US extends Venezuela sanctions for another year

President Donald Trump has extended US sanctions against Venezuela for another year, under his orders from August 2017 and former President Barack Obama’s March 2015 decree. Venezuela’s alleged human rights violations, government corruption, humanitarian crisis and political violence represent an “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States,” […]

GM’s Maven Extends Its “You Don’t Need a Car” Message to Canada

– The way automakers earn the bulk of their revenue has remained the same for more than a century: Customers step into dealerships once every few years and buy a new car. Now that automakers are branching into offering mobility services, however, the companies realize that their business model needs to be reconfigured to chase fickle […]

Jose Mourinho extends Manchester United contract after change in mood in Old Trafford

Mourinho has appeared calmer and happier in recent weeks – with the club snatching Alexis Sanchez from Manchester City’s grasp and showing their pull in the transfer market. But he had been moody and frustrated amid criticism of the style implemented at Manchester United and their tactics in some of the big games – Liverpool […]

Fitbit extends support for Pebble watches until June 30th

If you’re still holding on to your Pebble smartwatch for dear life, we have good news: you won’t have to let go for a while longer. Fitbit has extended its support for Pebble services from the original end-of-2017 cutoff to June 30th, 2018. You now have half a year longer to say your goodbyes and […]

Deal Alert: JetBlue Extends Winter Flash Sale, With Fares From $38 One-Way

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Birkenstock vs. Amazon feud extends to search typos

In 2016 Birkenstock chose to stop doing business with Amazon, citing problems with counterfeit goods on the site and shady resellers. Now, the shoe company has a court win too, where a German judge ruled that Amazon can’t event buy ads on variations of the name that shoppers may mistype. Birkenstock’s case is that if […]

FCC extends waiver for video game accessibility for the last time

The idea behind 2010’s 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) is to make sure that federal accessibility laws created in the ’80s and ’90s were updated to include new digital and communications technologies. The part of the Act pertaining to video games and advanced communications services (think gaming chat and the user interfaces […]

CBC extends Hockey Night in Canada partnership with Rogers until 2026

CBC has extended its partnership with Rogers Media to keep broadcasting Hockey Night in Canada and the Stanley Cup playoffs until 2026 as part of a new sub-licensing agreement. The new English-language broadcast deal will begin in the 2019-2020 NHL season, at the conclusion of CBC’s previous four-year deal and one-year extension. Rogers is currently four years into […]

Gemini, the crypto exchange founded by the Winklevoss twins, extends maintenance after massive bitcoin sell-off

Mike Coppola/Getty Images Gemini, the crypto exchange, extended a scheduled maintenance Saturday after a bitcoin sell-off. The exchange appeared to be down for some users for much of the morning. Bitcoin, the red-hot cryptocurrency, shed more than $ 1,500 during the downtime. The exchange will provide data for Cboe Global Markets’ bitcoin futures contracts, which […]