Strategic Movements in Tech: Apple's Modem Acquisition and SoftBank's New Fund

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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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)

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