Reddit CEO defends platform’s role in GameStop stock surge

Steve Huffman, CEO of Reddit, defended the role the discussion platform in the surge of GameStop shares last month. Testifying before a Congress panel, Huffman said Reddit didn’t detect any significant bot-driven activity on the WallStreetBets subreddit. In January, Redditors triggered a buying frenzy last month for undesirable stocks. At one point, GameStop stocks surged to 2,700% of its value.

Reddit CEO defends platform’s role in GameStop stock surge

Volvo vows to go all-electric by 2030, sell cars only online

Microsoft Teams to support 20,000 attendees until 2021, introduce E2E encryption

NASA Posts First Satellite Image of Perseverance Rover on Mars | Digital Trends

Epic Games is buying Fall Guys creator Mediatonic

Flipboard makes it easier to find local news in 1,000 areas across the US and Canada | Engadget

Microsoft says China-backed hackers are exploiting Exchange zero-days – TechCrunch

Japanese billionaire is looking for eight people to join him for a Moon voyage on SpaceX rocket

PlayStation Store to discontinue movie and TV purchases and rentals from August

Microsoft Mesh will teleport you in AR and VR to play with others across lots of devices

Twitter Spaces Comes to Android in India and Other Markets for Testing

Panos Panay teases ’next generation of Windows’ is coming at Ignite 2021

Xbox Series X is the official partner of Samsung TVs – here’s why

SoundCloud’s listener-based royalties promise better pay for indie artists | Engadget

Apple says you should lower your headphone volume

Who leads the world on AI? A decade from now, it might not be the US | ZDNet

Intel finally confirms its new Rocket Lake-S processors will launch on March 30

Lumia photography lead Ari Partinen joins Microsoft’s Surface team

Carbon emissions rebound in December despite continuing pandemic

Microsoft rolls out Azure Percept camera, mic and services

James Webb telescope passes final tests and prepares for launch

Intel scraps insurance plans for CPU overclockers – and the reason might surprise you

One of the biggest-ever changes expected for next Apple iPhones

Alan Rusbridger says Oversight Board will ask to see Facebook’s algorithm

’Hogwarts Legacy’ may allow players to create transgender characters | Engadget

Uber spins out delivery robot startup as Serve Robotics – TechCrunch