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
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
"Superspreaders": A small percentage of people may be responsible for a large number of COVID-19 infections ~health Article 767 words 10 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