Apollo, a Reddit app featured during WWDC, is being shuttered
Apollo, a popular Reddit app that was mentioned several times during WWDC, is being closed following Reddit’s API pricing change.
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Reddit makes an exception for accessibility apps under new API terms
Read more: Reddit makes an exception for accessibility apps under new API termsReddit says it will update its newly revised API terms to carve out an exception for accessibility apps, which allow users, including people who are blind or visually impaired, a way to browse and use Reddit. The carve-out comes after Reddit announced new API terms that would put most third-party app developers out of business,…
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Escape dynamically scans APIs to find security flaws
Read more: Escape dynamically scans APIs to find security flawsFrench startup Escape has raised a $3.9 million (€3.6 million) funding round shortly after ending Y Combinator’s winter 2023 cohort. The company provides a cybersecurity product focused on securing APIs before they are rolled out publicly. French VC firm Iris is leading the round with Frst also participating. Existing investors Irregular Expressions, Tiny Supercomputers and…
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Multiple subreddits and moderators are protesting Reddit’s API changes
Read more: Multiple subreddits and moderators are protesting Reddit’s API changesMultiple subreddits and moderators are protesting Reddit’s API pricing changes that may shut down many third-party clients. Popular subreddits such as r/aww, r/video, r/Futurology, r/LifeHacks, and r/bestof will go dark on June 12 to protest the company’s move. Separately, a moderator coordination subreddit has written an open letter to Reddit saying these changes will have…
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Developers of third-party Reddit apps fear shutdown because of API pricing changes
Read more: Developers of third-party Reddit apps fear shutdown because of API pricing changesChristian Selig, the developer of the popular iOS Reddit client Apollo, posted on the social network on Wednesday saying that the social network’s new API pricing might put him out of business. Selig is not alone in thinking like this. Since then, several third-party Reddit app developers have expressed their concern about their apps’ sustainability.…
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Twitter just realized it was dumb to cut off automated public service tweets
Read more: Twitter just realized it was dumb to cut off automated public service tweetsTwitter reversed what may have been its least popular change yet under Musk.
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A developer exploited an API flaw to provide free access to GPT-4
Read more: A developer exploited an API flaw to provide free access to GPT-4A developer is attempting to reverse-engineer APIs to grant anyone free access to popular AI models like OpenAI’s GPT-4 — legal ramifications be damned. The developer’s project, GPT4Free, blew up on GitHub over the past several days after links to it from Reddit went viral. At present, GPT4Free provides — or at least appears to…
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Reddit will begin charging for access to its API
Read more: Reddit will begin charging for access to its APIFollowing on the heels of Twitter’s decision to restrict third-party access to its data, Reddit today announced that it’ll begin charging for use of its API. It’s not a blanket policy change. As reported by The New York Times, Reddit’s API will remain free to developers who want to build apps and bots that help…
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Developer creates “self-healing” programs that fix themselves thanks to AI
Read more: Developer creates “self-healing” programs that fix themselves thanks to AI“Wolverine” experiment can fix Python bugs on the fly and re-run the code.
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Coast, a demo platform for ‘API-first’ companies, lands $2.1M
Read more: Coast, a demo platform for ‘API-first’ companies, lands $2.1MSpencer Levitt and Austin Pager met early on as classmates at Northwestern University and spent the next several years building apps powered by a wide range of APIs. After developers kept tapping them to help with API integrations, they set out to build a tool for “API-first” companies to offer simpler integration experiences. “During Y…
