This story is part of Focal Point iPhone 2022, CNET’s collection of news, tips and advice around Apple’s most popular product. The latest operating system for Apple iPhones — iOS 16 — was released last week, and third-party apps were right behind it, with many launching new versions on the same day. The biggest feature addition for apps …
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Reddit has created a new tab that aims to make easier to find new content, the social media company said Thursday. The Discover Tab is the first such update that Reddit has released in more than two years. Currently, Reddit users find new communities called subreddits to join by searching the platform, browsing what’s popular or stumbling upon a hyperlink …
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Reddit said Wednesday that it’s adding new features to its live audio product, a sign that the social media site is experimenting with giving users more ways to chat about different topics. The company, which could go public as soon as March, unveiled its live audio chat product, Reddit Talk, nearly a year ago in April. Now Reddit said it’ll start highlighting …
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Social network platform Reddit said Wednesday it had confidentially filed a draft registration for a proposed initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Reddit frequently ranks among the internet’s most trafficked destinations and played a significant role in the “meme stocks” frenzy. Information shared earlier this year by investors on the network led to a sudden surge in …
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Facebook has launched its yearly highlight feature, with users able to check their top friendships, reactions and checkins for 2021. The feature, which includes the three categories labeled by Facebook as “the friendships,” “the sparks” and “the places,” will be available globally by Friday. “Here’s to the things that meant the most, and kept us close in a year we …
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Reddit has unveiled five new features for real-time participation on the social media platform, including showing when others are currently typing a response to a post, as well as how many people are reading a post. The other updates include voting animations, comment count animations and new comment indicators, Reddit announced Wednesday. Vote counts will no longer be static numbers, …
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A new search engine called You.com is challenging Google’s dominance with a promise of better privacy and more elaborate results. The startup launched its service Tuesday with $20 million in funding from venture capital firms and a big name in tech, Salesforce Chief Executive Marc Benioff. You.com, now in public beta testing, won’t sell your personal information, track you online or show …
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Tuesday will be remembered as the day the internet broke — before swiftly being fixed again. Early in the morning, websites including Amazon, Reddit, Spotify, eBay, Twitch, Pinterest and, unfortunately, CNET went offline due to a major outage at a service called Fastly. Everywhere you looked, there were 503 errors and people complaining they couldn’t access key services and news …
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The House Financial Services Committee has announced the lineup for its GameStop hearing next week. The committee will hear testimony from Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, Melvin Capital CEO Gabriel Plotkin, Citadel CEO Kenneth Griffin and Reddit user Keith Gill, Rep. Maxine Waters announced Friday afternoon. The virtual hearing, called “Game Stopped? Who Wins and Loses When …
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Reddit on Sunday said it has acquired short-form video app Dubsmash, a rival to video-sharing giant TikTok. As part of the purchase, Reddit will integrate Dubsmash’s video creation tools into the site, “which will empower Reddit’s own creators to express themselves in original and authentic ways,” the company said in a blog post. It didn’t share financial terms of the deal. …
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