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Political polarization toned down through anonymous online chats

Political polarization in the US has become a major issue, as Republicans and Democrats increasingly inhabit separate realities on topics as diverse as election results and infectious diseases. An act...

Make Reddit Usable on iPhone Again With This App

After Reddit purged its free API for third-party apps, the landscape of Reddit apps became quite bleak. You now have two options: You either use Reddit's own app, which is not great and is chock-full ...

Stomp brings a fully-functional Mastodon app to your Apple Watch

Another former Twitter app developer has turned their attention to Mastodon in the wake of Elon Musk's Twitter takeover which put an end to third-party clients. Launching today, a new app from the dev...

Another Top Biglaw Firm's Ransomware Attack Shows The Importance Of Cybersecurity

[photo1]When people think of legal movies, they usually think of Legally Blonde or My Cousin Vinny. But times are changing -- they'd be better served if they thought about Blackhat. Attorney-client pr...

Reddit CEO assures employees that API pricing protests haven't hurt revenue

There are nearly 8,500 subreddits that are private or read-only right now in protest over Reddit's upcoming API price hike. The protest started on June 12, crashed Reddit for three hours, and is sched...

Reddit insists on being "fairly paid" amid API price protest plans, layoffsvar abtest_1946124 = new ABTest(1946124, 'click');

As thousands of subreddits prepare to go dark in five days to protest Reddit's jacked-up API fees, Reddit claims it's only asking for what's fair. At the same time, the company is reportedly enacting ...

12 Podcasts That Explore the Weirder Corners of the Internet

The internet is a place full of dark corners, deep rabbit holes, endless mazes, and wild threads. But with the chaos comes storytelling gold: These 12 podcasts use communities like Reddit, Yelp, Twitt...

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Here's a new and, dare we say, awesome opportunity for your company to join forces with TechCrunch at Disrupt 2023. Yes, we dare! Announcing After Hours events!

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Jun 2023

Developers of third-party Reddit apps fear shutdown because of API pricing changes

Christian Selig, the developer of the popular iOS Reddit client Apollo, posted on the social network on Wednesday saying that the social network's new API pricing might put him out of business. Selig ...

Reddit's API pricing results in shocking $20 million-a-year bill for Apollo

Reddit is an enormously popular website, but the official design has always needed some reworking. This is even more true of the mobile experience, which didn't have a mobile app until 2016, and even ...

Popular Reddit app Apollo may go out of business over Reddit's new, unaffordable API pricing

The maker of Apollo, one of the most popular third-party mobile apps for browsing Reddit, may have to close up shop due to Reddit's recently announced new API pricing terms. App developer Christian Se...

Montana is first state to ban TikTok over national security concerns

Montana became the first state to ban TikTok yesterday. In a press release, the state's Republican governor, Greg Gianforte, said the move was a necessary step to keep Montanans safe from Chinese Comm...

Reddit will allow users to upload NSFW images from desktop

Reddit announced Thursday that it will now allow users to upload NSFW images from desktops in adult communities. The feature was already available on the social network's mobile app.The company made t...

Apple's ATT faces competition probe in Italy

Apple is facing another antitrust investigation in Europe over privacy rules it applies to third party apps running on its mobile platform which affect their ability to track iOS users in order to tar...

Dungeons & Dragons gets its very own streaming channel

After the film "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" became a hit, topping $200 million at the worldwide box office, Hasbro wants more. Hasbro-owned production company eOne announced Thursday that...

Reddit reworks sharing from its apps and the look of link embeds for better social reach

Reddit's blog post today admits it "didn't make it easy" to share content like cool conversations and memes to other social platforms -- but now it's finally doing something about it. Reddit is enhanc...

CYA Attitudes Can Cost Clients Money

[photo1]The first time I ever heard the term CYA was when I was completing an Army ROTC program In Fort Knox, Kentucky. One of the drill sergeants told me that this stood for "cover your ass," and som...

You Can Stop Hidden Windows Apps From Running on Boot Up

Every long-term Windows user knows how annoying it is to wait for apps and services to finish loading up, just so you can get on with your work. Granted, recent improvements from Windows and SSDs make...

Tesla's close ties to China draw scrutiny of GOP lawmaker

Tesla may have a new headache on its hands. On Sunday, the electric car maker announced plans to build a new battery factory in Shanghai with an annual capacity of 40 GWh, with the cells destined for ...

Major Biglaw Firm Suffers Cyber Security Breach Of Mergers & Acquisitions Data

[photo1]Biglaw firm Proskauer Rose recently suffered a major cyber security event, when client data was left unsecured for six months. The firm confirmed the incident, saying, they "recently become aw...