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. Sponsors: Pixelunion.net Firesideconf/ride Links: 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) Ursula K Le Guin's Earthsea Books