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After a year in which supply chain bottlenecks roiled the global economy, Flexport, which uses technology to improve supply chains, reaches the top of the CNBC Disruptor 50 list.Freight forwarding, the official name for the industry Flexport is disrupting, is the centuries-old, trillion-dollar global business of matching companies that make stuff with companies that transport stuff over land, sea and air. The industry tends to be opaque, filled with arcane regulations, bogged down by analog processes, and has no "major…

A gorgeous, Ghibli-style sim I’m always chasing the high of my first playthrough of Stardew Valley. It’s among my favorite games of all time, and something comforting I reach for during tough times, so having other titles to add to that arsenal is always a plus. We could always use more Stardew-likes. That’s not a saying yet, but it needs to be. It would make looking for new games a whole lot easier. For now, though, I have seen one new game on the horizon that will satisfy my need for a cozy life sim: Spirittea.…

No More Robots has announced Spirittea, a life-sim that tasks players with fixing up an old bathhouse to help out local spirits. Sprittea is set in rural East Asia, with players able to see the spirit world after having drunk from a mysterious old teapot. Because of this, they can then see spirits, and over the course of the game are tasked with helping these spirits find peace. Players will live day to day, managing the old bathhouse where spirits go to relax. There looks to be plenty to do outside of work too, as…

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan hopes to convince U.S. tech firms to invest more in London.Leon Neal | Getty ImagesSadiq Khan, the mayor of London, traveled to California as part of a trade mission to try to convince Silicon Valley tech leaders to invest more money in the U.K. capital.On Tuesday, Khan met with senior tech bosses including Google Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat, venture capital investors and entrepreneurs from the Bay Area.The London mayor ultimately hopes to bolster what is already a strong relationship…

Make way for Disney Dreamlight Valley, a new Disney-inspired life-sim that feels as if Disney adults got their hands on the Animal Crossing source code. In combination with yesterday’s formal announcement, I had the opportunity to participate in a hands-off demo to see a bit of the vision the developers at Gameloft have for the game. It’ll be difficult to resist the allure of talking about a brand new Disney game entirely in Disney song lyrics, but I’ll do my best to rein in that impulse. Hey! Clear the way in the old…