Microsoft closes deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard ~games Article 1208 words 53 votes
The Green Bay Packers: Where fans rather than a billionaire are the owners ~sports.american_football Article 1574 words, published Sep 30 2023 21 votes
Bob Iger found Disney in ‘worse shape’ than he expected, now ‘overwhelmed and exhausted’ ~movies Article 631 words 34 votes
The rent is too damn algorithmic - Washington DC attorney general is investigating RealPage, a company that helps landlords set rent prices, for potential antitrust violations ~tech Article 397 words, published Oct 3 2023 36 votes
Airbnb is fundamentally broken, its CEO says. He plans to fix it. ~finance business Article 77 words 26 votes
Workers at Mack Trucks reject contract and join the thousands of UAW picketers already on strike ~transport Article 522 words 34 votes
US Senator calls for Department of Justice action against Philips for keeping CPAP machine complaints secret ~health healthcare Article 1119 words 20 votes
Money Stuff: FTX might have found some money ~finance cryptocurrency business Article 77 words 6 votes
Global demand for drinkable water is on the rise – Norwegian company Waterise is responding by desalinating the sea into clean, drinkable water ~enviro water.salt water.drinking Article 479 words 9 votes
IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation ~books Article 3926 words 32 votes
Getty Images CEO Craig Peters has a plan to defend photography from AI | Discussion of Getty's AI image generator and related topics ~tech Article 4998 words 13 votes
US Justice Department sues eBay over unlawful sales of pesticides, other products ~enviro pollution Article 517 words, published Sep 27 2023 11 votes
US state of Arizona cancels leases and water rights for Saudi company that grows alfalfa ~enviro water.ground Article 1007 words 45 votes
Walt Disney Pictures in-house VFX workers vote to unionize under IATSE ~movies Article 334 words 32 votes
Spain fines 'Big Four' consulting firms for 'marathon' working days ~finance business Article 704 words, published Sep 27 2023 13 votes
Study says cover crops and no-till aren't just good for soil — they also make farmers more money ~food Article 516 words, published Sep 25 2023 10 votes
With Novo Nordisk, Denmark wants to avoid the Nokia trap ~finance economics business Article 77 words 14 votes
The death of Netflix DVD marks the loss of something even bigger ~movies Article 2211 words, published Sep 21 2023 17 votes
Fortnite developer Epic Games axing 16% of staff, laying off 830 employees, and sells Bandcamp ~games Article 435 words 30 votes
Aquaculture is bringing jobs and money to rural Icelandic regions, but a huge escape of farmed fish in August could devastate local salmon populations ~enviro Article 1674 words 7 votes
New York judge orders cancellation of Donald Trump and family members business licenses in New York State ~finance business Article 469 words 84 votes
If you are in the US, that cardboard box in your home is likely fueling election denial ~finance business Article 2480 words 26 votes
Size of McKinsey consulting firm opioid settlement increased by $230 million ~finance business Article 376 words 10 votes
Getty Images to debut its own AI image generator which will be trained on Getty’s own data ~arts art.generative photography Article 77 words 16 votes
Daniel Ek says Spotify has no plans to completely ban content created by artificial intelligence from the music streaming platform ~tech Article 817 words 3 votes
South America’s richest family doubles fortune on shipping bet analysts hated ~finance business Article 629 words 11 votes
Lego abandons effort to make bricks from recycled plastic bottles ~hobbies Article 289 words 43 votes
Lego drops prototype blocks made of recycled plastic bottles as they "didn't reduce carbon emissions" ~hobbies Article 475 words 15 votes
Kick revisits moderation policy after CEO laughs at sex worker ‘prank’ stream ~tech social media Article 1014 words 18 votes
World-renowned instrument maker Moog slashes jobs at Asheville manufacturing center ~music Article 450 words 15 votes
European Commission blocks US travel giant Booking from acquiring its Swedish rival eTraveli – Booking commands 60% market share in Europe ~finance business Article 267 words 13 votes
Microsoft Nintendo acquisition hopes revealed by leaked Xbox exec email ~games Article 870 words 45 votes
Yelp has a wall of shame for businesses caught paying for fake reviews ~tech amazon facebook Article 412 words 19 votes
First private US passenger rail line in 100 years is about to link Miami and Orlando at high speed ~transport Article 1079 words 38 votes
Rupert Murdoch steps down as chairman of Fox Corporation and News Corp ~finance business Article 44 votes
New York City pension funds sue Fox Corporation Board for breach of fiduciary duty in connection with defamatory broadcasts ~finance business Article 868 words 21 votes