eBay is reportedly getting close to a deal to sell its classified-ads business to Adevinta, a Norwegian company that runs online marketplaces ~finance business Article 350 words 6 votes
A risky bet by America’s mall owners: Plucking retailers out of bankruptcy to salvage a pandemic-hit industry ~finance business Article 1264 words 7 votes
Netflix shares fall after lower-than-expected earnings and appointment of co-CEO, weak guidance for subscriber growth in third quarter ~finance business Article 305 words 11 votes
The TikTok war - How TikTok exposed Facebook's blindspot, and why its Chinese roots make TikTok a genuine concern ~tech social media security facebook Article 3976 words 8 votes
Possible sale of ARM incoming, Apple is rumoured to be one of those interested ~finance business Article 413 words 10 votes
Amazon orders employees to remove TikTok from phones, then backtracks ~tech amazon security Article 253 words 10 votes
Searchable database of the 661,218 companies who received over $150,000 in forgivable SBA PPP loans ~finance business Article 750 words 7 votes
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
Walmart shoppers will be able to find goods from Shopify merchants ~tech amazon Article 480 words 4 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