Spotify Shuts Down Hurdle, Wirtle-Inspired Music Guessing Game

Spotify is closing down Hurdle, the Wirtle-inspired music guessing game it acquired last July for an undisclosed sum. Washington's Senate unanimously passed a bill this week that would make the state the first in the nation to grant right-hailed drivers the right to paid family and medical leave. Parler, a platform that emerged out of the social media backlash of the Trump era, has been acquired by a new company that plans to temporarily shut it down. Toronto-based startup Kepler Communications closed another tranche of Capital to continue building out its in-orbit data network.