Eight charged in $114 million pump-and-dump stock scheme on Discord and TwitterThe fraud allegedly included a podcaster, too.By J. Fingas, 12.14.2022
The 'villain' in Reddit's GameStop investor saga is shutting downMelvin Capital couldn't survive the meme stock wars.By J. Fingas, 05.19.2022
Elon Musk accuses the SEC of leaking information against himMusk's lawyers didn't say what was leaked, however. By S. Dent, 02.22.2022
Amazon more than doubles base pay cap for corporate and tech employeesIt's now up to $350,000 in base pay compared to $160,000 before. By S. Dent, 02.08.2022
Elon Musk says Hertz hasn’t actually ordered 100,000 Tesla EVs yet"Hertz deal has zero effect on our economics," he said in a Tweet. By S. Dent, 11.02.2021
PayPal may offer a stock-trading platform in the USThe company recently hired the co-founder of an online brokerage firm to explore the idea.By I. Bonifacic, 08.30.2021
Social media bots may have fueled the GameStop stock frenzyJust how much of a role they played isn't clear.By J. Fingas, 02.28.2021
Watch Robinhood, Reddit and others testify to Congress over GameStop stocksThey'll be joined by the CEOs of Citadel LLC and Melvin Capital.By I. Bonifacic, 02.18.2021
Breaking down Reddit's battle over GameStop's stockWe chat with a business journalist and Reddit insider for details.By D. Hardawar, 01.29.2021
Engadget Podcast: How Reddit day traders blew up GameStop's stockOnce again, online memes are invading reality for the lols.By D. Hardawar, 01.28.2021
GameStop stock market squeeze attracts attention from CongressThe House and the Senate have promised hearings; the SEC may also get involved. By K. Bell, 01.28.2021
Robinhood hit with class action lawsuit after it restricts GameStop stockMembers of Congress have also questioned the company's actions.By K. Bell, 01.28.2021
Reddit's WallStreetBets is back on Discord after ban (updated)The controversial subreddit has struggled under an influx of new users.By K. Bell, 01.27.2021
Microsoft’s News Bar adds a scrolling news feed to Windows 10The app will display top regional news in a banner above the taskbar.By C. Fisher, 03.31.2020
NYSE will temporarily move to all-electronic stock tradingIt's dealing with COVID-19 by closing the physical trading floors.By J. Fingas, 03.18.2020
UK investigates if cyberattack led to stock exchange outageGCHQ isn't fully convinced the failure was due to a glitch.By J. Fingas, 01.05.2020
Square enables free stock trades using Cash AppYou'll be able to trade for as little as $1.By M. Moon, 10.25.2019
Microsoft Excel can provide real-time stock dataYour spreadsheet can provide up-to-the-minute info.By J. Fingas, 06.05.2019
SEC brings charges in connection with hack of its financial systemThe hacker and his associates generated more than $4 million in profits through illegal trades.By A. Dellinger, 01.15.2019
Microsoft briefly surpassed Apple as world's most valuable companyIt's symbolic of the evolving nature of both tech giants.By J. Fingas, 11.26.2018