July 26, 2019
Fri. 07/26 - The T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Is Approved
The T-Mobile/Sprint merger gets the go-ahead, a whole bunch of odds-n-ends Apple stories, SoftBank announces a new Vision Fund, the biggest earnings wrap-up of the calendar quarter, turns out that Chris Hughes was serious about breaking up Facebook, and the weekend longreads suggestions.
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- T-Mobile and Sprint merger approved by Justice Department (The Verge)
- Apple and Goldman Sachs Credit Card Targeting August Launch Date (Bloomberg)
- Trump says Apple will not be given tariff waivers or relief for Mac Pro parts made in China (CNBC)
- Apple buys Intel’s smartphone modem business (The Verge)
- SoftBank CEO Takes More Control in New $108 Billion Vision Fund (Bloomberg)
- Chris Hughes Worked to Create Facebook. Now, He Is Working to Break It Up. (NYTimes)
The Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
- How Google Photos joined the billion-user club (Fast Company)
- The Man Who Built The Retweet: “We Handed A Loaded Weapon To 4-Year-Olds” (BuzzFeed News)
- What is Microsoft doing with Cortana? (The Verge)
- The Hidden Costs of Automated Thinking (The New Yorker)
- The Onion’s Guide To TikTok (The Onion)
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