Category: internet
The Bluesky hype explained – how it compares to Twitter and the best ways to switch
In the wake of the US election, millions of users have been joining Bluesky every day. A decentralized rival to X (formerly Twitter), the platform now has more than 20 million users. According to data from Similarweb, daily usage grew by more than 500% after the election. In a recent…
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Yes, Google is a near-monopoly, but selling off Chrome won’t make it better
Google‘s Chrome browser is dominant; not in the way Google’s search engine is, but at 67% market share, according to Stat Counter, it sits comfortably atop competitors like Safari, Edge, and Opera, who are mostly fighting over scraps. For the US Government, which is now calling for the breakup of…
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Reddit was down again – popular discussion platform suffered through second major outage in two days
Refresh 2024-11-21T16:10:07.365Z Success subreddit Reddit’s reversion had the desired effect and Reddit appears to be back online. Down Detector reports have dropped precipitously and we’re now able to navigate the discussion site. (Image credit: Future) 2024-11-21T16:03:03.052Z Reddit is already showing some signs of life. As of 11AM ET, it was…
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Reddit was down – the popular discussion platform had a huge outage
Refresh 2024-11-20T23:41:30.418Z Oh, Reddit. Even when you’re down, you know how to reach us. The discussion platform appears almost fully healed and Reddit has been mostly mum about the cause except for a brief comment from a spokesperson. Now, though, we have the “full story” and in completely Reddit fashion.…
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Reddit is down – live updates on the huge outage
Reddit suffered a major outage on Wednesday, plunging its millions of devoted users into discussion darkness, with no place to drop their hot takes, memes, and AMA. As of 4PM ET, the popular website was returning a mostly blank page with an upstream error at the top Down Detector put…
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I wasted my day on Bluesky Social and no, I’m not sorry
I would like to say I saw Bluesky Social’s big moment coming. After all, I joined the social network in April 2023 when few knew about it, and Twitter Founder and ex-charmingly quirky tech CEO Jack Dorsey was leading it. I rooted around a bit, and despite its threadbare interface,…
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