Month: January 2021
Reddit co-founder on GameStop: ‘The collective public cannot unsee this’
When Robinhood, a startup that promises to make finance accessible for all, temporarily limited trading on GameStop, AMC, and other memestocks, many retail investors were pissed that the fintech darling suddenly didn’t live up to its name. The specific reasons may have been short-term and technical, but the choice looked…
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After a wild week of stocks, you can’t stream most of the biggest Wall Street films
It has been a wild week for the stock market, with amateur traders from Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets subreddit battling traditional investors. The past several days have been full of massive swings in stocks like GameStop and AMC and app-fueled drama that’s sparked a larger debate over the nature of Wall Street…
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When is WandaVision episode 5 released on Disney Plus? When is WandaVision episode 5 released
Wondering when WandaVision episode 5 is released on Disney Plus? The next episode of the MCU TV show is scheduled to release on Friday, February 5, at midnight PT / 3AM ET / 8AM GMT. New episodes will then follow every Friday at the same time, with WandaVision due to…
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WhatsApp is using Status messages—its version of Stories— to try to reassure users about privacy
Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has started posting Status messages to users about its “commitment to your privacy.” The in-app messages were appearing for members of The Verge staff in the US and UK on Saturday, and some users reported the Status messages — WhatsApp’s version of Snapchat Stories or Twitter…
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SpaceX Starship launch reportedly violated an FAA license
SpaceX’s high altitude Starship test may have created more problems than a fiery explosion. The Verge sources understand that the Starship SN8 launch violated the terms of SpaceX’s FAA test license, leading to an official investigation. It’s not clea… Source
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This Week in Apps: GameStop madness hits trading apps, Apple privacy changes, Clubhouse becomes a unicorn
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion…
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