The party’s over for AMC and GameStop investors — but the luckier meme-stock winners are now bracing for a massive tax bill

When Jason Gutierrez kept refreshing GameStop’s performance between work tasks during the wild, early days of 2021, he admits future tax obligations weren’t his No. 1 priority. “It was in the back of ...

Monetize unused bandwidth and expand internet access with PKT

Internet connectivity has increased dramatically in the last couple of decades, and the connection speeds have also gone up enormously. Additionally, the cost of internet subscriptions has also been o...

Opinion: Meta CFO cries ‘wolf’ again with bleak Facebook outlook — but he may be right this time

Chief Financial Officer David Wehner has warned of impending financial doom at Facebook so many times that this column has dubbed him “the Chicken Little of Silicon Valley.” But this time, the sky may...

More than 10% of global working-age internet users own crypto

DataReportal recently released its flagship global overview report–revealing that more than one in 10 working-age internet users owns some form of cryptocurrency. The global digital insight provider a...

Facebook parent Meta stands to shed more than $200 billion in market value after rough earnings report

Shares of Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. plunged more than 20% in extended trading Wednesday after detailing a holiday-earnings miss, weak guidance and intensifying competition. Meta FB, +1.25% s...

Crypto exchange FTX to buy Japanese rival Liquid

Sam Bankman-Fried, chief executive officer of FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, speaks during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021....

Opinion: Invest in Google if you like — but that stock split isn’t a solid reason to be bullish

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Alphabet’s just-announced 20-for-1 stock split is not the bullish omen that investors are making it out to be. There are two major arguments being given for why this stock split is...

Satellite internet tier at $500 per month

SpaceX has quietly rolled out a new, more powerful “premium” tier of its Starlink satellite internet service that’s targeted at businesses and enterprise customers. The new product, ...

The ‘best job in America’ pays $145,000, has 14,000 job openings — and offers a generous work-life balance

A six-figure salary and the option to work from home? It sounds too good to be true. Job openings are rising, while workers continue to quit. The number of vacant jobs hit 10.9 million in December, up...

Brave CEO: NFTs have ‘Scammy Side’ Like Early Internet

The NFT scene might be setting records this year, but Mozilla co-founder and Brave Software CEO Brendan Eich thinks the scene still needs to be vetted of “silliness” and its “scammy ...

Opinion: Google is finally splitting its stock; will Amazon be next, leading to a Dow shakeup?

Alphabet Inc. is finally carving into its gargantuan stock price with a stock split, which leaves only one Big Tech company remaining with a huge per-share price despite an easy avenue to change it. A...

Google could challenge for $2 trillion market cap after earnings, stock-split news

Google parent Alphabet Inc. headed toward a couple of elusive marks Tuesday evening, after disclosing earnings and plans for a stock split: A $3,000 share price and $2 trillion market cap. Alphabet sh...

PayPal stock sinks after earnings as inflation, spending pressures weigh on outlook

PayPal Holdings Inc. largely matched expectations for its holiday quarter but shares plunged late Tuesday after the company delivered an earnings forecast that came up shy of expectations. Shares were...

Metaverse real estate sales top $500 million, MetaMetric Solutions says

Sales of real estate in the metaverse topped $500 million last year and could double this year, according to investors and analytics firms. Real estate sales on the four major metaverse platforms reac...

Internet Computer price forecast: how will the BTC and ETH integration shape the value of ICP?

Internet Computer ICP/USD is a blockchain network that runs at web speed and serves content on the web.  It was created as a means of enabling developers, organizations as well as other parties to bui...

Huobi Incubator Partners With DFINITY to Boost Web3 Development Using the Internet Computer

[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] The partnership will give rise to jointly-organized global hackathons, and see Huobi Incubator take an active role in the entire lifecycle of Internet Computer...

Mobile shopping company Wish’s stock gains as Foot Locker exec is named as new CEO

Wish parent company Contextlogic Inc. announced Monday that it found its new chief executive at Foot Locker Inc., and shares gained in late trading. Vijay Talwar, most recently the CEO for Foot Locker...

Regulators’ Internet Symposium Signals Softer Touch

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities followed the US’ strong Friday performance overnight. China, South Korea, and Taiwan markets were all closed for Lunar New Year while Hong Kong had...

Internet Computer plans to integrate ETH and BTC by the end of 2022

The Internet Computer (ICP/USD), a public blockchain and protocol that lets developers install smart contracts and decentralized applications (dApps) directly on the blockchain, is planning to roll ou...

Internet Computer to Integrate with Bitcoin and Ethereum by the End of 2022

Internet Computer has launched a roadmap for 2022, saying it will roll out the integration of Bitcoin and Ethereum by the end of 2022. Internet Computer is the world’s first decentralized public...

Internet Computer plans to roll out BTC and ETH integrations by year-end

The Internet Computer has released a roadmap for 2022 and beyond, indicating plans to roll out integrations with Bitcoin and Ethereum by the end of the year. The Internet Computer is a public blockcha...

Metaverse Heralded As The Future Of The Internet Witnesses Sexual Misconduct

Metaverse is a simulated virtual reality that functions with the help of virtual reality and also augmented reality. This space was created to focus on socialization by primarily mimicking user intera...

The IRS will stop sending out one type of taxpayer notice to try to cut down on aggravation this tax season

Trying to minimize aggravation during a tax-filing season that could have plenty of challenges, the Internal Revenue Service said it is pausing one of its notices that could ferment taxpayer frustrati...

Paul Krugman says crypto has ‘disturbing’ parallels with subprime

Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman. Panayiotis Tzamaros | ullstein bild via Getty Images Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman has given an ominous warning about the volatile cryptocurren...

Tech sell-off has VCs worried about a drop in startup valuations

A conceptual image showing stock exchange numbers and flames. Sean Gladwell | Moment | Getty Images After a blockbuster year for venture capital deals, some investors worry the boom times may not last...

Fed rate hikes are coming — how to tackle your savings, mortgage, car payments and credit-card debt in advance

Wall Street investors and Washington D.C. lawmakers are closely listening to what Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says Wednesday about the central bank’s next steps in its fight against decades...

LendingClub stock plummets after earnings guidance comes in light

Shares of LendingClub Corp. fell 14% in the extended session Wednesday after the company gave 2022 earnings guidance lower than analysts expected. LendingClub LC, +4.41% reported earnings of $29.1 mil...

Santander launches buy now, pay later service Zinia to take on Klarna

A Santander office building in London. Luke MacGregor | Bloomberg via Getty Images Spanish bank Santander is launching its own “buy now, pay later” service in Europe, in a bid to fend off ...

Klarna launches physical card in the UK

LONDON — Swedish fintech firm Klarna is embedding its “buy now, pay later” service into a physical card in the U.K. The company on Wednesday announced the launch of Klarna Card, a Visa car...

Crypto winter? Investors fear bitcoin has further to drop

Two commemorative bitcoins pictured in front of a Tesla car during cold weather on Jan. 7, 2022. Artur Widak | NurPhoto via Getty Images As cryptocurrency investors reel from the sharp sell-off in bit...

What is the Metaverse? The Immersive, NFT-Powered Future Internet

In brief The metaverse is a future evolution of the Internet based on persistent, shared virtual worlds in which people interact as 3D avatars. Blockchain technology may provide the backbone of the me...

When We Were Young Festival’s Ticket Sale Teaches A Valuable Lesson. Random Information From The Internet Is Not Always Reliable

When We Were Young festival lineup . In this crazy world where epidemiologists compete with Tik Tok posts when trying to put out credible medical advice, it’s about time we look at a simple example of...