by Beth Holmes | Feb 22, 2023 | Companies, News, Technology
Smartmatic will go forward with their defamation lawsuit against Fox News, after a judge declined their motion for dismissal. Smartmatic is a voting technology company that, among other things, builds and maintains electronic voting systems. During the 2020...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 13, 2023 | Companies, Social Media
Gold checkmarks are Twitter’s newest verification distinction, and they’ll cost $12k a year to any business that wants one. Twitter established their blue checkmarks in 2009, as a quick way for readers to know if the twitter handle they were using belonged...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 6, 2023 | Companies, News
HarperCollins Publishers announced they’ll be cutting approximately 5% of their workforce, a day before negotiations open with their striking union. The statement released Tuesday by the publishing giant cites low sales and rising costs in the industry, just as...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 30, 2023 | Companies, News
The Galactic Starcruiser, the expensive and immersive Star Wars hotel in Disney World Resort, is beginning to cut rates in response to poor sales. Disney Company opened the hotel in 2022. It only has 100 rooms, and guests get to eat and play with costumed actors,...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 23, 2023 | Companies, News
Wizards of the Coast wants to ‘tighten’ the open game license (OGL) agreement they’ve extended to fans and collaborators for twenty years, in a move wildly unpopular among their fans. The OGL, as it has stood since the early 2000s, allows users to...