The fall TV season looks doomed, due to paused production during the coronavirus pandemic and the uncertain future of sports ~tv Article 677 words 12 votes
TikTok is getting caught up in the geopolitical conflict between China and the US ~tech social media Article 612 words 8 votes
Walmart shoppers will be able to find goods from Shopify merchants ~tech amazon Article 480 words 4 votes
South Asia emerges as a new coronavirus hotspot as unsustainable lockdowns start lifting while limited testing obscures the true size of outbreaks ~health Article 587 words 7 votes
"Superspreaders": A small percentage of people may be responsible for a large number of COVID-19 infections ~health Article 767 words 10 votes
US President Donald Trump signs executive order designed to limit the legal protections that shield social media companies from liability for the content users post on their platforms ~tech social media Article 527 words 31 votes
As the US regains the ability to launch astronauts with its own rockets, the future of Russia's already struggling civil space program is unclear ~space rocketry Article 709 words 8 votes
Google has made significant progress toward developing its own processor to power future versions of its Pixel phones and Chromebooks ~tech google android Article 341 words 11 votes
Israel stunned as rivals Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz join forces in an "emergency government" ~news israel politics Article 479 words 9 votes
Stock trading halted for the fourth time this month, after the S&P fell 7% in midday trading amid coronavirus concerns ~finance Article 52 words 5 votes
China bans journalists from the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal in retaliation for state media restrictions by the Trump administration ~news china usa journalism politics Article 426 words 16 votes
US travel ban will extend to UK and Ireland, effective at midnight EST on Monday ~health Article 184 words 12 votes
Bernie Sanders says he's staying in race, looks forward to debating Joe Biden ~news usa politics Article 399 words 14 votes
Varo Money receives FDIC approval, enabling it to become America's first standalone national digital bank ~finance banking Article 363 words 5 votes
US President Donald Trump signs $1.37 trillion spending deal, averting federal shutdown ~news usa politics Article 77 words 6 votes
US SEC rejects NYSE plan to allow companies to raise capital during direct listings ~finance Article 63 words 6 votes
Pre-Thanksgiving Merger Monday sees over $60 billion in announced deals ~finance business Article 257 words 7 votes
SoftBank-controlled Yahoo Japan agrees to merge with Line Corp., creating a combined company worth about $30 billion ~tech Article 58 words 7 votes
Hewlett-Packard board unanimously rejects $33 billion takeover offer from Xerox ~finance business Article 57 words 11 votes
The Supreme Court will hear Google’s appeal in the long-running copyright/API dispute with Oracle ~tech google Article 266 words 24 votes
Airbnb pledges to improve platform safety, including verifying 100% of hosts and listings by the end of next year ~tech Article 74 words 8 votes
UK Parliament approves snap general election on Dec. 12 ~news united kingdom politics Article 425 words 18 votes
A space traffic jam: The coming cost of moving satellites ~space satellites spaceflight.commercial Article 381 words 8 votes
Uncertainty about Trump's trade war with China and Brexit are creating a "flying blind" economy ~finance Article 709 words 5 votes
Apple globally suspends program in which humans review users' Siri queries ~tech apple privacy Article 76 words 11 votes
Apple acquires self-driving startup Drive.ai, hires dozens of Drive.ai engineers ~tech apple Article 6 votes
Lyft reports $1.1B loss in Q1 despite beating revenue expectations, announces partnership with Waymo ~transport Article 5 votes
Facebook releases Q1 2019 earnings, expects to be fined up to $5 billion by US government ~tech facebook Article 13 votes
Uber raises $1 billion for its self-driving unit from SoftBank Vision Fund, Toyota, and DENSO ~transport Article 5 votes
Facebook, Axios and NBC paid to manage their reputation on Wikipedia ~tech facebook social media Article 2317 words 11 votes
SEC asks judge to hold Elon Musk in contempt for violating settlement related to Twitter usage ~finance business Article 17 votes
US President Donald Trump has second highest “own party” approval rating of any president at the 500 day mark ~news usa politics Article 11 votes