The Rise of Progressivism | Slavery by Another Name

Food for thought
Read more: https://www.pbs.org/video/slavery-another-name-rise-progressivism/?source=Snapzu

HBO Goes Dark For First Time In Its History Due to Standoff with Dish

For the first time in its 40-plus-year history, a blackout will keep HBO off the air of one of its biggest distributors. The signal for the AT&T-owned channel went dark on satcaster Dish.
Read more: https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/hbo-goes-dark-for-first-time-in-its-history-due-to-standoff-with-dish-1203016928/?source=Snapzu

On bitcoin’s 10th birthday, JP Morgan CEO says he doesn’t ‘really give a shit’ about it

Despite the CEO’s negative outlook on bitcoin, JP Morgan is still investing time and money into related technology
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/31/18048960/jp-morgan-ceo-jamie-dimon-bitcoin-cryptocurrency-criticism?source=Snapzu

How Mark Zuckerberg Became Too Big to Fail

Facebook has had a turbulent two years. But almost no one in tech thinks Mr. Zuckerberg, the social network’s chief executive, should step down from the company he built.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/technology/mark-zuckerberg-facebook.html?source=Snapzu

'Red October' sees US stocks endure their worst month since the financial crisis

Concerns including a US-China trade war, Federal Reserve interest-rate policy, and a slowdown in global growth led to a wave of heavy selling.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/stock-market-news-sp-500-worst-month-since-financial-crisis-2018-10?source=Snapzu

Notorious patent enforcement entity values its entire portfolio at $2, folds

Shipping & Transit LLC targeted companies including Radio Shack and JetBlue.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/11/most-litigious-patent-enforcer-in-us-calls-it-quits-files-bankruptcy/?source=Snapzu

Facebook loses a million European users in three months

Total global user numbers continue to slowly rise, with more than 2.2bn people using the platform every month
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/facebook-users-europe-drop-mark-zuckerberg-cambridge-analytica-a8609716.html?source=Snapzu