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Reddit apparently flags the word Luigi as potentially violent

Mashable Tech

Reddit 's automated moderation system is apparently flagging the word "Luigi" as potentially violent , The Verge reported. On Friday, a post appeared on the r/FreeLuigi subreddit stating, "PSA: the word 'luigi' is now flagged by reddit for violence." Mashable has reached out to Reddit and will update this story if we hear back.

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Is Reddit down? Site experiences March 27 outage

Mashable Tech

Reddit ran into some problems on Thursday. A Reddit outage started roughly between 3 and 4 p.m. Reddit is not working for me on either a web browser or the mobile app at the time of writing. ET on Thursday and is currently ongoing at the time of publication.

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Reddit Thread Prompts More Than $200,000 in Donations to Foster Children Nonprofit

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After a Reddit user posted to the Ask Reddit thread “What is something you've done purely out of the goodness of your heart but have not told anyone?" users shared an array of good deeds.

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Annoyed ChatGPT users complain about bot’s relentlessly positive tone

Ars Technica

EXACTLY WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING," replied a Reddit user who references Weiss' tweet, sparking yet another thread about ChatGPT being a sycophant. "ChatGPT is suddenly the biggest suckup I've ever met," wrote software engineer Craig Weiss in a widely shared tweet on Friday. "It It literally will validate everything I say."

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Reddit acquires Dubsmash

TechCrunch

Reddit announced that it has acquired short video platform Dubsmash. Dubsmash will retain its own platform and brand, and Reddit will integrate its video creation tools. Its co-founders, Suchit Dash, Jonas Drüppel and Tim Specht, will join Reddit. The deal’s terms were undisclosed.

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VPN service cancels customers' lifetime subscriptions after takeover, says new owners didn't know they existed

TechSpot

In an email posted on Reddit from "The VPN Secure Team" sent to lifetime subscription holders, it's explained that VPNSecure was acquired in 2023. The deal included the technology, domain, and customer database, but not the liabilities. Read Entire Article

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GameStop stock halts trading after Reddit drama

The Verge

Trading in stock of video game retailer GameStop (GME) was halted briefly Friday, as it soared more than 70 percent, due partly to the enthusiastic support of a group of Reddit day traders. GameStop’s Reddit-related surge triggered a circuit breaker stoppage when it rose 69 percent (nice) on Friday around 12:45PM ET.

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