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Discord CEO backs away from hinted NFT integration after backlash

Enlarge Discord’s CEO is publicly backing away from hints that the gaming-focused social networking company was seeking to integrate non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and cryptocurrency wallets into the platform directly. The news comes after Jason Citron, who founded and leads the company, tweeted a mockup on Monday of a Discord interface showing integration with crypto products […]

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GameStop FOMO inspires a new wave of crypto pump-and-dumps

Enlarge (credit: peng song / Getty) After the California Gold Rush, in 1870, two Kentucky swindlers whipped up a scheme to prey on thirsty financiers’ FOMO. They invented a diamond field out West. Investors sunk millions in today’s money into the scheme. All of it, of course, was for naught—a cautionary tale about believing anyone […]

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iOS users—and only iOS users—face NSFW content ban on Discord app

Enlarge / This cute little pig has obviously seen some things that iOS users will no longer be allowed to see on Discord. Discord users who access the Discord app through iOS will now face restrictions on adult content that go beyond those for other platforms. The gaming-focused social networking app—which lets users create public […]

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Report: Microsoft in talks for $10 billion acquisition of Discord

Enlarge Microsoft is reportedly in the late stages of $10 billion acquisition talks with Discord, a gaming-focused community chat platform, according to unnamed “people familiar with the matter” who spoke to Bloomberg. Epic Games and Amazon were also involved in acquisition talks previously, according to Bloomberg’s sources. VentureBeat also reported this week that Discord is […]

Entertainment

Evan Rachel Wood Claims Marilyn Manson’s Wife Threatened To Release Underage Photos Of Her

[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] Evan Rachel Wood, who has accused Marilyn Manson of abusing her while they were in a relationship earlier this week, has shared some more details about her alleged abuse. On Saturday, the Westworld star revealed on Instagram Story‘s that she had filed a police report late last year after learning the […]

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FTC kicks off Crossing Solitude probe of nine Important Social Networking Companies

Even the Federal Trade Commission is stepping up its electronic solitude work, and it has asked only about every significant social networking platform you can imagine to describe what personal information it collects from customers, and the reason why. The requests for information went {} to nine programs (or their parent firms, where relevant ), […]