It’s well known that the AI industry rests on shaky legal ground. Companies like OpenAI have built their multi-billion-dollar businesses on the backs of vast tranches of training data, much of which is sourced from copyrighted content. The creators of that content know they’re being ripped off and, more and more, it’s leading to lawsuits. […]
Reddit Bans Fringe Anti-Humanity Group After Attack on Palm Springs IVF Clinic
An explosion outside a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, killed one person and injured four others Saturday morning in what the FBI has called an act of terrorism. The suspect in the bombing, 25-year-old Guy Edward Bartkus, was the lone death from the blast, and it seems apparent he held anti-human views. Now Reddit […]
‘Can This Be Right?’: Reddit’s Small Business Community Is Freaking Out Over Trump’s Tariffs
President Donald Trump has dubiously claimed he wants to be the champion of America’s working class, but his new trade policies seem more likely to kill small businesses and put plenty of working men and women out of business. Indeed, Trump’s tariff policies aren’t just terrifying Wall Street. They’re also freaking out small business owners, […]
Reddit Is Cracking Down on Luigi Mangione Content
It’s not exactly news that Luigi Mangione, the accused killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is a viral sensation. He’s been debated, lusted after, and idolized. There are even calls for Dave Franco to play him in a movie. However, in an age of populist rage, it appears that web platforms are increasingly cracking down […]
Reddit CEO Says Paywalls Are Coming Soon
Reddit, a platform founded in part on the premise of openly and widely sharing information, is ready to put up some paywalls. In a video Ask Me Anything (AMA) session hosted by CEO Steve Huffman following the company’s quarterly earnings report (which went poorly), the founder and exec said Reddit is actively testing ways to […]
Major Subreddits Are Banning Links to X Following Musk’s Seig Heil-Like Salute
Performing two Nazi-like salutes may have won Elon Musk some fans over in the dark corners of the internet, but odds are low that his supporters on BitChute and Rumble will be able to make up for the traffic that X is about to lose. In the wake of Musk’s “I give my heart to […]