Quibi raised $1.75 billion and secured a roster of A-list talent, but it can’t get audiences to notice ~tv Article 6174 words 12 votes
Uber to acquire Postmates for approximately $2.65 billion in an all-stock transaction ~finance business Article 1488 words 9 votes
2K Games breaks gaming's de facto $60 (USD) price ceiling, announces MSRP for next-gen NBA 2K21 as $70 ~games Article 815 words 21 votes
Magic Hat leaves behind a transformed craft beer industry in Vermont ~food drinks Article 5672 words 5 votes
Anti-algorithmic music: How Bandcamp is helping artists beat the odds ~music Article 3097 words 15 votes
Kongregate is no longer accepting new games, will shut down almost all of their chat/forums in three weeks, and is laying off employees ~games Article 386 words 26 votes
Japanese auto companies triple Mexican pay rather than move to US ~finance business Article 552 words, published Jun 28 2020 10 votes
Towards carbon negativity—Basecamp announces intentions to back-purchase carbon credits to cover all emitted carbon emissions, and offset more than emitted post-2020 ~enviro Article 1228 words 6 votes
Pressure mounts as Starbucks, Coca-Cola join Facebook ad boycott; Facebook updates policy ~tech facebook social media Article 1251 words 9 votes
The true cost of dollar stores - discount chains are thriving, but fostering violence and neglect in poor communities ~life Article 6374 words 7 votes
Broadway will remain dark until at least January 2021, Cirque du Soleil files for bankruptcy ~arts theatre art.performance Article 15 votes
Apple and Facebook—a contrast of corporate strategies ~tech apple facebook Article 4077 words 3 votes
Mixer’s sudden shutdown has streamers scrambling to reboot their careers on Twitch ~games Article 2231 words 5 votes
Supreme Court of Canada sides with Uber drivers, opening door to $400M class-action lawsuit ~transport Article 461 words 9 votes
Microsoft to permanently close all of its retail stores, with locations in NYC, London, Sydney, and Redmond being converted to "experience centers" ~tech microsoft Article 350 words 10 votes
Microsoft is shutting down their Mixer livestreaming service on July 22 and encouraging users to switch to Facebook Gaming ~games Article 600 words 36 votes
Ready at Dawn (developer of VR games Lone Echo, Echo Arena, Echo Combat) has been aquired by Facebook's Oculus Studios ~games Article 617 words 3 votes
Employees at Crisis Text Line tried telling the board about a pattern of racial insensitivity at the company — but when that didn’t work, they went to Twitter ~tech social media Article 4080 words 7 votes
Apple doubles down on its right to profit from other businesses ~tech apple.app store Article 1816 words 11 votes
Norway should add a number of restrictions to the kinds of weapons its $1 trillion wealth fund is allowed to invest in, a government-appointed commission said ~finance business Article 6 votes
Riot Games investigating exec who blamed George Floyd’s murder on his "lifestyle" ~games Article 604 words 12 votes
Amazon may face EU antitrust charges over merchant data in coming weeks ~finance business Article 243 words 5 votes
Ford recalls 2.15 million US vehicles for potentially faulty door latches ~transport Article 176 words 4 votes
Grubhub to merge with European food delivery company Just Eat Takeaway.com ~finance business Article 342 words 5 votes
Reddit names Y Combinator CEO Michael Seibel as Alexis Ohanian’s replacement on its board of directors ~tech social media Article 838 words 18 votes
Fujifilm will spend $928 million to double capacity at a drug manufacturing facility in Denmark, which it has pledged to use in producing COVID-19 treatments ~health Article 244 words 6 votes
Changing the world with drones – Helena Samsioe is widely known as the 'Drone Queen' since founding GLOBHE in 2015 ~tech Video 4:53 3 votes
Several subreddits have posted a open letter "Open Letter to Steve Huffman and the Board of Directors of Reddit, Inc– If you believe in standing up to hate and supporting black lives, you need to act" ~tech social media Link 38 votes
Alexis Ohanian (site co-founder) resigns from Reddit's board, urging them to fill his seat with a black candidate and pledging future gains on his stock to serve the black community ~tech social media Link 63 votes
Nearly half of commercial retail rents were not paid in April and May ~finance business Article 1787 words 9 votes
Amazon drops $2 coronavirus pay rise for warehouse workers as CEO Jeff Bezos' fortune nears $150 billion ~finance business Article 1580 words 18 votes
Facebook employees stage virtual walkout to protest US President Donald Trump posts ~tech facebook social media Article 894 words 16 votes
US taxpayers' virus relief went to firms that avoided US taxes ~finance business.small Article 1769 words 12 votes
News Corp has announced a massive shakeup of its publishing businesses, moving almost all its community and regional newspaper titles to a digital-only format ~news australia journalism Article 801 words 8 votes