Microsoft launches next-generation Xbox gaming consoles.
- #Microsoft launched two models of its Xbox gaming console, seven years after the debut of the previous version, to capture a pandemic-driven boom in consumer spending on games.
- Losses from #cryptocurrency thefts, hacks, and fraud declined to $1.8 billion for the first 10 months of the year, but crime in the hot "decentralized finance" sector rose.
- The #S&P 500 dipped as excitement over signs of a first successful late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trial faded.
