoon.
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The first beta release of MakuluLinux Max puts artificial intelligence inside everyday desktop usage. (www.technewsworld.com)
Hackers exploit zero-day in Ultimate Member WordPress plugin with 200K installs (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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Russian Cybersecurity Executive Arrested for Alleged Role in 2012 Megahacks (krebsonsecurity.com)
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Motorola’s “Satellite Link” hotspot lets you send messages via outer space (arstechnica.com)
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Reddit's Valuation Has Fallen Even Further, Fidelity Says (gizmodo.com)
Fidelity estimates Reddit’s holdings are at $15.4 million, which is down over 7% from the fund’s estimates of $16.6 million from this past April.
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Anti-sex activists are picking off sex workers on Instagram—and Instagram is letting them (jezebel.com)
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Tried to look at an Amber Alert today
I have a long commute in and out of a large city. Since I spend so much time on the road, I always try to get the details of Amber Alert notifications to be on the lookout for vehicles used in abductions. I guess I can’t do that anymore since Twitter requires an account to see Amber Alerts. Hopefully my state finds another...
Twitter locked behind login page. (lemm.ee)
So today I clicked a twitter link because companies like to use it for official announcements, only to be greeted with a login page. Was annoyed then I remembered nitter exists. It just prompted me to install Privacy Redirect which I should have done ages ago....
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Reddit is going to remove mods of private communities unless they reopen — ‘This is a courtesy notice to let you know that you will lose moderator status in the community by end of week.’ (www.theverge.com)
Reddit has informed moderators of communities that are still private in protest that they will lose their mod status by the end of the week. Thousands of communities went dark earlier this month to push back on the company’s planned API pricing changes.
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Reddit Threatens Subs to Go Public Again, or Else... (gizmodo.com)
The site is handing out Thursday deadlines for reopening as key metrics take a hit.
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Minecraft Developers Quit Reddit after its controversial API changes (www.cnbc.com)
In the latest blow to Reddit after its API billing changes, the makers of Minecraft — one of the best-selling video games of all time — have quit the platform.
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A lawsuit claims OpenAI stole 'massive amounts of personal data,' including medical records and information about children, to train ChatGPT (www.businessinsider.com)
The lawsuit alleges OpenAI crawled the web to amass huge amounts of data without people’s permission.
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One of the best reasons to use a Kobo is going away this summer (www.theverge.com)
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US wind produced more electricity than coal in April (renewablesnow.com)
According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), wind produced more electricity than
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Reddit mods are calling for an ‘affordable return’ for third-party apps (www.theverge.com)
Some of Reddit’s most popular communities have posted open letters to the company with a series of requests regarding many key issues at the heart of the recent protests on the platform. They want a response by June 29th.
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As Reddit protests turn to porn-bombing, advertisers face increasing brand safety concerns (www.thedrum.com)
Protests on the social platform have entered a new phase, with users shirking the platform’s NSFW content rules en masse. The development has some media buyers on high alert, experts say.
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Reddit plagued with 1-star App Store reviews over API debacle as users search for 0-star button (9to5mac.com)
Despite site-stopping protests by mods and users, Reddit leadership chose to brute force its way through any reasonable way of…
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Mojang exits Reddit, says they '"no longer feel that Reddit is an appropriate place to post official content or refer [its] players to". (www.pcgamer.com)
If you want official updates from the Minecraft dev team, you better not look on Reddit. A post from a Reddit user bearing the name sliced_lime and a flair indicating they are the Minecraft Java Tech
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Google execs admit users are ‘not quite happy’ with search experience after Reddit blackouts (www.cnbc.com)
Google executives acknowledged this month they need to do a better job surfacing user-generated content after the recent Reddit blackouts.
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Wi-Fi 7 is coming — here's what to know (www.computerworld.com)
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