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Image via 20th Century Studios Over the decades of cinema, many filmmakers have attempted to tell stories about beings from other worlds visiting our own and in the wake of Nope, movie fans are endeavoring to craft a definitive list of the best alien and UFO films of all time. Taking to Reddit, one film fan asked fellow movie fans to add to their growing list of films that provide the best alien or UFO experiences, and there were plenty to choose from. Of course, the most obvious and relevant addition to the…

Key Highlights: Reddit announced it is launching its NFT-based Avatars on the Polygon Matic networkReddit announcement spiked the Polygon Matic priceBitgert NFT marketplace will be better than even the Polygon Matic NFTs The last few weeks have seen a rapid increase in the number of mainstream companies minting their NFTs on the Polygon Matic network. Meta, Coca Cola and now Reddit are just some of the major brands that have recently announced launching their NFTs on the Polygon Matic. Reddit announcement…

Reddit is dipping its toe into the digital collectible craze. The site is launching a new take on NFTs with collectible avatars, one of its first forays into blockchain-based tech. The avatars are designed by artists (many of whom are, naturally, also Redditors) and will be for sale in a new storefront. Initially, only a small group of Reddit users will be able to purchase the avatars by joining the r/collectibleavatars subreddit, but the company says it intends to open the store to all users “in the coming weeks.” Though…

When Reddit decided to hire its first chief product officer last year, one of the first candidates that cofounder and CEO Steve Huffman spoke with was Pali Bhat, the VP for product management and design at Google Cloud. Huffman was impressed—but he also had his reservations.“My concern with Pali was that he hadn’t worked on something like Reddit before,” Huffman remembers. “Consumer internet is its own thing. And then there’s Reddit, which is further down the spectrum.” During his decade at Google, Bhat had worked on some…

Reddit's ‘Open in app' pop-up that appears when you visit its mobile site can be quite annoying. Worst, the company deliberately does not allow users to remove the pop-up by tapping on a close button. It seems like the dialogue box might be helping the company, which is claimed to be “the front-page of the Internet”, to grow its app downloads and usage over time. Naturally, there are a large number of netizens who do not want to see the pop-up, which restricts access to the Reddit site when browsing from a…