T-Mobile to buy Sprint for ~$26B in stock; John Legere to run combined company that retains T-Mobile name; Deutsche Telekom to get a 42% stake, SoftBank 27%
T-Mobile US Inc. and Sprint Corp. agreed to combine in a $26.5 billion merger, creating a wireless giant to compete against industry leaders …
Well-regarded analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has reportedly resigned from KGI Securities and will focus more on companies other than Apple moving forward
Ming-Chi Kuo, widely considered to be one of the best analysts covering Apple, may no longer focus his research on the iPhone maker.
Owner of the France.com domain since 1994 sues French government for seizing the domain following a court ruling that the site violated French trademark law
Jean-Noël Frydman: “If it happened to me, it can happen to anyone.” — A French-born American has now sued his home country because …
In a pitch seemingly aligned with Trump admin's rhetoric and aimed at regulators, T-Mobile and Sprint argue merger will help US beat China in 5G, create jobs
The CEOs of T-Mobile and Sprint argued on an analyst call that their just-announced merger would create jobs and boost America's position …
Dutch police shut down longstanding revenge porn site, Anon-IB, and arrested 3 men from the Netherlands, following an investigation that began in March 2017
After seizing the website's servers, police discover hundreds of women fell victim to hackers who stole their photos.
Facebook reduces the labor of networking by helping users create better substitutes for many in-person communication networks, which makes it very hard to quit
Facebook is an emotional labor machine, and if you want to leave it, you're going to have to start doing a lot of work
Didi announces an industry alliance for electric and autonomous vehicles with 31 firms, including Renault and Toyota; sources: a dedicated Didi fleet is planned
Norihiko Shirouzu, Paul Lienert — BEIJING/DETROIT (Reuters) - China's Didi Chuxing, already disrupting the global ride-hailing market …
How Wharton became a hotbed for direct-to-consumer firms after Warby Parker, as 400+ startups now try to be the next Warby with toothbrushes, bras, and more
Wharton professors, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs are fueling an entire generation of Warby Parkers. Tweets: @thecuriousrose , @ataussig , @ainsleyoc , and @stevesi Tweets: Rose Tantraphol / ...
Marketing analytics firms Radius and Leadspace merge, now operating under the Radius brand with Leadspace's Doug Bewsher as CEO
- Two competing startups in the marketing and sales intelligence space have decided to merge. — Radius and Leadspace are combining products and teams to better compete with Salesforce.
Starship Technologies launches autonomous robot delivery services aimed at corporate and academic campuses in Europe and US with ~1K robots rolling out in 2018
Starship Technologies, a robotics startup created by Skype's cofounders, has launched a large-scale commercial autonomous delivery service aimed …
Starting in Q4 2018, YouTube TV ad inventory will be available through Google Preferred, the premium ad program for the top 5% most popular YouTube channels
Todd Spangler / Variety :
Mozilla to launch sponsored story recommendations from Pocket for new tabs with Firefox 60 in US
Mozilla has confirmed plans to introduce sponsored content to new tabs in the upcoming Firefox 60 release. — The news comes just a few months after the company revealed it would begin experimenting ...
Microsoft explains its role in the conviction of e-waste recycler Eric Lundgren, says he was counterfeiting Windows software in China and importing it to the US
Frank X. Shaw / Microsoft on the Issues :
Facebook's fake “dark ads”, which impersonate people to promote scams, are a systemic problem, and need better solutions above and beyond a “view ads” button
Facebook's admission to the UK parliament this week that it had unearthed unquantified thousands …
Alibaba Australia announces a “Food Trust Framework” pilot, using blockchain to improve supply chain traceability between China, Australia, and New Zealand
Asha McLean / ZDNet :
A history of the Facebook critique “if you're not paying, you're the product” and why it wrongly paints users as powerless pawns incapable of demanding change
Will Oremus / Slate :
A look at AMD's 6-year old bet that paid off in the Zen CPU microarchitecture inside the new Ryzen processors, which could pose a real challenge to Intel
Alex Cranz / Gizmodo :
German startup Clark, which offers digital insurance brokerage through an app, raises $29M Series B led by Portag3 Ventures and White Star Capital
Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch :
Grab's deal for Uber's Southeast Asian business faces issues with regulators and, sources say, disgruntled employees, as rivals swarm to recruit Uber talent
plus there's no exit bonus for them either http://techcrunch.com/... http://twitter.com/... Wong Joon Ian / @joonian : Killer piece by @jonrussell on the botched Grab-Uber merger. http://techcrunch.co...
Mark Zuckerberg says almost 100M people now access the internet via Internet.org, up from 40M in November 2016
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
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