Codemasters has acquired Project CARS developer Slightly Mad Studios for $30 million ~games Article 452 words 6 votes
The Lego Group has acquired BrickLink, the world’s largest online LEGO fan community and marketplace ~hobbies Article 399 words 15 votes
IKEA's profits have fallen nearly 10% as the world's largest furniture retailer stepped up its spending on renewable energy and its growing online operation ~finance business Article 491 words 14 votes
Volkswagen defends presence in China's Xinjiang amid uproar over Uighur abuses ~transport Article 597 words 5 votes
Norwegian Air is ending some long-haul routes to the US and Thailand from Scandinavia, citing technical issues with the Rolls Royce engines on Boeing 787s and low demand ~transport Article 137 words 4 votes
Pre-Thanksgiving Merger Monday sees over $60 billion in announced deals ~finance business Article 257 words 7 votes
Finland's flag-carrier airline, Finnair, said it has been forced to cancel almost 300 flights amid a nationwide solidarity strike for postal workers ~transport Link 8 votes
Ethos Capital has acquired the Public Interest Registry, manager of the .org top-level domain ~tech internet Article 515 words 30 votes
SoftBank-controlled Yahoo Japan agrees to merge with Line Corp., creating a combined company worth about $30 billion ~tech Article 58 words 7 votes
Hewlett-Packard board unanimously rejects $33 billion takeover offer from Xerox ~finance business Article 57 words 11 votes
Iceland's biggest fisheries company Samherji stands accused of bribing Namibian politicians ~finance business Link 4 votes
SoftBank poured $100 billion into start-ups that use armies of contractors, upending the lives of drivers, hotel operators and real estate agents around the world ~finance business Article 3071 words 8 votes
Abbey Games (developer of Reus, Renowned Explorers, and Godhood) will end all employees' contracts at the end of the year ~games Article 1007 words 7 votes
Airbnb pledges to improve platform safety, including verifying 100% of hosts and listings by the end of next year ~tech Article 74 words 8 votes
'They're madly checking their payrolls': The ugly truth of Australia's underpayment epidemic ~finance business Article 1524 words 8 votes
After days of resignations, the last of the Deadspin staff has quit ~news usa journalism Article 790 words 18 votes
Blizzard confirms departure of veteran developers amid cancelled projects ~games Article 378 words 27 votes
The first transatlantic telegraph cable was a bold, beautiful failure ~tech Article 2751 words 6 votes
Deadspin revolt escalates, with mass resignations by staff ~news journalism Article 274 words 10 votes
Dropshipping journalism - Newsweek has become a financially-troubled, traffic-chasing outlet without a clear purpose ~news journalism Article 2608 words 9 votes
Nokia's collapse turned a sleepy town in Finland into an internet wonderland ~tech internet Article 2999 words 5 votes
More than 100 tons of manure from 370 horses at the Helsinki International Horse Show was used to create 150 megawatt hours of energy ~enviro energy.renewable Article 302 words 4 votes
H&M is the latest fashion brand to test out the concept of clothing rental ~finance business Article 80 words 5 votes
The cybersecurity firm Tiversa dominated an emerging online market—before it was accused of fraud, extortion, and manipulating the federal government ~tech security.cyber Article 14 048 words 6 votes
Sony will shut down its PlayStation Vue streaming service on January 30, 2020 ~tv Article 266 words 5 votes
Google owner Alphabet has made an offer to acquire wearable device maker Fitbit ~tech google Article 117 words 9 votes
When Amazon Web Services, Azure, or GCP becomes the competition ~tech amazon.web services google.cloud platform Article 2087 words, published Oct 25 2019 7 votes
Pando sold to BuySellAds - Sarah Lacy reflects on 8 years building the company, and 20 years in tech journalism in Silicon Valley ~tech Article 2925 words, published Oct 23 2019 6 votes
Riding the unicorn—Peloton accidentally built a fitness cult. A business is a little more complicated. ~finance business Article 3227 words, published Oct 17 2019 8 votes
Ubisoft delays Watch Dogs Legion, Gods & Monsters, Rainbow Six Quarantine and dramatically drops financial targets ~games Article 547 words, published Oct 8 2019 8 votes
SoftBank to take control of WeWork at a pre-funding valuation of $7.5B - $8B, according to sources ~finance business Article 11 votes
The not-com bubble is popping—The unicorn massacre unfolding today is exactly the opposite of what happened in 2000 ~finance business Article 514 words 22 votes
The merger between T-Mobile and Sprint could be good for US businesses, despite opposition from state attorneys general and consumer advocacy groups ~finance business Article 1170 words 5 votes
No one expected The Athletic could get people to pay for sports news. Now it has 600,000 subscribers. ~sports Article 649 words 8 votes