A company called Confido raised a small ICO by selling special CFD designed to allow “safe and trustless cryptocurrency payments. According to ICODrops they raised their goal of about $400,000 and quickly disappeared, taking the cash with it. The site is currently a parked web server that points to nothing. The apparent founder and former eBay employee, Joost van Doorn, posted a message to… Read More
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‘Star Wars’ devs had a whole bunch of non-answers for gamers in today’s Reddit AMA
Amidst a deluge of complaints against EA for installing a loot box system that is clearly designed to drain players’ wallets into the publisher’s forthcoming Star Wars Battlefront II, the devs at DICE went on Reddit today to partake in an AMA. Unfort…
View More ‘Star Wars’ devs had a whole bunch of non-answers for gamers in today’s Reddit AMAEA haters started a campaign to stop parents from buying ‘Star Wars Battlefront II’
People online are really, really not happy about the pay-to-win loot box situation in the upcoming Star Wars Battlefront II. And they’re not standing down.
For the people upset with EA, it’s not enough that gamers are rallying together in bigger drov…
Cat gets its very own newspaper to prrrruse while using the bathroom
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Stop the presses! Here’s a story we think you’ll enjoy, and we promise it’s not fake mews.
Two little girls creatively designed a newspaper fit for their busy cat, Baba, to read while, you know, he’s doing his business.
Although the paper has but only squiggles underneath each headline, Baba seems pretty interested.
We can’t wait what the girls have in store in the next edition. Maybe they’ll even to create their own news website dedicated to cats, hm?
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View More Cat gets its very own newspaper to prrrruse while using the bathroomFor the next six hours you can guide a robot through a web of miniature Reddit-themed escape rooms
Something weird is about to happen on Reddit. Starting at 10 a.m. PT on Tuesday, an AI-powered robot the size of a computer mouse will star in a live event that’s part reality show, part interactive puzzle and all an homage to the internet’s premier repository of dank memes. Read More
First look at Reddit Chat, Reddit’s new instant messaging feature
Reddit is about to make one of its biggest changes yet.
The site will soon launch a new instant messaging feature called Reddit Chat. Unlike Reddit’s current private messaging system, Reddit Chat will allow individual users and groups to connect inst…
Reddit bans board where men posted misogynistic content and even advocated rape
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Reddit’s crackdown on violent content continues with the ban of a board called “Involuntary Celibates” /r/Incels in which people posted misogynistic content and even incited rape.
In its description, the community said it was a “support group for people who lack romantic relationships and sex.”
But a quick look on some cached posts shows the board was a hornet’s nest for brutal hate content directed at women, who are described as “femoids” or “fembots”:
Other posts are titled “all women are sluts” and “females love getting abused by good looking men.” Read more…
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View More Reddit bans board where men posted misogynistic content and even advocated rapeChill baby rides his surfboard right into a Photoshop battle
Take a look at this baby chilling with his arms behind his head on a tiny surfboard, with little knitted shorts and sunglasses. That is an unmistakably fresh baby.
Image: via reddit/whatsmyname2uYou have to admire the relaxed baby lifestyle. …
View More Chill baby rides his surfboard right into a Photoshop battleReddit user buys Pixel 2…but discovers it has no software
Upon booting up a brand new Pixel 2 received in the mail, a dismayed Reddit user says the phone arrived with no operating system installed.
Google confirmed with Mashable that this event did, in fact, occur, and a solution has been reached.
As …
Reddit user buys Pixel 2…but discovers it has no software
Upon booting up a brand new Pixel 2 received in the mail, a dismayed Reddit user says the phone arrived with no operating system installed.
Google confirmed with Mashable that this event did, in fact, occur, and a solution has been reached.
As …
Reddit CEO talks taking site from ‘dystopian Craigslist’ to ‘the most human place on the internet’
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman took to the site for his “quarterly inquisition,” an AMA where he fielded questions from users and moderators. The discussion today focused on empowering mods to do what they need to do, which should have a knock-on effect in creating functional communities. But he also addressed some politically sensitive issues, from election interference to… Read More