Kick, a Twitch rival that has generous creator deals, online gambling, and lax moderation, tries to move beyond edgy content amid public and regulatory pressure
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Uber reports Q3 revenue up 11% YoY to $9.3B, a $221M net income, gross bookings up 21% YoY to $35.3B, trips up 25% YoY to 2.4B, and a record 6.5M drivers
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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...
Twitch CEO Emmett Shear steps down after 16 years at the company, replaced by president Dan Clancy, effective immediately; Shear is a Justin.tv co-founder
My work on Twitch began in October 2006, when Justin, Michael … Jay Peters / The Verge : Twitch CEO Emmett Shear is resigning James Batchelor / GamesIndustry.biz : Twitch CEO Emmett Shear steps down K...
Uber takes some internal systems offline to investigate a network breach; Yuga Labs' Sam Curry says it appears the hacker pretty much has “full access to Uber”
what you need to know Msmash / Slashdot : Uber Investigating Breach of Its Computer Systems Prajeet Nair / BankInfoSecurity.com : Uber Probes Breach After Hacker Boasts About Intrusion Michael Hill / ...
A Massachusetts court rules that a proposed ballot measure, backed by Uber and Lyft, to classify gig drivers as independent contractors, violates state law
from employer obligations to taking care of passengers when accidents happen"https://www.nytimes.com/ ... @massnotforsale : “The ruling effectively ended a $17.8 million campaign by the gig companies ...
Twitch confirms the Buffalo gunman livestreamed Saturday's attack on its platform, saying it took his channel down within two minutes of the violence starting
and they're not removing it because it 'doesn't violate their terms of service.' https://twitter.com/... Drew Harwell / @drewharwell : The Buffalo shooting video is circulating online. One copy has mo...
Interviews with 50+ people detail Bolt's meteoric rise, which involved overstating tech and performance, as its valuation went from $250M to $11B in three years
The start-up has had a meteoric rise, thanks to its charismatic co-founder, Ryan Breslow. But he sometimes stretched the truth to get there. Tweets: @robinwauters , @brad262run , @rmac18 , @bizcarson...
Netflix acquires Boss Fight Entertainment, a mobile game developer with 130 employees, its third studio purchase since sharing its gaming ambitions last summer
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Apple shareholders vote to approve proposals on civil rights audits and the use of NDAs in employment agreements, and Tim Cook's ~$99M compensation package
Apple investors pass two proposals after worker controversy Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Philip Elmer‑DeWitt : Meet Apple's least popular board members Veronica Irwin / Protocol : Apple shareholders approved...