Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify, speaks to reporters at a news conference on May 20, 2015 in New York.DON EMMERT/AFP By now it has become… Read More »Dreams for the tech sector’s rout: The end of founder worship, and a reset of toxic startup values
Workers set up a Google display ahead of CES 2023 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Jan. 3. Google’s parent company Alphabet announced about… Read More »Why tech stocks rally when companies cut jobs
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Thinkific Labs Inc. THNC-T announced its second mass layoff of the past year, as the Toronto Stock Exchange-listed software company committed to reach operating profitability… Read More »Thinkific announces mass layoffs as Vancouver tech firm aims for break-even
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Football fans tape a sign to a fence during a vigil outside the University of Cincinnati Medical Center where Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin lies… Read More »The NFL was ready for a tragedy like Damar Hamlin’s injury
Canada’s Competition Tribunal says it approved Rogers Communications Inc.’s $20-billion takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. because it expects that the sale of Shaw’s Freedom Mobile… Read More »Rogers-Shaw deal approved because Freedom Mobile sale expected to create ‘more aggressive’ wireless competitor, tribunal says
Brazil’s Pele is hoisted on the shoulders of his teammates after Brazil won the World Cup soccer final against Italy, 4-1, in Mexico City’s Estadio… Read More »Brazil’s Pele, one of the greatest players in soccer history, dies at 82
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Thomas Gilbert and Diana Matheson in Toronto on Nov. 29.Tijana Martin/The Globe and Mail Women’s soccer in Canada is set to get a boost with… Read More »Canada’s first women’s pro soccer league aiming to launch in 2025