Technology
Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.
![What if quitting your terrible job would help the economy?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1400366871.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Should people who quit get unemployment benefits?
![Will AI ever become conscious? It depends on how you think about biology.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/VOX-AI_Consciousness-Final-copy.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![Will AI ever become conscious? It depends on how you think about biology.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/VOX-AI_Consciousness-Final-copy.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
The debate that will steer the future of consciousness — and us.
![Biden’s overlooked campaign to protect Americans from Big Business](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1498753664.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Biden’s overlooked campaign to protect Americans from Big Business](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1498753664.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Many Americans are focused on inflation, but from Big Tech to junk fees, Biden is advancing a pro-consumer agenda.
![The rise of artificial intelligence, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24618050/GettyImages_1483829076.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The rise of artificial intelligence, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24618050/GettyImages_1483829076.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Understand how ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion, and DALL-E are transforming our world — from text and image generation to how we live and work.
The latest in Technology
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![Stop setting your thermostat at 72](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-510630038.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.1865671641791%2C0%2C99.626865671642%2C100&w=2400)
Let’s settle the heated debate over your AC, once and for all.
![What should an electric car sound like?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/what-should-an-electric-car-sound-like_cfba1f.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![What should an electric car sound like?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/what-should-an-electric-car-sound-like_cfba1f.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
The driving sounds of EVs, explained by the designers who make them.
![The Supreme Court handed down a hugely important First Amendment case today](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2149436408.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.875%2C0%2C70.25%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court handed down a hugely important First Amendment case today](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2149436408.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C2.5504151838671%2C100%2C94.899169632266&w=2400)
A few minutes before the Court held that Trump was allowed to do crimes, it did hand Republicans a meaningful loss.
![What, if anything, is AI search good for?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-618210072.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.67%2C0%2C66.66%2C100&w=2400)
![What, if anything, is AI search good for?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-618210072.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0050000000000026%2C0%2C99.99%2C100&w=2400)
Humans are still better than robots at finding correct answers online. Good.
![Two ways to go wrong in predicting AI](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2152425644.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.39673550966%2C0%2C65.20652898068%2C100&w=2400)
![Two ways to go wrong in predicting AI](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2152425644.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=1.0951032644903%2C0%2C97.809793471019%2C100&w=2400)
Why exponential growth can lead us to underestimate some technologies and overestimate others.
![Is Nvidia stock overvalued? It depends on the future of AI.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2094827647.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.311475409836%2C0%2C67.377049180328%2C100&w=2400)
![Is Nvidia stock overvalued? It depends on the future of AI.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2094827647.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.52716950527169%2C100%2C98.945660989457&w=2400)
It has been a wild few days for Nvidia stock. But the hype isn't dying down anytime soon.
![The Supreme Court hands an embarrassing defeat to America’s Trumpiest court](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1246876796.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.669854628921%2C0%2C66.660290742158%2C100&w=2400)
![The Supreme Court hands an embarrassing defeat to America’s Trumpiest court](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1246876796.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0047819433817935%2C0%2C99.990436113236%2C100&w=2400)
No, MAGA judges don’t get to decide what the Biden administration is allowed to say.
![Julian Assange’s release is still a lose-lose for press freedom](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2159250345.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Julian Assange’s release is still a lose-lose for press freedom](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2159250345.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The Wikileaks founder will plead guilty to violating the Espionage Act for publishing leaks about the Iraq War.
![The race to get ahead of the next tornado](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-2069097950.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=13.883244042121%2C0%2C72.233511915758%2C100&w=2400)
![The race to get ahead of the next tornado](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-2069097950.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C3.8533674339301%2C100%2C92.29326513214&w=2400)
AI is being tested against one of the most dangerous natural disasters.
![Misinformation is winning the war on misinformation](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1246499584.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=18.419189237033%2C0%2C63.161621525934%2C100&w=2400)
![Misinformation is winning the war on misinformation](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1246499584.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=2.6287838555497%2C0%2C94.742432288901%2C100&w=2400)
Online falsehoods are as bad as they‘ve ever been. Does anyone care?
