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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 …
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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 …
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| Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
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 …
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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.
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Eric Lundgren is going to prison for counterfeiting labels, not software; judges may not know the difference, but Microsoft does and still helped prosecute him — In a sickening concession to bad copyright law and Microsoft's bottom line over basic technical truths and common sense … | Frank X. Shaw / Microsoft on the Issues: |
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 — In the last few days there have been several stories about the sentencing of Eric Lundgren in a case that began in 2012 … | Mathias Döpfner / Business Insider: |
In a Q&A after receiving the Axel Springer award for 2018, Jeff Bezos discusses The Washington Post, Trump admin, privacy concerns, and the early days of Amazon — Mathias Döpfner, the CEO of Business Insider's parent company, Axel Springer, recently sat down with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
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 … | Chloe Rose Stuart-Ulin / Quartz: |
A first-person account of a virtual dating assistant, called a “Closer”, who is a professional writer that impersonates clients on apps like Tinder — Every morning I wake up to the same routine. I log into the Tinder account of a 45-year-old man from Texas—a client.
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| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
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.| Jon Russell / 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 — The long-rumored Grab acquisition of Uber's Southeast Asia business may be official now, but it's far from complete.
Tweets: @jonrussell, @joonian, @r0h1n, and @mrbrown
| Asha McLean / ZDNet: |
Alibaba Australia announces a “Food Trust Framework” pilot, using blockchain to improve supply chain traceability between China, Australia, and New Zealand — Blackmores and Fonterra have joined the pilot that will see products shipped to China from Australia and New Zealand … Sponsor Posts
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