January 29, 2021

GameStop, Reddit, and Robin Hood: How r/WallStreetBets gamed the stock of GameStop

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1 hour 11 minutes

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Elizabeth Lopatto explain how the users of the subreddit r/WallStreetBets sent GameStop, AMC and other stocks rocketing up through the stock market.

A year into coronavirus, we’re still counting the dead

Slow certification process keeps some pharmacists from giving COVID-19 vaccines

Go read this report about the tech systems behind the US’s vaccine distribution

Testing sidelined as health departments focus on vaccination

How r/WallStreetBets gamed the stock of GameStop

Reddit’s GameStop traders turn their attention to AMC stock

Memes have broken the brokerages

Robinhood blocks purchase of GameStop, AMC, and BlackBerry stock

Discord has turned into a virtual trade floor with memes, stocks, and chaos

r/WallStreetBets went private — and now it’s back with a message

After buy ban, GameStop hypebeasts are looking for a Robinhood alternative

Robinhood denies claims that it sold GameStop shares out from under its traders

Robinhood will allow ‘limited buys’ of stocks like GameStop starting Friday

Samsung Galaxy S21 review

Sony’s creator-focused Xperia Pro arrives in the US priced at $2,499

Tesla unveils redesigned Model S with new interior and 520-mile range option

OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei’s next company is literally called Nothing

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January 29, 2021

GameStop, Reddit, and Robin Hood: How r/WallStreetBets gamed the stock of GameStop

Listen Later

1 hour 11 minutes

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Elizabeth Lopatto explain how the users of the subreddit r/WallStreetBets sent GameStop, AMC and other stocks rocketing up through the stock market.

A year into coronavirus, we’re still counting the dead

Slow certification process keeps some pharmacists from giving COVID-19 vaccines

Go read this report about the tech systems behind the US’s vaccine distribution

Testing sidelined as health departments focus on vaccination

How r/WallStreetBets gamed the stock of GameStop

Reddit’s GameStop traders turn their attention to AMC stock

Memes have broken the brokerages

Robinhood blocks purchase of GameStop, AMC, and BlackBerry stock

Discord has turned into a virtual trade floor with memes, stocks, and chaos

r/WallStreetBets went private — and now it’s back with a message

After buy ban, GameStop hypebeasts are looking for a Robinhood alternative

Robinhood denies claims that it sold GameStop shares out from under its traders

Robinhood will allow ‘limited buys’ of stocks like GameStop starting Friday

Samsung Galaxy S21 review

Sony’s creator-focused Xperia Pro arrives in the US priced at $2,499

Tesla unveils redesigned Model S with new interior and 520-mile range option

OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei’s next company is literally called Nothing

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