McClatchy, second-largest local news company in the US, files for bankruptcy due to drop in print-based circulation and revenue along with massive pension obligations ~finance business Article 2457 words 10 votes
A two-year investigation of the ties between a network of deceptive dating sites and Firefly Aerospace, a company selected by NASA for bidding on lunar payloads ~space Article 3815 words 9 votes
Spotify is acquiring The Ringer to boost its podcast and sports content ~tech Article 824 words 8 votes
The FTC is investigating the last 10 years of acquisitions by Alphabet (including Google), Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft ~tech amazon apple facebook microsoft Article 618 words 15 votes
An Update from Essential: "we have made the difficult decision to cease operations and shutdown Essential" ~tech Article 289 words 9 votes
The Sprint/T-Mobile merger: A jump-the-shark moment for American antitrust? ~finance business Article 1919 words 7 votes
Finland's biggest game maker Supercell reported its full-year 2019 sales rose 2% to 1.39 billion euros ~games Article 269 words 5 votes
Brandless shuts down operations, becoming SoftBank Vision Fund's first failure ~finance business Article 827 words 8 votes
Varo Money receives FDIC approval, enabling it to become America's first standalone national digital bank ~finance banking business Article 363 words 5 votes
Swedish automaker Volvo Cars and its owner Chinese automaker Geely Holding are considering a merger deal ~transport Article 304 words 4 votes
US Federal Trade Commission 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
Norwegian company sues state over risky spy recruitment in Russia – intelligence agencies' clumsy approach to recruiting informants had caused the company financial loss ~finance business Link 6 votes
Cards Against Humanity has purchased ClickHole, the satire site created by The Onion ~tech internet Article 867 words 15 votes
Copenhagen fashion week announces radical sustainability goals – hopes to transform it into a platform for advocacy with tough new environmental requirements for participants ~design fashion Article 480 words 6 votes
MoviePass and its parent company have both filed for bankruptcy and will liquidate their assets ~movies Article 6 votes
Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs has been acquired by Garena for $150 million ~games Article 915 words 3 votes
YouTube moderators are being required to sign a statement acknowledging the job could give them PTSD ~tech google social media Article 1550 words 26 votes
Competition between video game streaming platforms is heating up as Mixer, YouTube, and Facebook Gaming lure away high-profile Twitch streamers with multi-million-dollar offers ~games Article 11 votes
Uber tests feature allowing some California drivers to set fares ~transport Article 92 words, published Jan 21 2020 5 votes
Tesla and the State of Michigan makes deal to be able to sell and service vehicles within the state ~transport Article 653 words 9 votes
How stock buybacks made US CEOs and shareholders really rich ~finance business Video 10:08, published Oct 11 2019 10 votes
How IoT betrays us: Today, Sonos speakers. Tomorrow, Alexa and electric cars? ~tech Article 1444 words 19 votes
Boeing is in talks to borrow $10 billion or more as 737 Max crisis wears on in the US ~transport Article 142 words 9 votes
Finland's financial watchdog probes Nokia's October share crash – CEO Rajeev Suri denies that the company tried to keep its 5G troubles secret ~finance business Article 226 words 4 votes
DigitalOcean is laying off staff, sources say thirty to fifty affected ~tech Article 651 words 10 votes
Introducing the GamesIndustry.biz Academy, a new section of the site for guides on a variety of topics related to game development and the industry ~games Article 341 words, published Jan 8 2020 5 votes
Why do so many incompetent men become leaders? And what can we do about it? ~life work Article 1162 words, published Jan 9 2020 15 votes
Privatizing public services: Does it work? ~finance business Video 25:04, published Mar 3 2019 5 votes
Mozilla lays off seventy as it waits for new products to generate revenue ~tech Article 1043 words 27 votes
Epic Games Store has generated $680 million in revenue so far, largely from exclusives. Weekly free games will continue through 2020 ~games Article 1004 words 12 votes
Enron: The biggest fraud in all of history ~finance business Video 19:05, published Aug 30 2019 4 votes
GM will resurrect the Hummer name on an all-electric pickup truck to be sold under the GMC brand ~transport Article 80 words 4 votes
Billionaire’s company in talks to buy electric grid on Lanai ~finance business Article 297 words 7 votes
Fantasy Flight Games appears to have laid off at least ten staff, and is shutting down Fantasy Flight Interactive ~games.tabletop Article 560 words 6 votes
New electric car sales in Norway rose by a third last year amid soaring demand for Tesla's vehicles – but the company will face a more competitive market in 2020 ~transport Article 618 words, published Jan 3 2020 9 votes