Russia threatened to ban Reddit over weed thread

The Russian government has threatened to block Reddit if one particular thread that gives tips for growing cannabis isn't removed.
Reddit finally removes white supremacy forums

White supremacist subreddits and subreddits dedicated to making drawings of child sex abuse were banned.
Stephen Hawking is accepting questions for his Reddit AMA

Hawking is concerned about the future of artificial intelligence, which he believes could wipe out humanity if certain steps aren't taken to make the technology safer.
Giant lizards are living in Bangkok's sewers

Recently there have been several sightings of giant lizards in the Bangkok sewer system, hunting rats and other small animals.
Reddit plans to seek and destroy hate communities

With the departure of Ellen Pao as Reddit's chief executive, new officer Steve Huffman says he will take measures to track and eliminate hateful content on the site.
Is this Deep Dream image still porn? (NSFW?)

A Redditor by the name of bobweiszsucks used Google's Deep Dream AI software to create this visually stimulating, if unsettling, image.
Reddit banned from China

China adds Reddit to the ongoing list of block sites - including Google, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram - as part of what is called the "Golden Shield Project."
This IRL M. C. Escher has been freaking out Reddit all day

The real-world optical illusion image depicts two construction workers on a lift that overlaps a concrete overpass, while the perspective of the foreground and background doesn't quite seem right.
The founders of
Clone Zone vs.
the media
machine

We talked to the web cloning app makers Slava Balasanov and Analisa Teachworth as they bear their high hopes and high traffic, the day after launch.