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The Subreddit for “Regretful Parents” Just Might Be the Darkest Place Online (futurism.com)

2026-08-16 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: subreddit, reddit, regretfulparents

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SK hynix runs out of replacement SSDs and defaults to original purchase price refunds — fine-print warranty clause shortchanges buyers as drive prices double (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-15 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: sk hynix, ssd, warranty

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Reddit is joining the S&P 500. Here’s why that matters, and why the stock price is surging on the news (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: reddit, sp 500, s&p dow jones

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Reddit stock jumps on inclusion in S&P 500 (cnbc.com)

2026-08-13 | by Jonathan Vanian | tags: reddit, sp 500, google

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Some Claude users are mad that Anthropic’s new watermarks will catch them using it at their jobs, classes (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-12 | by Lucas Ropek | tags: claude, anthropic, ai act

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Cats and dogs are missing meals after a popular smart feeder went down (theverge.com)

2026-08-12 | by Emma Roth | tags: petlibro, smart feeders, reddit

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Google is now sending out emails with discount codes for the Pixel 11 (engadget.com)

2026-08-12 | by Mariella Moon | tags: google, pixel 11, made by google

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Google Home’s rogue smart light problem should now be fixed (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: google home, smart lights, reddit

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Xbox Elite 3 prototype pad leaks with tiny built-in screen (theverge.com)

2026-08-11 | by Sean Hollister | tags: xbox elite series 3, microsoft, xbox cloud gaming

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A strange Google Home app bug is automatically switching on smart lights (Update: Fixed) (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: google home, google nest, smart lights

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Reddit Bans 11-Year Account for GPL Game Post, Testing the EU's DSA (slashdot.org)

2026-08-11 | tags: reddit, gnu backgammon, digital services act

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Duolingo is finally letting you undo this frustrating mistake (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: duolingo, android authority, undo button

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Micron reportedly offers pennies on the dollar for Crucial RAM return, offers to reimburse original MSRP despite it being only 37% of market value — chipmaker later reverses course with a better solution (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-09 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: micron, crucial, ddr5

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Reddit Finally Found a Way to Make Its Mods Even Worse: Replace Them With AI (futurism.com)

2026-08-08 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: bots, human, reddit

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Google's AI somehow knew a game secret that existed only in a private Google Doc (techspot.com)

2026-08-07 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: developer, game, google

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Old Reddit a threat to AI data scraping, says platform, with changes coming (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-06 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: changes, old reddit, reddit

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AI isn’t enough to protect social media communities from AI (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: reddit, social, social media

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Reddit signals ominous upcoming "changes” for old.reddit.com (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: blog, changes, old reddit

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Reddit is letting AI decide when your post breaks the rules (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: moderators, posts, reddit

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Reddit aims to make ‘karma’ less important for first-time posters with shift to AI moderation tools (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-05 | by Sarah Perez | tags: communities, karma, reddit

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Old Reddit could be the next casualty of Reddit's war on AI scraping (engadget.com)

2026-08-05 | by Karissa Bell | tags: access, old reddit, reddit

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Reddit is introducing a new moderator: AI (theverge.com)

2026-08-05 | by Jay Peters | tags: post, reddit, rules

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T-Mobile outage could see you snag $10 to $80 in compensation (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-04 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: t-mobile, iphone, reddit

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Can Reddit fend off a new wave of AI SEO spam? (theverge.com)

2026-08-04 | by Mia Sato | tags: reddit, honeydew labs, hypochlorous acid

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As Reddit Stock Falls, CEO Questions Value of Google's AI Overviews (slashdot.org)

2026-08-03 | tags: reddit, google, survival research labs

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As Reddit stock falls, CEO questions value of Google's AI Overviews (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: reddit, google ai overviews, steve huffman

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Reddit keeps its strange DMCA fight over Google search results alive (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: reddit, serpapi, perplexity ai

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Australia's social media ban for under-16s has had limited impact so far (engadget.com)

2026-07-31 | by Kris Holt | tags: social media ban, esafety commissioner, threads app

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Reddit is testing a new way to watch — and listen to — its viral posts (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-31 | by Sarah Perez | tags: reddit, tiktok, steve huffman

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Reddit's CEO sure seems frustrated with Google's AI overviews (engadget.com)

2026-07-30 | by Karissa Bell | tags: reddit, google, ai overviews