Electronic Arts reaches agreement for recommended acquisition of British racing game developer Codemasters for approximately $1.2 billion ~games Article 1449 words 8 votes
AMC warns it’ll run out of cash in January, calls out Warner Bros.’ shift to HBO Max ~finance business Article 644 words 13 votes
PayPal to introduce £9 a year fee for 'inactive' accounts ~finance business Article 294 words 18 votes
Sony is buying anime streaming service Crunchyroll from AT&T for $1.175 billion. ~anime Article 426 words 13 votes
Hyundai Motor acquires Boston Dynamics from SoftBank for approximately $920 million ~tech Article 472 words 4 votes
FedEx and UPS hit US companies with unexpected holiday shipping limits ~finance business Article 978 words 9 votes
Uber to give up on self-driving tech and finds a partner in Aurora instead ~transport Article 550 words 8 votes
We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google. Here’s what it says. ~tech google Article 1230 words 19 votes
Aston Martin in row over 'sock puppet PR firm' pushing anti-electric vehicle study. Report disputing green benefits of EVs attributed to company registered to wife of carmaker’s director. ~enviro climate change Article 786 words, published Dec 2 2020 7 votes
Spotify claims it’s dominating the podcasting market because of a million-plus tiny podcasts ~tech Article 634 words 8 votes
Salesforce signs definitive agreement to acquire Slack for approximately $27.7 billion ~tech Article 2566 words 23 votes
Parler’s got a porn problem: Adult businesses target pro-Donald Trump social network ~tech social media Article 2127 words 13 votes
A case for the possible sale of Wizards of the Coast ~games.tabletop dungeons and dragons Article 746 words 6 votes
Sex, lies and video games: Oomba was a startup designed to make a lot of money from the games industry — instead, everyone played each other ~games Article 8599 words, published Nov 23 2020 12 votes
Amazon's reported surveillance of workers could break Australian law, union says ~news australia crime law Article 493 words 7 votes
How a $17 billion US bailout fund intended for Boeing ended up in very different hands ~finance business Article 2278 words 4 votes
GM will recall about seven million US pickup trucks and SUVs from the 2007-2014 model years to replace potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators ~transport Article 962 words 12 votes
Roblox files for IPO - Kid-focused, user-generated content platform has not yet turned a profit despite skyrocketing DAUs, bookings ~games Article 765 words, published Nov 10 2020 5 votes
BuzzFeed to acquire HuffPost in multi-year partnership with Verizon Media ~news journalism Article 307 words 10 votes
Apple will reduce App Store commission to 15% for small businesses earning up to $1 million per year, starting January 1, 2021 ~tech Article 930 words 16 votes
Norwegian Air files for bankruptcy protection in Ireland – low-cost airline to continue reduced flight schedule and shares will still be traded in Oslo ~transport Article 623 words 5 votes
Panasonic explores a European battery deal with Norway's largest energy and industrial companies ~finance business Article 358 words 4 votes
Sweden has shut down one of four nuclear reactors at its largest power station after over forty years of operation, with operators citing a lack of profitability ~finance business Link 8 votes
Deutsche Bank suggests 5% tax on home workers to support those impacted by the pandemic ~finance business Article 584 words 12 votes
Take-Two Interactive reaches agreement for recommended acquisition of British racing game developer Codemasters for almost $1 billion ~games Article 1408 words 7 votes
Amazon wants to win over Sweden – the Swedes have other ideas ~tech amazon Article 1558 words 7 votes
Norwegian Air said it is facing a “very uncertain future” after the government of Norway refused to grant further financial assistance to the airline ~transport Article 451 words 6 votes
Company made to change name that could be used for XSS vulnerabilities ~tech Article 162 words 11 votes
AMC’s revenue plummets by more than ninety percent as theaters remain empty ~finance business Article 1059 words 15 votes
How Sierra was captured, then killed, by a massive accounting fraud ~games Article 9829 words 21 votes
Sony nears acquisition of anime-streaming service Crunchyroll for almost $1 billion ~anime Article 229 words 13 votes
AMD to acquire FPGA-creator Xilinx in an all-stock transaction valued at $35 billion ~tech Article 2238 words 15 votes
Streaming app Quibi is shutting down, after raising $1.75 billion and launching six months ago ~tech Article 729 words 25 votes
What Prop. 22’s defeat would mean for Uber and Lyft — and California drivers ~transport Article 1816 words 9 votes
Norway's oil workers fear for future as rigs go remote – shift to operating oil rigs remotely from land, accelerated by lower crude prices, has rekindled concerns among unions ~finance business Article 923 words 4 votes
Christmas in danger as Santa's Lapland home feels pandemic chill – flocks of tourists who usually start to make merry in Rovaniemi at this time of year cannot enter the country ~travel Article 345 words 5 votes
Despite brute-forcing its way to dominance in many other industries, Amazon is having difficulty getting a foothold in games ~games Article 4812 words 11 votes