How Skövde, a small Swedish city of 58,000, churns out world-famous video games via a degree for game developers at University of Skövde and a startup incubator
Ralph Jones / The Guardian : LinkedIn: Henrik Jonsson LinkedIn: Henrik Jonsson : Skövde, the place where the Swedish Indie Game boom was formed, is in UK newspapers - The blueprint for building a gam...
A group of former OpenAI employees files an amicus brief in support of Elon Musk in his lawsuit opposing OpenAI's for-profit transition
it's not getting much in return Hayden Field / CNBC : Ex-OpenAI staffers support Musk's case against startup's effort to transform into for-profit company Matthias Bastian / The Decoder : Former OpenA...
Microsoft completes its Activision Blizzard acquisition after a 20-month battle with regulators in the UK and the US; Bobby Kotick will remain CEO through 2023
Combining with Microsoft will enable us to deliver more fun, more joy … BBC : Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard Tom Warren / The Verge : Read Xbox chief Phil...
An in-depth look at a January strike at Amazon's BHX4 Coventry warehouse, a carefully planned and legal effort, the likes of which Amazon UK had never faced
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Sources detail Twitter after mass layoffs: key teams gutted, severance packages account for the WARN Act, and an ad hoc Google Docs directory of remaining staff
Hi 👋 - Third quarter earnings show that big tech … Rise & Shine ☀ : Twitter Layoffs: The lawsuit and Fears of misinformation Nikhil Subramaniam / Inc42 Media : Musk & Mayhem @Twitter Kristin Majcher /...
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel dismisses Meta's metaverse ambitions as “ambiguous and hypothetical” and says the word “metaverse” is never uttered in Snap's offices
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A group of 34 QA testers at Activision Blizzard's Raven Software vote to unionize with the CWA, and ask the company to voluntarily recognize their union status
Mission Statement Game Workers Alliance is a movement formed and maintained … Kari Paul / The Guardian : Activision Blizzard employees form first of its kind Game Workers Alliance Union Theo Salaun / ...
In an interview, Mark Zuckerberg says he will stay on as Facebook's chairman, defends COO Sheryl Sandberg, reiterates Facebook's potential as a force for good
but ousting her alone wouldn't solve its problems Michael Nuñez / Mashable : Facebook admits hiring PR firm to attack billionaire George Soros Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian : Zuckerberg's control o...
Interviews with more than 50 people show how Facebook stumbled in dealing with multiple crises, which Zuckerberg and Sandberg initially tried to obscure
and that it might be toxic Lauren Johnson / Business Insider : Quartz's new app is banking on big names like Richard Branson to help create a 'constructive … Recode : Recode Daily: Facebook battles re...
Sources: Amazon in late-stage talks with several cities including Crystal City, VA, Dallas, New York for HQ2, may place smaller operations in runner-up cities
What Happens Next to Tech Stocks Worldwide Nat Levy / GeekWire : Amazon reportedly in ‘late-stage’ discussions with HQ2 finalists New York, Dallas and Northern Va. Rick Smith / WRAL TechWire : Report:...