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Reddit has been making waves over the past year by adding user profile pages and removing hundred of accounts suspected of sharing misinformation during the 2016 US election. In yet another evolution, the company on Wednesday announced it would sell promoted posts for its mobile apps. As reported by Marketing Land, Reddit sent an email …

Hurting for funds, Wileyfox, the UK-based maker of budget Android phones, went into administration Tuesday, CEO Michael Coombes confirmed. “The purpose of the administration is to restructure the Wileyfox Group, reduce its cost base in Europe and to ensure its long term future across all the markets it operates in,” Coombes said in an email. The process is similar to …

I think it’s safe to say: The Essential Phone was a flop. Even ignoring the phone’s missed ship dates and broken durability promises, it simply wasn’t competitive at $700 (roughly £500, AU$900). Review after review panned the camera, one of the most important parts of a modern phone. I called the camera app “a smoldering dumpster fire.” But here’s the …

Now playing: Watch this: CNET does Reddit Secret Santa 3:12 Jason Parker/CNET Reddit’s gift exchanges are some of the biggest on the internet. Celebrities like Bill Gates, Bear Grylls and Stephen Colbert have all been a part of Reddit’s Secret Santa exchange in the past. Some CNET staffers have also been lucky recipients of gifts from the community. Senior Editor …

Nine hundred million comments and 12 billion upvotes later, Reddit has posted its best-of lists for 2017. The fourth-most visited site on the internet says its most upvoted post was one called “The Senate. Upvote this so that people see it when they Google ‘The Senate’.” The second-ranking post, “Private Internet Access, a VPN provider, takes out a full page …

The FCC’s chief has dubbed it a “failed” attempt at “micromanaging the internet.” Digital civil liberties activists call it a principle that must be upheld. Now Reddit has weighed in on net neutrality, and its users are seeing red. Net neutrality is the principle that all internet traffic should be treated equally and that internet service providers can’t prioritize their …

Apple said Thursday that it’s working on a software fix for complaints that the iPhone X’s screen becomes unresponsive in cold weather. Some iPhone X users began complaining this week that their handsets don’t recognize input on the touchscreen when exposed to cool outdoor temperatures. Apple recommends operating its iOS devices in temperatures between 32 degrees and 95 degrees Fahrenheit. …

In September, Logitech sent an email to Harmony Link owners stating that the six-year-old product, which lets you control your TV via an app on your phone or tablet, will cease to function after March 16, 2018.  On a typical Wednesday in November, due to the mysterious forces that govern the web, the story suddenly blew up after newer posts …

Imagine this scene. Your Pixel 2 XL order finally arrives on your doorstep and as you excitedly try to start up your new phone, you’re greeted with an error message: “Can’t find valid operating system. The device will not start.” Unfortunately, this was a reality for some unlucky people who received their new Pixels without the Android OS. Enlarge Image …

The iPhone X doesn’t go on sale until Nov. 3, but it seems like one lucky person may already have his or her hands on one. A video of an alleged iPhone X appeared on Reddit over the weekend, giving a hands-on look at the upcoming phone. The video is short, but it’s long enough to make out the phone’s …