Yahoo Home Spotify's priciest lossless audio plan could sort playlists by "danceability"
The long-awaited option is likely to cost $20 per month.
Dumb Money: Writing biopic as it happened was like 'hopping onto a rollercoaster in the middle of its course'
Writing duo Rebecca Angelo and Lauren Schuker Blum speak to Yahoo UK about their experience adapting the true story into a script in real time.
The Google Nest Hub Max is losing some of its Zoom and Meet conferencing functionality
Say goodbye to cooking while on Google Meet or Zoom.
'Dumb Money': Gamestop, Keith Gill and the true story of WallStreetBets
In the early months of 2021, a group of amateur investors on the Reddit forum WallStreetBets rallied behind Gamestop stocks and upended business as usual on Wall Street. Director Craig Gillespie and writers Rebecca Angelo and Lauren Schuker Blum explain how their new film Dumb Money was inspired by the true story of Keith Gill, AKA “Roaring Kitty”, the Redditor who became an unlikely hero and beat hedge funds at their own game.
Reddit is testing verification labels for brands
Reddit is testing its own version of a verification badge. It has started rolling out an "Official" badge for a small number of brands.
Reddit takes control of popular subreddit that protested API changes
As it promised, Reddit has been taking over control of subreddits that shut down to protest changes to the platform's API. The admin account u/ModCodeofConduct has taken sole charge of r/malefashionadvice, a community with more than 5.4 million subscribers.
Redditors troll an AI content farm into covering a fake 'WoW' feature
Redditors tricked a website that apparently uses AI to generate blog posts into covering a fake World of Warcraft feature.
VanMoof e-bikes has declared bankruptcy
The company is putting all of its Dutch entities up for sale.
Reddit is removing years of chats and messages
Reddit has removed years of chat and message logs, but there may be a way to recover some of that data.
Apollo and other popular third-party Reddit apps have shut down
Several popular third-party Reddit apps are no longer operational, while a few have chosen to charge users for access, now that the website's new API rules are in effect.
A Reddit transcription community will shut down over a 'lack of trust' in the platform
A group of Reddit volunteers who transcribe media from around 100 subreddits are shutting down their community, partly due to the company's controversial API changes.
Popular subreddits welcomed porn content to protest Reddit's API changes
Several popular subreddits that historically prohibited porn have started allowing users to post NSFW or Not Safe For Work content to oppose Reddit's API changes.
Reddit hackers demand $4.5 million and API changes in threat to leak 80GB of data
Ransomware gang BlackCat is likely behind a February attack on the company.
Reddit’s average daily traffic fell during blackout, according to third-party data
On the day before the Reddit blackout began on June 12th, Similarweb logged more than 57 million daily visits to the platform. Two days later, that number was down to less than 52 million.
Engadget Podcast: Reddit’s revolt, MacBook Air 15 and Mac Studio reviews
This week, Cherlynn and Devindra discuss the recent subreddit revolts, following the company’s decision to dramatically increase the cost of its API for third parties.
The Reddit blackout is already forcing unexpected changes
It’s now clear that the Reddit blackout will have a significant impact on the platform, but perhaps not in the way its organizers intended.
Popular subreddits plan to extend API protests indefinitely
Moderators from popular Reddit communities say they plan to extend their blackout protests indefinitely. Many of the subreddits protesting the company’s API changes were initially scheduled to participate only from Monday to Wednesday this week. But the vow to extend the demonstration came after CEO Steve Huffman reportedly sent a memo to staff saying Reddit would “get through it” while opining that “like all blowups on Reddit, this one will pass as well.” In response to Huffman doubling down, a user wrote, “Let them fuck around and find out.”
Reddit's CEO reportedly told staff that the community's API protest will blow over
Reddit's CEO reportedly told staff to ignore the noise from a protest against the company's decision to charge for API access. Steve Huffman said a collective action by thousands of subreddits 'will pass.'
Reddit suffers a major outage after thousands of subreddits temporarily shut down
Reddit's website and mobile apps suffered a major outage on Monday, not long after thousands of subreddits went private to protest changes the company is making to API access.
Reddit sees more than 6,000 communities 'go dark' in protest over API changes
The Reddit community’s mass protest over the company’s API changes has started.
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman defends API changes in AMA
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has finally spoken publicly about the company’s deeply unpopular API changes.
Reddit CEO will host an AMA on API changes as thousands of subreddits plan to 'go dark'
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman will publicly address the community for the first time over the company’s planned API changes that have sparked mass outrage on the platform.
Third-party Reddit app Apollo will shut down on June 30th
Reddit's controversial decision to charge for API access has led the creator of Apollo to shut down the third-party app. 'Apollo will close down on June 30th,' Christian Selig wrote. 'Reddit’s recent decisions and actions have unfortunately made it impossible for Apollo to continue.'
Reddit says some accessibility apps won’t have to pay for its API
Reddit is changing its controversial new API policy for the makers of some apps that are focused on accessibility, provided they don’t monetize their services.
Reddit is reportedly cutting 5 percent of its workforce
Reddit is going through a restructuring, and according to an email by company chief Steve Huffman as seen by The Wall Street Journal, one of the moves it's going to make is laying off 90 employees.
Reddit communities are 'going dark' to protest changes that would hurt third-party apps
Some of the biggest Reddit communities are going private to protest API pricing that could threaten third-party apps.