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  • U.S.
    May, 2018
    DC Comics

    DC Universe is a video on demand service operated by DC Entertainment

    U.S.
    May, 2018

    DC Universe is a video on demand service operated by DC Entertainment. It was announced in April 2017, with the title and service formally announced in May 2018. DC Universe is expected to offer more than video content through the inclusion of an immersive experience with fan interaction that encompasses comics in addition to television.




  • Menlo Park, California, U.S.
    May, 2018
    Facebook, Inc.

    Facebook announced It Would Offer Its Own Dating Service

    Menlo Park, California, U.S.
    May, 2018

    In May 2018 at F8, the company announced it would offer its own dating service.




  • U.S.
    Tuesday May 1, 2018
    Xerox

    Resign as part of a deal

    U.S.
    Tuesday May 1, 2018

    On May 1, 2018, it was announced that Chairman Robert Keegan and CEO Jeff Jacobson and four other directors would resign as part of a deal with investors Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason, who had mounted a proxy fight to oppose the Fujifilm deal. On May 4, Xerox backed away from the deal after stipulations about ceasing litigation were not met.




  • Mountain View, California, U.S.
    May, 2018
    Google LLC

    Removing The Company's Unofficial Slogan From The Company's Code of Conduct

    Mountain View, California, U.S.
    May, 2018

    The company's unofficial slogan "Don't be evil" was removed from the company's code of conduct around May 2018.




  • California, U.S.
    Monday May 7, 2018
    Nokia

    Nokia announced that it has acquired SpaceTime Insight

    California, U.S.
    Monday May 7, 2018

    On 7 May 2018, Nokia announced that it has acquired a California-based IoT startup, SpaceTime Insight.




  • United States
    Monday May 7, 2018
    Elon Musk

    Musk and Grimes

    United States
    Monday May 7, 2018

    On 7 May 2018, Musk and Canadian musician Grimes revealed that they had begun dating.




  • U.S.
    Sunday May 13, 2018
    Xerox

    New deal was reached that additionally canceled the Fujifilm transaction

    U.S.
    Sunday May 13, 2018

    Icahn and Deason responded with an open letter to shareholders blaming the board and management. On May 13 a new deal was reached that additionally canceled the Fujifilm transaction.


  • San Bruno, California, U.S.
    Thursday May 17, 2018
    YouTube

    YouTube Premium

    San Bruno, California, U.S.
    Thursday May 17, 2018

    On May 17, 2018, YouTube announced the re-branding of YouTube Red as YouTube Premium (accompanied by a major expansion of the service into Canada and 13 European markets), as well as the upcoming launch of a separate YouTube Music subscription.


  • Santa Fe, Texas, U.S.
    Friday May 18, 2018
    Mass Shootings in the United States

    Santa Fe High School Shooting

    Santa Fe, Texas, U.S.
    Friday May 18, 2018

    A school shooting occurred at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, United States, in the Houston metropolitan area, on May 18, 2018. Ten people – eight students and two teachers – were fatally shot, and thirteen others were wounded. The suspected shooter was taken into custody and later identified by police as Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a 17-year-old student at the school.


  • U.S.
    May, 2018
    Nancy Pelosi

    Pelosi and Senate minority leader Schumer sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General and FBI director

    U.S.
    May, 2018

    In May 2018, after the White House invited two Republicans and no Democrats to a briefing by Department of Justice officials on an FBI informant who had made contact with the Trump campaign, Pelosi and Senate minority leader Schumer sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI director Wray calling for "a bipartisan Gang of Eight briefing that involves congressional leadership from both chambers".


  • U.S.
    May, 2018
    DC Comics

    DC Universe is a video on demand service operated by DC Entertainment

    U.S.
    May, 2018

    DC Universe is a video on demand service operated by DC Entertainment. It was announced in April 2017, with the title and service formally announced in May 2018. DC Universe is expected to offer more than video content through the inclusion of an immersive experience with fan interaction that encompasses comics in addition to television.


  • Menlo Park, California, U.S.
    May, 2018
    Facebook, Inc.

    Facebook announced It Would Offer Its Own Dating Service

    Menlo Park, California, U.S.
    May, 2018

    In May 2018 at F8, the company announced it would offer its own dating service.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday May 1, 2018
    Xerox

    Resign as part of a deal

    U.S.
    Tuesday May 1, 2018

    On May 1, 2018, it was announced that Chairman Robert Keegan and CEO Jeff Jacobson and four other directors would resign as part of a deal with investors Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason, who had mounted a proxy fight to oppose the Fujifilm deal. On May 4, Xerox backed away from the deal after stipulations about ceasing litigation were not met.


  • Mountain View, California, U.S.
    May, 2018
    Google LLC

    Removing The Company's Unofficial Slogan From The Company's Code of Conduct

    Mountain View, California, U.S.
    May, 2018

    The company's unofficial slogan "Don't be evil" was removed from the company's code of conduct around May 2018.


  • California, U.S.
    Monday May 7, 2018
    Nokia

    Nokia announced that it has acquired SpaceTime Insight

    California, U.S.
    Monday May 7, 2018

    On 7 May 2018, Nokia announced that it has acquired a California-based IoT startup, SpaceTime Insight.


  • United States
    Monday May 7, 2018
    Elon Musk

    Musk and Grimes

    United States
    Monday May 7, 2018

    On 7 May 2018, Musk and Canadian musician Grimes revealed that they had begun dating.


  • U.S.
    Sunday May 13, 2018
    Xerox

    New deal was reached that additionally canceled the Fujifilm transaction

    U.S.
    Sunday May 13, 2018

    Icahn and Deason responded with an open letter to shareholders blaming the board and management. On May 13 a new deal was reached that additionally canceled the Fujifilm transaction.


  • San Bruno, California, U.S.
    Thursday May 17, 2018
    YouTube

    YouTube Premium

    San Bruno, California, U.S.
    Thursday May 17, 2018

    On May 17, 2018, YouTube announced the re-branding of YouTube Red as YouTube Premium (accompanied by a major expansion of the service into Canada and 13 European markets), as well as the upcoming launch of a separate YouTube Music subscription.


  • Santa Fe, Texas, U.S.
    Friday May 18, 2018
    Mass Shootings in the United States

    Santa Fe High School Shooting

    Santa Fe, Texas, U.S.
    Friday May 18, 2018

    A school shooting occurred at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, United States, in the Houston metropolitan area, on May 18, 2018. Ten people – eight students and two teachers – were fatally shot, and thirteen others were wounded. The suspected shooter was taken into custody and later identified by police as Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a 17-year-old student at the school.


  • U.S.
    May, 2018
    Nancy Pelosi

    Pelosi and Senate minority leader Schumer sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General and FBI director

    U.S.
    May, 2018

    In May 2018, after the White House invited two Republicans and no Democrats to a briefing by Department of Justice officials on an FBI informant who had made contact with the Trump campaign, Pelosi and Senate minority leader Schumer sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI director Wray calling for "a bipartisan Gang of Eight briefing that involves congressional leadership from both chambers".


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