Fidelity deepens valuation cut for Reddit and Discord (techcrunch.com)
YouTube could be testing a three-strikes policy for ad blocking (www.androidauthority.com)
Reddit Ramps Up Its Threats To Protesting Mods, As Ad Buyers Leave (www.techdirt.com)
The landed gentry are only in charge until the king comes to town and chops off a few heads. At least that seems to be the case at Reddit, where CEO Steve Huffman pretended his complaints about current moderators — who were protesting his decision to effectively cut off API access to tons of useful…
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.
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.
FTC prepares “the big one,” a major lawsuit targeting Amazon’s core business (arstechnica.com)
Amazon to be accused of punishing sellers who don't use its fulfillment services.
If these leaks are true, the OnePlus V Fold makes the Galaxy Z Fold 5 look boring (www.techradar.com)
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.
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.
92% of Devs Use AI, Survey Says ¦ Intel One Mono Font (devops.com)
How IT Services Can Embrace Platform Engineering (devops.com)
IBM/Red Hat Sparks Anger at GPL ‘breach’ as RHEL Source Locked Up (devops.com)
Climate Change, Power Chips Spur Submersible Server Trend (www.technewsworld.com)
The Brave browser will take action against websites that snoop on visitors by scanning their open Internet ports or accessing other network resources that can expose personal information. (arstechnica.com)
Speed matters: How Ethernet went from 3Mbps to 100Gbps… and beyond (arstechnica.com)
“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.
Plex lays off 20% of its workforce amid advertising slowdown (techcrunch.com)
Google tightens the screws on YouTube ad blockers: three attempts and the video player will be blocked (gadgettendency.com)
Google has begun testing a more aggressive approach to users trying to watch videos on the YouTube video platform with ad blockers and without a paid
A lawsuit claims OpenAI stole 'massive amounts of personal data,' including medical records and information about children, to train ChatGPT (www.businessinsider.com)
People are using Chatgpt as voice bots to torture telemarketers (www.wsj.com)
AI software and voice cloners simulate distracted saps willing to stay on the phone forever—or until callers finally give up
Valve is reportedly banning games featuring AI generated content (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Apollo Now Offers Option to Decline Refund Ahead of June 30 Shutdown (www.macrumors.com)
There's now a Linux version of this dangerous VMware ransomware (www.techradar.com)
Reddit Threatens Subs to Go Public AGAIN, or Else... (gizmodo.com)
One of the best reasons to use a Kobo is going away this summer (www.theverge.com)
