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Hedge funds were caught off guard in early 2021, when retail investors suddenly put the squeeze on GameStop stock that they had been shorting. But when the meme stock frenzy came back with a fury this week — and then fizzled fast — things were different.

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The U.S. Department of Justice has arrested two brothers for attacking the Ethereum blockchain and stealing $25 million worth of cryptocurrency within 12 seconds, it said in an unsealed indictment on Wednesday.

The latest Boeing plane running into turbulence? It belongs to Donald Trump. The former U.S. president’s private Boeing 757 ran into another plane on the runway at West Palm Beach International Airport on Sunday, according to WFLA, the NBC affiliate in Tampa, Florida. Nobody was injured in the accident.

Elon Musk’s brain chip startup has known about a design flaw in its brain implant’s electrode-containing threads for years, according to a new report.

Engineers are cooking up a new clean energy solution: charging up crystals with solar energy to temperatures of 1,832 degrees Fahrenheit (1,000 degrees Celsius), potentially making them a greener substitute for the carbon-intensive processes that smelt steel and cook cement.

A 24/7 livestream “Portal” that connects New York City and the Irish capital of Dublin was temporarily deactivated on Tuesday as technicians sought to solve a critical flaw in the project’s fun premise: How to stop so many people from sharing inappropriate material—like dick pics, videos of 9/11, or boobs.

This week, meme stocks came back into the limelight after Roaring Kitty, the investor behind the GameStop saga in 2021, made a comeback on social media and sparked a renewed frenzy, lifting other meme stocks.

McDonald’s is moving forward with its plan to launch a $5 meal deal in a bid to win over carefully spending consumers.

The tight housing market has Americans sticking with rentals until they can get their hands on cheaper homes and lower mortgage rates. But many are worried that continuing to funnel their paychecks into rental properties could hurt their financial futures.

Nvidia has been on a hot streak so far this year — and its chief executive is headed for compensation outpacing his chip rivals.

OpenAI and Google showcased their latest and greatest AI technology this week. For the last two years, tech companies have raced to make AI models smarter, but now a new focus has emerged: make them multimodal. OpenAI and Google are zeroing in on AI that can seamlessly switch between its robotic mouth, eyes, and ears.

Steve Sosnick, chief strategist of Interactive Brokers, spoke with Quartz for the latest installment of our “Smart Investing” video series.

Elon Musk fired the head of Tesla’s Supercharger department late last month, along with her entire 500-person team. It was a confusing decision that raised more questions than answers, especially considering that Musk had recently convinced every other automaker to agree to make their electric vehicles compatible with…

Meme stocks enjoyed a return to the limelight this week after Roaring Kitty, the investor behind the GameStop saga in 2021, made a comeback on social media and sparked a renewed frenzy.

Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk, the maker of the popular diabetes and weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, has a prominent admirer in its home country.

Philanthropy is considered by some to be the cornerstone of a stable and free society, in part because it can help improve people’s lives and provide them with opportunities that may have not been as easily attainable otherwise.

Back in October, a robotaxi operated by the Cruise autonomous vehicle subsidiary of General Motors hit a woman in San Francisco as she crossed the street.

What started as a 36-hour hackathon project last weekend could empower the open-source community to upend the smart glasses industry. Five team members built a $20 pair of smart glasses, dubbed Open Glass, that connects what you see and hear to an AI chatbot, such as Meta’s Llama 3.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is calling out airlines for suing to block a new rule from the Biden administration meant to provide more transparency around fees airlines charge passengers.

A top Walmart executive told employees Tuesday that the retailer would slash hundreds of corporate positions and aska majority of its remote workers relocate to one of three of its central hubs, according to a memo sent to staff. The company also said it will give some employees permission to work remotely, but only…

Boeing’s orders and deliveries page on its website says that the company delivered 24 planes to customers last month — the fewest since February 2022. Sixteen of those deliveries were the troubled 737 Max models. While the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says Boeing can only make 38 of them a month, Reuters…

Electric vehicle maker Rivian has informed officials in California that it is planning to carry out more layoffs in the state. In an April letter to the state’s Employment Development Department, Scott Griffin, Rivian’s vice president of people (read: head of HR) said the automaker planned to lay off over 120…

Earlier this week, the U.S. imposed massive new sanctions against Chinese-made products, especially electric vehicles. The Biden administration levied a 100% tariff on EVs made in China and hiked tariffs on other products as well to the tune of $18 billion in Chinese goods. Now, China is responding, but in a far more…

Dell will reportedly start monitoring the in-office attendance of its U.S. employees who are classified as hybrid workers by tracking their badge swipes — and employees who don’t come in enough are getting a literal red flag.