- Technology
Reddit invests $1 mn in Community Funds programme
San Francisco: Online discussion forum Reddit has officially launched its Community Funds programme with a $1 million investment. Reddit said that it has been experimenting with ‘Community Funds’ to help Reddit community…
- Technology
Reddit adds ‘search comments’ tool to boost results for users
New Delhi: Online discussion forum Reddit has added the ability to search comments for the first time to help improve search results for its more that 50 million daily users. With this…
- Technology
TikTok rival Dubsmash dies quietly
New Delhi: Popular online discussion platform Reddit, which acquired short-form video social platform Dubsmash late last year, has finally shut down the platform. Dubsmash will not be available to download through the…
- Technology
Reddit expands live audio chat to desktop, rolls out new features
San Francisco: To make the conversations easier to find and participate in, popular online discussion platform Reddit has expanded its live audio chats to desktop and rolled out several new features. The…
- Technology
Reddit testing NFT user profile picture feature
San Francisco: Social discussion forum Reddit is reportedly testing a feature that would allow its users to set any NFT (non-fungible token) they own as their profile picture. A similar feature that…
- Technology
Reddit revamps its block feature
San Francisco: Social discussion forum Reddit has revamped its block feature so that it functions more like other social platforms. With the change, blocking a user on Reddit will not just block…
- Technology
Reddit to shut down Dubsmash in Feb 2022
San Francisco: Popular online discussion platform Reddit, which acquired short-form video social platform Dubsmash late last year, has announced that it is now shutting down the platform on February 22, 2022. Following…
- Offbeat
US: Indian blogger hires woman to slap him for using Facebook
A San Fransisco blogger has appointed someone to slap him in the face every time he swerved to Facebook. Maneesh Sethi who runs a blog named Hack The System believes that he…
- Technology
Reddit launches a TikTok-like video feed on iOS
San Francisco: Online discussion forum Reddit has announced a new video feed for its mobile app that would make it easier to watch the social network’s content in just one place. According to…
- Technology
Reddit is now valued at over $10bn: Report
San Francisco: Online discussion forum Reddit said that it is now valued at more than $10 billion after raising an additional $410 million in funding, with the final round expected to grow…
- World
Swaths of internet down, outage at cloud company Fastly
London: Numerous websites went offline Tuesday after an apparent widespread outage at the cloud service company Fastly. Dozens of high-traffic websites including the New York Times, CNN, Twitch, Reddit, and the U.K.…
- Offbeat
Husband sells wife’s homemade lunch at work to buy fast food instead
A woman was in for a shock when she found that her husband has been selling the lunch she has been preparing for him at work place to buy fast food instead.…
- Offbeat
Watch: Reddit user creates Charminar in Minecraft
Hyderabad: Netizens were left impressed after a Reddit user posted a video of Hyderabad’s historic Charminar in the game Minecraft. The 30-second long video shows the iconic Charminar with a beautiful transition…
- Technology
AI system can detect foreign trolls on Twitter, Reddit
New York: A research team led by Princeton University has developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based system that can detect in real-time foreign trolls trying to influence election results through misinformation campaigns on platforms…
