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‘Disaster Girl’ has sold her popular meme as an NFT for $500,000

The Verge

Another internet meme has sold for big bucks online: Zoë Roth, best known as “ Disaster Girl ” for the popular image macro taken by her father in 2005 of her smirking at the camera while a house burns down in the background, has sold the original copy of the meme as an NFT for 180 Ether, worth almost $500,000. Photo: David Roth.

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Snapchat finally lets all iOS users put music in their snaps

The Verge

Snap is making good on its word to bring music to Snapchat and setting itself up to compete even more so with TikTok and Instagram. The company announced today that iOS users around the world will be able to include popular music in their snaps. Snap doesn’t say how big its music catalog is other than calling it “robust and curated.”

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My new favorite Twitter account just posts classic clips of SNL hosts introducing the musical guest

The Verge

The highlight of my Friday so far has been the discovery of the @snlhostsintro Twitter account , which posts old clips of Saturday Night Live hosts introducing the musical guest. pic.twitter.com/euUBPCP8HF — SNL Hosts Introducing the Musical Guest (@snlhostsintro) September 29, 2021. . | Image: @snlhostsintro.

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Discord has turned into a virtual trade floor with memes, stonks, and chaos

The Verge

Dozens of people join the server every second, and one channel has a stream of memes that looks like pure chaos. Amateur traders are flocking to the Discord server to discuss stock movements, share memes, and participate in what feels like an online game. audio meme. Welcome to the world of r/WallStreetBets.

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UK music platform for creators Uppbeat raises $6.15 million Series A

TechCrunch

based music platform Uppbeat has been developing a service that makes it easier for content creators to find quality free music to use in their videos published to platforms like YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, and others. based co-founders of another music-licensing company, Music Vine. million GBP ($6.15

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Get ready for Instagram effects that move to music

The Verge

Instagram is continuing to build out its augmented reality effects, and today, it’s announcing that creators can build effects that react to music through Spark AR, the company’s AR-creation tool. A similar effect is widely used on TikTok for memes, and it’s easy to imagine Instagram wants that possibility, too.

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Facebook will let people claim ownership of images and issue takedown requests

The Verge

The goal is to eventually open this feature up to everyone, as it already does with music and video rights. This will be especially interesting to watch with memes. Axelgard says they’re starting with a small group to “learn more and figure out the proper way to address specific use cases like memes.”.

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