It. Is. Monday. And the Hacker Noon team (okay, that's a bit of an exaggeration. It's just me. It's always been me.) is still hungover from the that came out of yesterday's Xbox & Bethesda Game Showcase. Now look; I personally don't care whether you're Team Playstation™ or Team Xbox™ but I'm always up for gaming news, especially when it concerns ports coming to the King™ of all gaming: the PC. slew of announcements Ya heard me, console peasants. As The Witcher and Superman star Henry Cavill once said, "You either live long enough to afford a or die with your teeny weeny maybe-maybe not upgradable console." ( ) glorious PC build Editor's note: Henry Cavill did say that! DEFINITELY NOT Anyyyyyway. What i'm trying to say is: WHY THE F*CK ISN'T MICROSOFT #1 THIS WEEK!?!? 😠 *We now interrupt this rant with our regularly scheduled programming* is #1 this week! 👑 I said it. There, I said it. It's the cryptocurrency company headed by the Lex Luthor lookalike Brian Armstrong. Last week, I compared him with Luthor in . This week, I am pleased to report that the similarities go beyond just appearance. Coinbase appearance : Coinbase earlier this month and rescinded a number of accepted offers. The move solicited a on social media sites, culminating in an (purportedly by Coinbase employees) asking for the removal of top execs at the cryptocurrency exchange for taking decisions that "led to questionable results and negative value" for the company, its shareholders, and its employees. ICYMI paused hiring public backlash online petition Armstrong wasn't having though. Not only did he call the petition " ," he reminded employees that if they were found to be the ones who started the petition, they could be . He also suggested that if employees didn't trust the senior leadership, they should just " " they believed in. Here's the if you want to read it. any of it dumb fired quit and find a company entire twitter thread Now perhaps, Armstrong is (may the lord always keep Musk in his good graces); perhaps he's that Coinbase employees didn't name him in the petition; perhaps he was having a bad day. Whatever the case, the internet just couldn't stop talking about it, and all that chatter propelled Coinbase up by 14.1% in trending interest for the coveted #1 spot on Hacker Noon's Tech Company Overview. inspired by Elon Musk offended This week's beta (lol get it? beta?) was at the #2 spot. 🍎 The company's flagship Worldwide Developers Conference event just recently ended and interest in the company's announcements already seem to be waning. Trending interest in the iPhone manufacturer was down 7.2%, perhaps because nothing, and I mean, nothing, blew anyone's mind away — unless you consider as mindblowing. Apple Inc. from the conference powering your car's dashboard Taking up the third spot this week was . 📦 Amazon The eCommerce giant, which in last week's Tech Company Overview, seems to be in the news in India. The company of a bidding war on Friday for media rights to the Indian Premier League, or IPL — the super lucrative way for businesses to grow in the cricket-crazy nation of nearly 1.4 billion. With Amazon out, Disney, Sony, and India's Reliance will fight it out to see who gets the rights to broadcast the world’s richest T20 league in foreign territories. took the lead bowed out Amazon was also the subject of the most recent episode on . Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Tech Monopolies Anywho, was back in the Top 5 as the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer the details of its 'Intel 4' process node. 🖥️ This is ironic because the company was also on the #4 spot this week. I'm not going to bore you with the details, but 'Intel 4' is supposed to be better than what the company currently produces. Intel debuted Elsewhere, rounded off this week's ratings after securing the #5 spot. 🚗 There are conflicting reports on hiring at the electric vehicle manufacturer (which also sometimes doubles down as one of the in the world). Tesla most valuable car company CEO Elon Musk (may the lord always watch over him) is said to have the company's country manager in Singapore and has sounded the alarm on the company's . fired quarterly performance But a German regional economy minister Tesla is hiring 500 to 600 people a month at its Gruenheide plant, and wants to hire workers that no longer work at other German carmakers. Cool, I guess. said And that's a wrap, folks! This was Hacker Noon's Tech Company overview. We'll be back next week to see how these rankings change. If you'd like to follow these rankings realtime, follow the list . here PEACE!☮️

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