Karl Bode / VICE:
A Reddit user provides a detailed look at a decommissioned Netflix cache server with 262TB of storage; such servers are often embedded within major ISP networks — A Netflix cache server is getting a second chance at life thanks to Redditors. — KB — A Redditor says they’ve managed …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Reddit’s chief product officer says 3M+ users created Reddit Vault wallets, including 2.5M to buy NFT avatars that can be used as profile pictures on the site — In July, Reddit jumped on the NFT train, launching an NFT-based marketplace that allows users to purchase blockchain-based profile pictures for a fixed rate.
Fortune:
How Reddit’s blockchain-based Collectible Avatars, which avoid the NFT label, became popular; Polygon data shows the total sales volume was $10M+ by November 2 — At 2:59 p.m. ET on Oct. 20, when Reddit announced its second generation of collectible avatars, Ethan Clark was ready, phone in hand.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Reddit acquires contextual advertising company Spiketrap to improve its ad quality scoring and boost prediction models for auto-bidding — Reddit’s acquisition spree is continuing this morning with news that the company is bringing the audience contextualization company Spiketrap’s technology in-house.
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with telecom reporter Karl Bode about Gigi Sohn’s nomination to the FCC as Comcast and Fox Corp. team up to lobby swing votes in the Senate against her — How often do the parent companies of Fox News and MSNBC team up? … Today, we’re just talking about a problem.
James Hale / Tubefilter:
Discord renames Premium Memberships as Server Subscriptions and makes them available for all US creators; Discord will take a 10% cut of subscriptions — Over the past year, Discord has been testing creator monetization through what it called “Premium Memberships”-a monthly paid tier similar …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Momento, which offers a “serverless cache” optimized for cloud computing that it claims developers can add with ~5 lines of code, exits stealth with a $15M seed — After working at NASA as a rover roboticist, Khawaja Shams underwent something of a career pivot …
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