![What a social media warning label can’t do](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1460738717.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.640625%2C0%2C66.71875%2C100&w=2400)
![What a social media warning label can’t do](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1460738717.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.039032006245115%2C100%2C99.92193598751&w=2400)
What the surgeon general wants to do for kids safety leaves the rest of us behind.
![The AI bill that has Big Tech panicked](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1498441871.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.918250110473%2C0%2C60.163499779054%2C100&w=2400)
![The AI bill that has Big Tech panicked](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1498441871.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=4.8773751657092%2C0%2C90.245249668582%2C100&w=2400)
Why some tech leaders are so worried about a California AI safety bill.
![Your social media diet is becoming easier to exploit](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2155035740.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.664467607864%2C0%2C66.671064784272%2C100&w=2400)
![Your social media diet is becoming easier to exploit](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2155035740.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0032983706049237%2C100%2C99.99340325879&w=2400)
Plausible AI nonsense won’t stop flooding your feed anytime soon.
![Apple’s convincing case that AI doesn’t have to be scary](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-2156429665.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.725%2C0%2C66.55%2C100&w=2400)
![Apple’s convincing case that AI doesn’t have to be scary](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-2156429665.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.087499999999999%2C0%2C99.825%2C100&w=2400)
Apple Intelligence wants to be the cool dad of artificial intelligence.
![This is your kid on smartphones](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1336588236.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![This is your kid on smartphones](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1336588236.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
A Q&A with Jonathan Haidt on smartphones, kids today, and what the skeptics get wrong about his argument.
![Where AI predictions go wrong](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1978657912.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.738461538462%2C0%2C66.523076923077%2C100&w=2400)
![Where AI predictions go wrong](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1978657912.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.1076923076923%2C0%2C99.784615384615%2C100&w=2400)
Both skeptics and boosters are too sure of themselves.
![The backlash against children’s YouTuber Ms Rachel, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2155220392.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=18.883333333333%2C0%2C62.233333333333%2C100&w=2400)
![The backlash against children’s YouTuber Ms Rachel, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2155220392.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=3.325%2C0%2C93.35%2C100&w=2400)
The preschool teacher-turned-content creator is an advocate for all families. Conservatives are mad about it.
![Why lying on the internet keeps working](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2087317578.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6643454039%2C0%2C66.671309192201%2C100&w=2400)
![Why lying on the internet keeps working](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2087317578.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0034816516955658%2C100%2C99.993036696609&w=2400)
A new book examines the "Invisible Rulers" who manipulate your attention online.
![OpenAI insiders are demanding a “right to warn” the public](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22692167/GettyImages_1127480484.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6625%2C0%2C66.675%2C100&w=2400)
![OpenAI insiders are demanding a “right to warn” the public](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22692167/GettyImages_1127480484.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0062492188476426%2C100%2C99.987501562305&w=2400)
“I’m scared. I’d be crazy not to be,” one former employee tells Vox.
![Is TikTok breaking young voters’ brains?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25430911/Lede_new_1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
TikTok has made itself into a hub for Gen Z political expression. But as Zoomers change politics, how is the app changing them?
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![Can artists use their own deepfakes for good?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2150871004.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Musician FKA twigs made a digital clone of herself. Is this the future of celebrity?
![This changed everything](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/HudsonChristie_Vox_TurningPoints_static_e50056.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=11.510416666667%2C2.6367599493742%2C63.22109375%2C94.833122392537&w=2400)
![10 big things we think will happen in the next 10 years](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/08-Future.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.271875%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
Obesity will go down, electric cars will go up, and a nuclear bomb might just fall.
![The last 10 years, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/06-BlurbsLede_d4d42b.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=13.961979166667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The internet peaked with “the dress,” and then it unraveled](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/05-TheDress.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=18.53359375%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
The ominously perfect meme marked the splintering of our shared reality.
![This article is OpenAI training data](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2152824027.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.5%2C0%2C75%2C100&w=2400)
![This article is OpenAI training data](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2152824027.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C5.5555555555556%2C100%2C88.888888888889&w=2400)
AI is holding the internet hostage — and media is no exception.
