Mon. 11/25 - Deadpool Buys an MVNO

Uber loses its license in London, the web’s founder launches a “contract” to save it, eBay sells StubHub, the Threadrippers seem to be the real deal, Deadpool is buying a mobile carrier and Elon Musk knows why those windows cracked.

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Links:

• Uber loses London licence after TfL finds drivers faked identity (The Guardian)
• Tim Berners-Lee unveils global plan to save the web (The Guardian)
• EBay to sell StubHub to Viagogo for about $4 billion in cash (CNBC)
• India's financial services firm Paytm raises $1B (TechCrunch)
• The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X and 3970X Review: 24 and 32 Cores on 7nm (AnandTech)
• AMD confirms 64-core Threadripper 3990X for 2020 (The Verge)
• Ryan Reynolds now owns a stake in budget carrier Mint Mobile (Engadget)
• Elon Musk explains why Tesla’s Cybertruck windows smashed during presentation (The Verge)
• Tesla's polarizing Cybertruck was preordered 200,000 times within 3 days (USA Today)

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