Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO, will be replaced by Andy Jassy ~finance business Link 23 votes
First-ever atomic resolution video of salt crystals forming in real time ~science chemistry Article 494 words 20 votes
Antitrust: EU Commission fines Valve and five publishers of PC video games €7.8 million for “geo-blocking” practices ~games Link 8 votes
European Commission proposes Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act: New rules for all digital services, including social media, online marketplaces, and other platforms operating in the EU ~tech social media internet Link 10 votes
Electronic Arts reaches agreement for recommended acquisition of British racing game developer Codemasters for approximately $1.2 billion ~games Article 1449 words 8 votes
US FTC sues Facebook for illegal monopolization ~tech facebook social media Article 940 words 47 votes
Warner Bros to release all 2021 movies in theaters and on HBO Max simultaneously ~movies Article 620 words 22 votes
Salesforce signs definitive agreement to acquire Slack for approximately $27.7 billion ~tech Article 2566 words 23 votes
Scottish Parliament unanimously passes a bill to provide menstrual products for free across the country ~health Link 30 votes
Apple will reduce App Store commission to 15% for small businesses earning up to $1 million per year, starting January 1, 2021 ~tech apple.app store Article 930 words 16 votes
Introducing the next generation of Mac - A new MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini powered by M1, Apple’s chip designed specifically for the Mac ~tech apple Article 2687 words 31 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
AMD to acquire FPGA-creator Xilinx in an all-stock transaction valued at $35 billion ~tech Article 2238 words 15 votes
Slack files competition complaint against Microsoft before the European Commission, alleging that tying Teams into Office is anti-competitive and illegal ~tech microsoft Link 10 votes
Climate change: The South Pole feels the heat, as warming over the Antarctic continent took place at three times the global rate since 1989 ~enviro climate change Link 5 votes
California Air Resources Board passes law banning the sale of heavy diesel trucks and vans completely by 2045 ~transport Link 11 votes
World's first inactivated COVID-19 vaccine produces antibodies ~health medicine Article 597 words 12 votes
Tesla Model S Long Range Plus now achieves an EPA-rated 402 mile range thanks to improvements in vehicle efficiency and design ~transport Article 626 words 5 votes
On WD Red NAS Drives: disclosure of Western Digital products that make use of Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) ~tech Article 662 words 15 votes
Finland has demonstrated that it is possible to reduce the number of smokers without seeing a surge in e-cigarette users ~health Article 801 words, published May 4 2020 7 votes
CULT for GOOD is bringing COVID-19 relief to homeless across America ~health Article 398 words 4 votes
Observations of a star orbiting the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way over almost thirty years confirm that it moves just as predicted by Einstein’s general theory of relativity ~space Article 1458 words 8 votes
Lionsgate to livestream 'John Wick,' 'Dirty Dancing,' 'La La Land,' and 'The Hunger Games' as free YouTube events ~movies Link 11 votes
Loss of smell and taste validated as COVID-19 symptoms in patients with high recovery rate ~health Article 582 words 13 votes
Corona-AI project asks DreamLab app users to help create ‘virtual supercomputer’ to assist in COVID-19 research efforts ~health Article 778 words 5 votes
Statement by the US Department of Defense on domestic travel restrictions ~health Article 244 words 10 votes
Scientists monitored brains replaying memories in real time ~science biology Article 830 words 5 votes
EFF calls for disclosure of secret financing details behind $1.1 billion .ORG sale including $360 million loan, and asks FTC to scrutinize deal ~tech internet Article 20 votes
KFOR and Iceland sign technical agreement on lower airspace – an important step in the process to establish all of the necessary conditions for the opening of new aviation routes ~news iceland kosovo Link 4 votes
An Update from Essential: "we have made the difficult decision to cease operations and shutdown Essential" ~tech Article 289 words 9 votes
US FTC files suit to block $1.37 billion acquisition of shaving company Harry’s by Edgewell (owner of Schick) ~finance business Article 490 words 7 votes
Mary Louise Kelly interviews Secretary Of State Mike Pompeo ~news politics iran usa Article 705 words 21 votes
Research identifies new route for tackling drug resistance in skin cancer cells ~science medicine Article 881 words 4 votes
Qantas selects modified Airbus A350-1000 with additional fuel tank for direct Sydney to London flights beginning 2023 ~transport Article 774 words 6 votes