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28 votes
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Microsoft has been temporarily restrained from buying Activision Blizzard, US judge rules
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A. G. Sulzberger on the battles within and against The New York Times
9 votes -
Google risks forced breakup of ad business as EU alleges shocking misconduct
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Can Warner Bros. restore its movie glory? Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy want Christopher Nolan back, will prioritize theatrical and take more big swings
6 votes -
Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout ‘will pass’
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inMusic acquires Moog Music and promises groundbreaking new instruments
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Manchester United stock soars on unconfirmed report of Qatari winning bid
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Accenture announces jaw-dropping $3 billion investment in AI
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Google has officially changed its mind about remote work
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Spotify fined in Sweden over GDPR data access complaint – coming more than four years after a complaint was lodged by noyb
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Mondelez, facing widening corporate boycotts in the Nordics over continued presence in Russia, has asked to meet the Norwegian government to protect its local business
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Former Samsung exec allegedly stole plans for an entire chip plant
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Is anyone else just fed up with companies being greedy?
It feels like in the last few years so many companies are becoming incredibly greedy in a chance to try and raise profits and please the shareholders, companies hoping that people will comply as...
It feels like in the last few years so many companies are becoming incredibly greedy in a chance to try and raise profits and please the shareholders, companies hoping that people will comply as they have no choice and give away more of their money to allow these companies to make record levels of profits.
It seems like people are getting less and less and what they have left the companies just want more and more from everyone. I'm not referencing any specific company here but I have seen these trends in the last couple of years get a lot worse.
Customer Impact
- Raising prices there is some valid reasons to raise prices, but sometimes prices are raised just as a way to make more money quickly.
- Quality reduction it feels like companies are asking more money for less quality goods more than ever.
- Excessive manipulative marketing especially on social media and other playes which can misleed people.
- Data explotation companies mis-using peoples data just so they can make some quick money.
Employee Impact
- Wage stagnation Despite the soaring profits many companies refusing to increase wages, leading to financial insecurity.
- Unfair labor practices Companies expecting more from their employees for less money basically.
- Job insecurity replacing workers with automation and outsourcing to cut costs.
- Mental health high pressure enviroments to force profit-driven companies causing record levels of mental health issues.
Society and Enviromental Impact
- Polluting Companies prioritising profits over the enviroment leading to pollution, waste etc
- Economic Inequality Coporate greed leading to income disparities, undermining social coheison.
- Unfair influence on policy Companies using their power and wealth to influence policy making
My question is, when is enough is enough? At what stage should something be done? Anything? to stop corporate greed from runing society?
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Could ultra-processed foods be harmful for us?
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App Store developers generated $1.1 trillion in total billings and sales in the App Store ecosystem in 2022
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Amazon employees stage walkout over return-to-office mandate, climate goals, and layoffs
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Nintendo's controversial Russian CEO no longer an official employee
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How Sweden and Denmark became rare bright spots for Europe's pharma industry
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Why do car companies keep so many bees?
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Facebook owner Meta hit with record €1.2bn fine over EU-US data transfers
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Linus Sebastian is stepping down as CEO of Linus Media Group, Creator Warehouse, and Floatplane
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CodeWeavers, maker of open source Wine software used in Linux gaming, transitions to employee ownership trust
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Communities or hubs for people doing/making things and tackling problems
So I browse Tildes, Hacker News, and Reddit, but I'm wondering if there are online communities or hubs out there where entrepreneurial folks discuss actionable business problems and projects,...
So I browse Tildes, Hacker News, and Reddit, but I'm wondering if there are online communities or hubs out there where entrepreneurial folks discuss actionable business problems and projects, instead of news or memes.
I notice that people will spend endless time online discussing the minutiae of their personal lives, celebrity lives, politics, and son, which are fine. But I want to read about how people are working out the kinks of drone delivery, improving access to and availability of mental healthcare, making municipal permitting more streamlined, and other processes.
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Singapore Air hands staff eight months’ salary bonus after record results
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Vice, decayed digital colossus, files for bankruptcy
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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway sells entire stake in TSMC
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Time to break up Hollywood
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Elon Musk said Thursday that Twitter is getting a new CEO and that he will move to a product and technical role
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Hulu and Disney+ content to be combined in one app, services to stay separate
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In addition to fake music, artificial intelligence has created a big new problem for Spotify – fake listeners
9 votes -
Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science?
8 votes -
How Urban Company built an empire of female Indian gig workers
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Malmö start-up Enjay believes its patented product is the first in the world to offer profitable energy recovery from polluted kitchen exhaust air
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Norway's $1.4tn wealth fund calls for state regulation of AI – Nicolai Tangen says fund will set guidelines for companies it invests in on ethical use of AI
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Microsoft's $68.7bn (£55bn) deal to buy US video game company Activision Blizzard has been blocked in the UK by the Competition and Markets Authority
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I really didn’t want to go on the Goop cruise
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Google’s eighty-acre San Jose mega-campus is on hold as company reckons with economic slowdown
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Buzzfeed News is shutting down, laying off 15% of its US workforce
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Absolut Vodka will stop exporting its products to Russia after a backlash in its home country, Sweden
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Spotify breaks down the mapping tech behind its algorithm | The Tech Behind
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World's Strongest Man vs. wood chopping champion (Basque rural sports)
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Spotify is shutting down Heardle, the Wordle-like music guessing game it bought last year – will sunset on May 5 as it aims to focus on music discovery
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Adam Savage's advice for pricing freelance work
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‘Robocop,’ ‘Stargate’, ‘Legally Blonde’ and ‘Barbershop’ among titles in works for film and TV as Amazon looks to supercharge MGM IP
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Cities sue Hyundai, Kia after wave of car thefts
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Tesla sued over claims staff used cars’ cameras to spy on drivers
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Desperate for profits and souring on streaming, Hollywood falls back in love with movie theaters
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With Russia's exit, Norway becomes Europe's energy champion – last year the country's energy earnings jumped $100 billion
5 votes -
Substack opens up a $2 million community fundraising round
4 votes