Sharon Ross 
Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets has grown significantly due to the community’s role in driving up the stock prices of companies like GameStop, AMC, and Nokia, and the whole saga has garnered so much attention that there are currently many movies and a TV show in the works. But that increased attention has also put strain on the … Read more
Heralded as the first blockbuster Korean space opera, Jo Sung-hee’s Space Sweepers quickly moves to undercut any grandeur that might come from that statement. During the launch of the spaceship Victory, Jo turns the camera downward to the pilot’s feet to note his completely worn-out socks, immediately undoing any possible glamour from the idea of … Read more
Most people who have used the Apple TV Siri remote have probably craved something that isn’t so darn frustrating to use — but most of us haven’t modded a Game Boy Color to work as one (via Gizmodo). That’s exactly what Italian YouTuber Otto Climan did, and while his project looks sleek as all get-out, … Read more
In Sea of Thieves, players take the role of pirates searching the seas for treasure and adventure. If you scratch the surface, you can find some particularly daring people setting up massive, ambitious obstacle courses. Ship crews are pushed to their limit as they race up the shores of islands to touch objectives, pull off … Read more
Sonos is preparing for the release of a new product that, according to FCC documentation, is likely to be the company’s second portable speaker with a rechargeable battery. The unannounced device, listed at the FCC as model number S27, is shown in testing diagrams to have a wireless charging dock and offer both Bluetooth and … Read more
Joe Biden’s administration is crafting a report that will include proposals for how the US might respond to global migration due to climate change. Biden commissioned the report as part of a broader executive order he signed yesterday aimed at overhauling the US refugee resettlement program, which was gutted under the Trump administration. “I’ve worked … Read more
The wonderful thing about bitcoin is many of its apparent benefits, like the ability to be anonymously owned and securely transferred, are also the things that often create situations like this: police in Germany have seized more than €50 million ($60 million) in bitcoin, but they can’t access any of it because, as Reuters reports, … Read more
Digital board games are rising in popularity in no small part due to social distancing requirements. On Friday, the Humble Store announced that it partnered with Asmodee Digital to create a massive new bundle of digital board games that includes Pandemic, Small World, and Terraforming Mars. You can get Humble’s Tabletop 2gether bundle for as … Read more
Okay, screenwriters, directors, authors, and production companies — we get it. You have some experience telling stories about Wall Street, the video game industry, or social networks, and you see some mighty big dollar signs in the true tale of how Reddit managed to drive an ailing video game retailer’s stocks to completely ridiculous highs … Read more
Since the opening of Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan on Feb. 4, visitors have been posting videos and photos of attractions all over the internet. While the posts have left those still in lockdown absolutely salivating, new footage of the theme park at least allows people to appreciate it from afar. Now we … Read more