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ELI5: Why Is John Oliver the New Face of the Reddit API Protest?
After thousands of subreddits went dark to protest Reddit’s decision to charge money for API access, the revolt continues with a new figurehead. Redditors in some major subreddits have flooded their respective communities with photos of British comedian John Oliver instead of the typically posted content. The new initiative to protest Reddit’s API decision began…
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Reddit’s CEO is Just Making Everything Worse
This company doesn’t care about APIs or gaming subreddits going dark, it cares about making money.
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Trudeau Says Meta and Google Are ‘Bullying’ Canada
Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Meta and Google are stalling the country’s Online News Act by using “bullying tactics.” The companies argue that the bill, which would require the big tech companies to pay news publishers for content posted to their websites, is unsustainable for their bottom line.
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How to Actually Open a New Google Doc Quickly
“I’m always doing some terrible workaround to try to get to Docs quickly,” our Senior Technology Editor Jake Peterson told me this morning. “It’s never quick.” But science has now accomplished what we all thought was impossible: an actually fast, simple way to open a blank Google document when you need one. And best of…