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Senate to hold hearing on the stock market after Reddit GameStop squeeze

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), the incoming chair of the Senate Banking Committee, announced Thursday that he plans to hold a hearing on the “current state of the stock market” in the wake of unprecedented volatility around GameStop, AMC, and other stocks. The volatility has been most pronounced around the retailer GameStop, which has more than… Read more

Cyberpunk 2077 Update 1.11 Fixes Game-Breaking Bug Caused by Patch 1.1

Home News (Image credit: CD Projekt Red) There’s a new Cyberpunk 2077 patch making the rounds, and the sole reason for its existence is to fix the bugs introduced from the previous patch. When CD Projekt Red released patch 1.0 for Cyberpunk 2077, it broke a critical mission in the game, introducing a game-breaking bug…. Read more

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

In the wake of Robinhood’s surprise trading block, a new class of Reddit investors are looking for apps that will let them plow their money into their favorite stocks. On Thursday morning, Robinhood announced that it would temporarily block investors from purchasing or trading companies including GameStop, AMC, BlackBerry, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Nokia,… Read more

Peacock hit 33 million signups before The Office even arrived

NBC Universal’s Peacock streaming service hit 33 million signups in the fourth quarter, parent company Comcast reported Thursday, an addition of 11 million signups from the third quarter. While the company’s overall revenues beat Wall Street’s expectations, Comcast continued to see the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on its filmed entertainment and theme park divisions…. Read more

Cyberpunk 2077 gets new patch to fix old patch that introduced a game-breaking bug

Cyberpunk 2077’s big new 1.1 patch introduced a game-breaking bug earlier this week, and now Developer CD Projekt Red is fixing it. A new 1.11 hotfix is available across PC, Stadia, and Xbox / PlayStation consoles today. While it also restores item randomization to a previous state, the primary purpose is to fix the game-breaking… Read more

Reddit vs. Wall Street: the latest in the GameStop saga

Subreddit r/WallStreetBets has been the talk of the Internet this week, as its members have driven GameStop’s stock prices from around $20 to over $300. The community brands itself as “like 4chan found a Bloomberg Terminal,” and as time has gone on, it’s targeted other unlikely stocks like AMC, Blackberry, and Tootsie Roll. They’ve also… Read more

Memes have broken the brokerages

In retrospect, stock memes were inevitable. Unfortunately, it looks like a lot of brokerages weren’t ready. Vanguard, Charles Schwab, and Fidelity Investments, among others, have been experiencing outages, The Wall Street Journal reports. None of the brokerages would tell the WSJ specifically why the outages were happening. Also, Charles Schwab and TD Ameritrade are restricting… Read more

Spin is testing remote-controlled electric scooters to prevent blocked sidewalks

Spin, the scooter company owned by Ford, is testing a new scooter that can be controlled by a remote operator. The scooters, Segway’s T60 model, look different than Spin’s regular fleet with the addition of a third wheel in the front. They’re also outfitted with sensors and other technology provided by a startup called Tortoise,… Read more

Reddit’s GameStop traders turn their attention to AMC stock

Reddit traders who have successfully profited off GameStop (GME) stock are now turning their attention to struggling movie theater chain AMC. Reddit board r/wallstreetbets has helped push GameStop stock to record levels in recent days, with the stock closing up 92 percent yesterday alone. It’s part of a chaotic, meme-fueled effort to create an organized… Read more

10 best remastered games: The top Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and PC gems to play now

(Pocket-lint) – Feeling all nostalgic? Well, if you want to dabble in a bit of old-school gaming then there’s no need to go digging the PS1 or Dreamcast out of the attic – so many of those machines’ older games have been lovingly picked up and remastered by developers. No scratched CD nightmares or cartridge-blowing… Read more

Oppo Reno 4 Z review: Affordable 5G

(Pocket-lint) – Throughout 2020 the battle for dominance in the mid-range smartphone market burned fierce. With one group of companies in particular showing it was more than willing to add some competition to a market that had grown a little stagnant in the wake of manufacturers chasing that four-figure price bracket. That group, of course,… Read more

Cyberpunk 2077’s new 1.1 update introduces a game-breaking bug

Cyberpunk 2077’s big new 1.1 patch has introduced a game-breaking bug. Eurogamer reports that the “Down on the Street” quest appears to be broken for some players. The quest includes a holocall that’s supposed to trigger progress through the main part of Cyberpunk 2077’s storyline. Unfortunately, some players are reporting that the call remains silent,… Read more

8BitDo’s Arcade Stick is a sleek and stylish Switch controller

8BitDo is best known for its affordable retro controllers, but its latest product is quite a bit more ambitious. It’s a wireless arcade stick for the Nintendo Switch and PCs, simply called the 8BitDo Arcade Stick, and at $89.99 it’s now the most expensive controller in the company’s lineup. Arcade sticks can be pretty pricey,… Read more

8BitDo’s Arcade Stick is a sleek and stylish Switch controller

8BitDo is best known for its affordable retro controllers, but its latest product is quite a bit more ambitious. It’s a wireless arcade stick for the Nintendo Switch and PCs, simply called the 8BitDo Arcade Stick, and at $89.99 it’s now the most expensive controller in the company’s lineup. Arcade sticks can be pretty pricey,… Read more

IBM: Loss of profit causes share price to fall

IBM suffered a surprisingly significant loss of business at the end of the year. In the final quarter, sales fell year-on-year by a good six percent to 20, 4 billion US dollars, about 16, 8 billion euros, as IBM announced on Thursday after the US market closed. Net income fell 42 percent to $ 1.3… Read more