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

HP to Buy Humane, Maker of the Ai Pin, for $116 Million Humane, which marketed its Ai Pin as the next big thing after smartphones, had raised $240 million from investors, including OpenAI’s Sam Altman. The pin will be discontinued.

LinkedIn Report: AI Overwhelms 72% Of B2B Marketers via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern LinkedIn study finds B2B marketers are overwhelmed with AI, though two-thirds are integrating it into their workflows. The post LinkedIn Report: AI Overwhelms 72% Of B2B Marketers appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

FTC Chair praises Justice Thomas as ‘the most important judge of the last 100 years’ for Black History Month Newly appointed Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson praised his former boss, the conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, as “the most important judge of the last 100 years,” in a memo to agency staff honoring Black History Month. The message, obtained by The Verge and confirmed by the FTC, sheds light on how Ferguson

Perplexity AI’s Deep Research Tool Is Almost as Good as OpenAI’s, and It’s Free Deep Research that’s quick and free.

DOGE can keep accessing government data for now, judge rules A US federal judge declined to block Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing or transferring data from seven government agencies, or stop further firings of their workforce. DC District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan denied a temporary restraining order (TRO) sought by a group of 14 Democratic state attorneys gener…

Aptoide Alternative App Store Launches in the EU With Access to Older Versions of Games iPhone and iPad users in the European Union now have access to another alternative app store with the official launch of Aptoide, a gaming marketplace. Aptoide has been around for quite some time as an app marketplace on Android devices, but the company began working on an iOS marketplace when Apple added support for sideloading apps last year….

Marvel Rivals’ US team is undergoing layoffs Marvel Rivals, the Overwatch 2-lunch-eating multiplayer shooter that boasted 20 million players within days of its December 2024 launch, has laid off an unspecified number of employees in its US operations, according to separate posts by recently laid off employees on LinkedIn. “Welp, just got laid off from my job working on Marvel Rivals with

HP is buying Humane and shutting down the AI Pin Humane is selling “key AI capabilities” to HP for $116 million and will stop selling AI Pin, the company announced today. AI Pins that have already been purchased will continue to function normally until 3PM ET on February 28th, Humane says in a support document. After that date, Pins will “no longer connect to Humane’s

Amazon scraps its TikTok-style Inspire feed Amazon has discontinued Inspire, its TikTok-like feed featuring photos and videos of products, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. In a statement to The Verge, Amazon spokesperson Maxine Tagay said the company “regularly evaluate various features to better align with what customers tell us matters most, and as part of that, Inspire is no longe…

GTA VI: all the news on Rockstar’s next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series It’s been a decade and two console generations since the release of GTA V. But that time’s over. Rockstar announced that it would reveal the game’s first trailer on Tuesday, December 5th, 2023, at 6AM PT / 9AM ET. Unfortunately, an early leak prompted the company to release the trailer more than half a day

Rockstar’s working on bringing Roblox creators to GTA VI With GTA VI looming over the fall 2025 release schedule, a new report from Digiday claims that Rockstar is going all-in on user-generated content. According to the report, the developer is having discussions with Fortnite, Roblox, and GTA creators about making “custom experiences” inside what’s shaping up to be the biggest gaming release since t…

Google Meet’s AI transcripts will automatically create action items for you Google Meet’s Gemini-powered note-taking feature is getting a bit more useful for Workspace teams. It will now generate a checklist of suggested next steps at the end of your meetings, going as far as assigning due dates and attaching a primary stakeholder to the task. The note-taking feature was initially launched in August last year.

Facebook is about to mass delete a lot of old live streams Facebook will start deleting users’ live broadcast recordings after 30 days starting on February 19th. Users who go live after that date must download the videos to save them from getting deleted before their 30-day expiration period ends. Alternatively, you could share the recordings to your profile as Reels, although that means fitting clips i…

iPhone SE 4’s Specs Could Lead to Enhanced Resale Value Apple is expected to announce the fourth-generation iPhone SE as soon as tomorrow, potentially with improved long-term value retention, according to analysis by SellCell. Despite its lower price point, the ‌iPhone SE‌ has historically struggled with resale value compared to Apple’s higher end smartphones. According to SellCell’s depreciation an…

iPhone 17 Pro Models Rumored to Feature Aluminum Frame Instead of Titanium Frame Over the years, Apple has switched from an aluminum frame to a stainless steel frame to a titanium frame for its highest-end iPhones. And now, it has been rumored that Apple will go back to using aluminum for three out of four iPhone 17 models. In an investor note with research firm GF Securities, obtained by MacRumors this week, Apple supply c…

iPhone 17 Lineup Rumored to Support Up to 35W Charging Speeds Those hoping for significantly faster wired charging speeds with the iPhone 17 lineup this year might be disappointed, if the latest rumor is true. A render of the iPhone 17 Pro’s alleged camera design In a note with investment firm GF Securities, obtained by MacRumors this week, Apple supply chain analyst Jeff Pu said the iPhone 17, iPhone 1…

Bitcoin Slumps Below $94K, but One Analyst Says $500K Forecast Remains in Play Recent U.S. regulatory filings are show a broadening in the base of buyers for bitcoin ETFs.

Libra Token’s Co-Creator Claimed He Paid Argentinian President Milei’s Sister It was unclear if any money was exchanged between Davis and Milei’s inner circle in advance of Libra’s launch.

Electricity demand surges for the world’s two biggest polluters China and the US, the world’s two top greenhouse gas polluters, could burn through a lot more electricity over the next couple of years, according to the latest forecast from the International Energy Agency (IEA). The steepest rise in global electricity demand in a while is expected over the next few years, with much of that coming from new data…