![Congress’s online child safety bill, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-2150468146.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Congress’s online child safety bill, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-2150468146.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
What is the Kids’ Online Safety Act, and why should you care about it?
![Why the uncanny “All eyes on Rafah” image went so viral](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1938292280_5b2d1f.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.18%2C0%2C67.64%2C100&w=2400)
![Why the uncanny “All eyes on Rafah” image went so viral](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1938292280_5b2d1f.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.71949536763256%2C100%2C98.561009264735&w=2400)
In the wake of another deadly attack by Israel, a seemingly AI-generated image has circulated on Instagram Stories.
![People bet on sports. Why not on anything else?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-2152992195.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![People bet on sports. Why not on anything else?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-2152992195.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Who killed the prediction market?
![What the Biden administration is doing about ludicrously expensive concert tickets](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25403647/2032620453.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.672398968186%2C0%2C66.655202063629%2C100&w=2400)
![What the Biden administration is doing about ludicrously expensive concert tickets](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25403647/2032620453.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0085984522785836%2C0%2C99.982803095443%2C100&w=2400)
The government filed a lawsuit to break up Ticketmaster's parent company.
![You searched Google. The AI hallucinated an answer. Who’s legally responsible?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-2152425718.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.352941176471%2C0%2C75.294117647059%2C100&w=2400)
![You searched Google. The AI hallucinated an answer. Who’s legally responsible?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-2152425718.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C5.7291666666667%2C100%2C88.541666666667&w=2400)
Platforms like Google have been protected from liability, but generative AI could put that at risk.
![Why AI art will always kind of suck](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/AI-ART_final_revised.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
If you look at art and all you see is content, that’s all you’ll get out of it.
![Leaked OpenAI documents reveal aggressive tactics toward former employees](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-1930535859.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.279316593321%2C0%2C65.441366813357%2C100&w=2400)
Has Sam Altman told the truth about OpenAI’s NDA scandal?
![The double sexism of ChatGPT’s flirty “Her” voice](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-1707035409.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The double sexism of ChatGPT’s flirty “Her” voice](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-1707035409.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Is OpenAI gaslighting Scarlett Johansson?
![The misleading, wasteful way we measure gas mileage, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages_1850749458.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=18.05%2C0%2C63.9%2C100&w=2400)
![The misleading, wasteful way we measure gas mileage, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages_1850749458.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=2.075%2C0%2C95.85%2C100&w=2400)
And how to measure fuel economy better.
![“I lost trust”: Why the OpenAI team in charge of safeguarding humanity imploded](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25451466/sam_altman_GettyImages_1258197161.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=24.113788895668%2C0%2C66.699206833435%2C100&w=2400)
![“I lost trust”: Why the OpenAI team in charge of safeguarding humanity imploded](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25451466/sam_altman_GettyImages_1258197161.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.024393218685212%2C100%2C99.95121356263&w=2400)
Company insiders explain why safety-conscious employees are leaving.
![ChatGPT can talk, but OpenAI employees sure can’t](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25451699/GettyImages_1258459514.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![ChatGPT can talk, but OpenAI employees sure can’t](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25451699/GettyImages_1258459514.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Why is OpenAI’s superalignment team imploding?
![Teletherapy can really help, and really hurt](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25450890/1541927546.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Teletherapy can really help, and really hurt](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25450890/1541927546.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
From privacy breaches to bad providers, teletherapy services often come with a hidden cost.
![Meme stocks like GameStop are soaring like it’s 2021](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25447983/1746649757.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.325%2C0%2C69.35%2C100&w=2400)
![Meme stocks like GameStop are soaring like it’s 2021](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25447983/1746649757.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C1.9346310982937%2C100%2C96.130737803413&w=2400)
To quote Elon Musk, “Gamestonk!!”
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![How a bunch of Redditors made GameStop’s stock soar](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22259374/1229817489.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0062492188476426%2C100%2C99.987501562305&w=2400)
Much to the chagrin of the hedge funds attempting to short it.