Apollo shutting down due to Reddit’s unaffordable API
UGH. We’ve been tracking the negative effect that Reddit’s decision to begin charging for access to its API has had on third-party clients including Apollo. Now the developer of the awesome iPhone and iPad app has announced that API change is fo.....»»
Thomas Stafford, who flew to the Moon and docked with Soyuz, dies at 93
Stafford and his Apollo 10 shipmates still hold the speed record on a crew spacecraft. Former NASA astronaut Thomas Stafford, a three-star Air Force general known for a historic handshake in space with a Soviet cosmonaut nearly 50 ye.....»»
Astronaut Thomas Stafford, commander of Apollo 10, has died at age 93
Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, who commanded a dress rehearsal flight for the 1969 moon landing and the first U.S.-Soviet space linkup, died Monday. He was 93......»»
Mercedes to trial humanoid robots for ‘low skill, repetitive, demanding’ jobs
Mercedes-Benz is collaborating with Texas-based robotics specialist Apptronik with a view to deploying its Apollo robot at its auto factories......»»
Reddit shares will cost between $31 and $34; Redditors can sell immediately
We don’t yet know the exact cost of Reddit shares when they go on sale, but the company has indicated that the initial public offering (IPO) price will be between $31 and $34 per share. Selected Redditors will get priority access ahead of the IP.....»»
Not impressed with Google Gemini? You’re not alone
A recent thread on Reddit has revealed that there are quite a number of Android users who aren’t impressed with Google Gemini. The post Not impressed with Google Gemini? You’re not alone appeared first on Phandroid. Google wasted no ti.....»»
Rooster Teeth, home of Red Vs. Blue and RWBY, shutting down after 21 years
150 employees will be laid off, while some shows and podcasts will be shopped. Enlarge / Near the height of its powers in 2018, Rooster Teeth's annual RTX conference was drawing more than 62,000 people to Austin, Texas, each year.....»»
How to find your new Apple Cash card number in iOS 17.4
iOS 17.4, which is now available to everyone, includes a significant change for Apple Cash users. As first spotted by Reddit user u/simpledsp last month, Apple Cash users can now set up a virtual card number that can be used for shopping when Apple P.....»»
Why Reddit Users Have Turned Against the Company’s IPO
Reddit will allow its most active users to buy shares in its IPO. But many of those users are skeptical it will succeed. Two years ago, Reddit users established themselves as a fearsome economic force when the subreddit community W.....»»
First US moon lander in half a century stops working a week after tipping over at touchdown
The first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon since the Apollo astronauts fell silent Thursday, a week after breaking a leg at touchdown and tipping over near the lunar south pole......»»
Researchers show Reddit users caused the famous GameStop "short squeeze"
Three years ago, the stock price of the company GameStop soared over 1,625% in just a week. While it's been speculated the primary cause was unprecedented, organized action among Reddit users using a trading strategy known as a "short squeeze," resea.....»»
SpaceX discloses cause of Starship anomalies as it clears an FAA hurdle
"Several engines began shutting down before one engine failed energetically." Enlarge / Starship launches on its second flight on November 18, 2023. (credit: SpaceX) A little more than three months after the most recent.....»»
Reddit Directed Share Program invitations issued, but vocal users unimpressed
The first invitations to participate in the Reddit Directed Share Program (DSP) – in which moderators and very active users will get preferential access to shares – have now been issued. Some moderators and other users with high Reddit karma h.....»»
Lander "alive and well" after company scores first US moon landing since Apollo era
The moon's newest arrival was said to be "alive and well" a day after making the first U.S. landing in half a century, but flight controllers were still trying to get a better handle on its bearings......»»
MSI is getting slammed on Reddit for a controversial monitor decision
Even if you've paid close to $1,000 for one of MSI's gaming monitors, you may not be able to get firmware updates......»»
Reddit cashes in on AI gold rush with $203M in LLM training license fees
Two- to three-year deals with Google, others, come amid legal uncertainty over "fair use." Enlarge / "Reddit Gold" takes on a whole new meaning when AI training data is involved. (credit: iStock / Getty Images) The last.....»»
Reddit admits more moderator protests could hurt its business
Losing third-party tools "could harm our moderators’ ability to review content..." Enlarge (credit: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Reddit filed to go public on Thursday (PDF), revealing various details of th.....»»
Reddit IPO finally official; AI data harvesting deal was with Google
The long-awaited Reddit IPO is finally official, as the company formally notified the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of its plans to take the company public on the New York Stock Exchange with the ticker symbol RDDT. Reddit has also reve.....»»
Reddit seals $60M deal with Google to boost AI tools, report claims
Google has struck a deal worth $60 million that will allow it to use Reddit content to train its generative-AI models, a report claimed on Thursday......»»
Your Reddit posts will now help Google train its AI
Google and Reddit have announced a partnership in which Google will be using Reddit posts to help train its AI tools. The post Your Reddit posts will now help Google train its AI appeared first on Phandroid. Training AI to think and behave.....»»
America returns spaceship to the Moon, a private sector first
For the first time since the Apollo era, an American spaceship has landed on the Moon: an uncrewed commercial robot, funded by NASA to pave the way for US astronauts to return to Earth's cosmic neighbor later this decade......»»