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Reddit is ready for its tiny live-streaming service to get bigger

The Verge

If you’ve scrolled through Reddit’s app recently, you might have spotted a live stream of someone playing music, making art, or just talking to the camera. Those broadcasts come from Reddit’s own live-streaming service, the Reddit Public Access Network (RPAN) , which just celebrated its first anniversary last week.

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Daily Crunch: Reddit raises $250M

TechCrunch

Reddit raises more funding, Shopify expands payments to Facebook and a study suggests that the Apple Watch might be able to predict COVID diagnoses. The big story: Reddit raises $250M. This is your Daily Crunch for February 9, 2021. The company also ran a five-second Super Bowl ad on Sunday, consisting of a single static image.

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CEOs of Reddit and Robinhood and ‘Roaring Kitty’ slated to testify in GameStop hearing

The Verge

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, Robinhood co-CEO Vlad Tenev, and Keith Gill (aka Roaring Kitty) are all on the witness list for an upcoming hearing before the House Financial Services Committee, according to a release from Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA). Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images.

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10 Common Misconceptions Nonprofits Have About Bitcoin Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A single donor donated $56 million worth of Bitcoin to 60 nonprofits at the start of 2018 – on Reddit! For nonprofits looking to diversify their revenue stream, engage new donor demographics and stand out from the crowd, accepting cryptocurrency donations is the way forward. 200,000,000+ is donated in cryptocurrency annually.

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Ubiquiti fixes glitch that exposed private video streams to other customers

TechCrunch

Ubiquity, the networking and video surveillance camera maker, has fixed a bug that users say mistakenly allowed them access to the accounts and private live video streams of other customers. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Reddit winds down Dubsmash, but its video creation tools live on

The Verge

Photo by Reddit. Reddit will shut down its short-form video platform, Dubsmash, on February 22nd, 2022. A competitor to TikTok, Dubsmash was acquired by Reddit late last year with the purpose of embedding its video creation tools into the larger platform. Photo by Reddit.

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Plex’s latest beta features can help you navigate every streaming service you have

The Verge

The company announced a new “Discover” feature, which aggregates and recommends content from various streaming services and a universal watchlist that gathers everything you want to watch all in one place. It adds a section to the info page for movies and TV shows showing which streaming services offer that content. Image: Plex.

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