Intro

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Elizabeth Lopatto explain how the users of the subreddit r/WallStreetBets sent GameStop, AMC and other stocks rocketing up through the stock market.

• A year into coronavirus, we’re still counting the dead
• Slow certification process keeps some pharmacists from giving COVID-19 vaccines
• Go read this report about the tech systems behind the US’s vaccine distribution
• Testing sidelined as health departments focus on vaccination
• How r/WallStreetBets gamed the stock of GameStop
• Reddit’s GameStop traders turn their attention to AMC stock
• Memes have broken the brokerages
• Robinhood blocks purchase of GameStop, AMC, and BlackBerry stock
• Discord has turned into a virtual trade floor with memes, stocks, and chaos
• r/WallStreetBets went private — and now it’s back with a message
• After buy ban, GameStop hypebeasts are looking for a Robinhood alternative
• Robinhood denies claims that it sold GameStop shares out from under its traders
• Robinhood will allow ‘limited buys’ of stocks like GameStop starting Friday
• Samsung Galaxy S21 review
• Sony’s creator-focused Xperia Pro arrives in the US priced at $2,499
• Tesla unveils redesigned Model S with new interior and 520-mile range option
• OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei’s next company is literally called Nothing

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