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Reddit is down for many users, reports say. Here's what to know.
Reddit says it's investigating after users on Wednesday reported problems connecting to the online forum.Top stories - CBS News - 16 hours ago -
Reddit's explosive user growth and AI tools help it soar to its first profit as a public company
Reddit has turned a profit for the first time as a public companyTech - ABC News - October 30 -
Reddit’s Sees First-Ever Profit as Explosive User Growth and AI Tools Help it Soar
The social discussion platform beat Wall Street analyst forecasts, with quarterly sales results better than 10 percent above estimates.Business - Inc. - October 30 -
Reddit Says It Has Resolved Outage
Tens of thousands of users reported that the website and app were inaccessible starting just before 3 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday.Business - The New York Times - 15 hours ago -
Reddit shares close up 42% on profitability, rosy guidance
Reddit shares popped Wednesday, one day after the company reported rosy third-quarter results.Business - CNBC - October 30 -
Reddit has sold most of its cryptocurrency portfolio
Reddit’s proceeds from the crypto sale were $6.9 million during the quarter, according to a filing.Business - MarketWatch - October 30 -
How Reddit elicits content for nothing and clicks for free
One of this year’s best-performing tech stocks has a clever way of getting users to share the heavy liftingBusiness - Financial Times - 3 days ago -
Character AI clamps down following teen user suicide, but users are revolting
As a result of these changes, Character AI appears to be deleting certain user-made custom chatbot characters abruptly.Tech - VentureBeat - October 23 -
Reddit’s results are on deck. Analysts expect ad strength and growth in online spending.
Reddit reports its third quarterly results as a public company after market close on Tuesday amid expectations of ad strength and healthy online spending growth.Business - MarketWatch - October 28 -
Reddit shares soar 25% as it turns its first profit
Social media platform says it has attracted nearly 100mn daily active users with its ad tech investments starting to pay offBusiness - Financial Times - October 29 -
Reddit shares soar 22% on earnings beat and better-than-expected forecast
Reddit reported third-quarter results that exceeded analysts' estimates and gave a forecast for the current period that was well ahead of estimates.Business - CNBC - October 29 -
Reddit shares soar after company turns first-ever profit
Monthly users rose by nearly half thanks to AI translation feature, and deals for AI training with Google and OpenAI boosted revenue. Reddit on Tuesday reported a quarterly profit for the first ...World - The Guardian - October 30 -
Meta misses on user growth, warns of 2025 jump in AI spending
Meta reported weaker-than-expected user numbers and warned of a significant acceleration in its infrastructure expenses in 2025 in its third-quarter earnings.Business - CNBC - October 30 -
Addicted to love: how dating apps ‘exploit’ their users
Online services that promise to find people romantic matches have been likened to gambling products designed to keep customers hooked. “Designed to be deleted” is the tagline of one of the UK’s ...World - The Guardian - November 3 -
AirTag users will soon be able to share location with airlines
Ever use an AirTag to locate lost luggage? Soon airlines will be able to see your bag's AirTag location, too.Top stories - CBS News - November 12 -
X users jump to Bluesky - but what is it and who owns it?
Bluesky is picking up one million new users every day at its current rate.Top stories - BBC News - 5 days ago -
Instagram will let users reset recommendations that powers their feeds
Instagram users will soon be able to manually reset the recommendation algorithm that determines what they see in their feeds.Top stories - NBC News - 2 days ago -
Google AI chatbot asks user to ‘please die’
Google’s AI chatbot Gemini gave a threatening response to a Michigan college student, telling him to “please die.” The artificial intelligence program and the student, Vidhay Reddy, were engaging ...Politics - The Hill - Yesterday -
Reddit’s stock soars after social-media platform turns a profit, beats Q3 sales and earnings estimates
Reddit said Tuesday that it turned a profit in its third quarter — a first for the social-media platform since becoming a public company earlier this year.Business - MarketWatch - October 30 -
Sam Altman’s Reddit stake now worth over $1 billion after post-earnings pop
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's stake in Reddit has ballooned to more than $1 billion in value, as of after-hours trading on Tuesday.Business - CNBC - October 29 -
‘Rocketship’ Reddit’s third-quarter results a real ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ story, says Bernstein
Reddit Inc.’s better-than-expected third-quarter results highlight the social-media platform’s strong growth potential, analysts say.Business - MarketWatch - October 30 -
Reddit stock price soars after social media player reports rare profit
Reddit's stock leaps nearly 40% after the social media company reported a quarterly profit amid strong user growth.Top stories - CBS News - October 30 -
JD Vance’s Senate Office Fires Key Adviser Who Posted About Drug Use on Reddit
“Those posts were written in good humor and didn't hurt anybody,” says Aaron Kofsky, who advised Vance on crypto and banking policy, of posts in which he wrote about using cocaine, kratom, and ...Tech - Wired - November 4 -
OnlyFans user sentenced to five years in child abuse case
A man accused of selling sex videos of a 16-year-old Florida girl on the adults-only website OnlyFans pleaded no contest to child abuse.Top stories - NBC News - October 24 -
Meta AI to Use Reuters Content to Answer User Questions in Real Time
Meta AI didn’t share whether it would use Reuters content to train its large-language model.Business - Inc. - October 27 -
X Algorithm Feeds Users Political Content---Whether They Want It or Not
A WSJ experiment found that accounts supporting Trump and Harris dominate feeds of new X users who wanted cooking and crafts.Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 29 -
Meta Fined $15 Million in South Korea for Illegal User Data Collection
The country’s privacy watchdog said Meta amassed sensitive information by analyzing users’ likes and the ads they opened.Business - Inc. - November 5 -
Steam Game Recording Is Now Live For All PC And Steam Deck Users
Valve has announced that Steam Game Recording has been released for all PC and Steam Deck users. The new built-in system for game recording offers a variety of tools for users, allowing them to ...Tech - GameSpot - November 6 -
Here’s Why You Need to Be Your Product’s Biggest User
Eliot Horowitz, founder and CEO of Viam, talks about the evolution of his company on the latest episode of ‘For Starters.’Business - Inc. - November 6 -
Facebook and Instagram users in Europe can opt for less personalized ads
Facebook and Instagram users in Europe will get the option to see less personalized ads if they don’t want to pay for an ad-free subscriptionTech - ABC News - November 12 -
Bluesky Adds One Million New Users After Election
With one million new accounts added since the U.S. elections, Bluesky has solidified itself as an option for people looking to change their social media service.Business - The New York Times - 6 days ago -
X sees largest user exodus since Musk takeover
Users are exploring alternatives like Bluesky and Threads.Top stories - NBC News - November 13 -
X rival Bluesky gains 1.25 million users following U.S. election
Bluesky has gained over 1.25 million new users in the past week, indicating some social media users are changing their habits following the U.S. election.Business - CNBC - 6 days ago