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Early in today’s Hasbro earnings call, Chris Cocks—the CEO of Hasbro and former president of Wizards of the Coast (2016-2022)—spoke about the Dungeons & Dragons Open Gaming License, though he focused more on talki

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On Thursday, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, who has been on the job since 2014, told staff she was stepping down from her position. It’s the end of an era for Google’s mainstay video platform and one of its mainstay execs.

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Following Amazon’s deal to buy iRobot—the company that put Roomba on the map—for $1.7 billion, the European Union is gearing up to investigate the purchase. Not only will regulators look into the details of the acquisition, but they’re also likely to go over privacy concerns.

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Ukrainian researchers have identified a Russian soldier who pilfered a pair of AirPods from a Ukrainian home using Apple’s Find My feature and leaked military data. His name: Nureyev Roman Evgenievich.

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Disney turns 100 years old this October, and the Walt Disney Company has slowly but surely building up to the big birthday.

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Google miscalculated the number of stocks laid-off employees were told they would receive as part of a severance package last month. The company laid off 12,000 employees, marking the largest round of layoffs since Google’s inception.

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U.K.-based environmental law firm ClientEarth is suing Shell’s 11-member board, saying they are failing to properly manage the business risks associated with climate change. The lawsuit, filed in England’s high court, claims that the company’s current climate strategy is inadequate, which puts Shell at a financial…

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Lyft shares are underperforming compared to its main competitor, Uber, spiking concerns that the rideshare company may have to offset its losses with price gouging and cost-cutting measures.

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Disney Plus should really start thinking about changing its name to Disney Minus. The company released its first quarter 2023 results late Wednesday, showing the company barely gained any subscribers in North America while losing millions more watchers in the wider global market.