Merger Dynamics and Natural Disruptions

Today is the big day for the showdown between 5G and the airlines. Nobody’s blinked yet, but both sides have sort of blinked. An interesting raise in the NFT space. And I’ve heard of autonomous road cars, but autonomous rail cars? More fallout from the Activision/Microsoft tie-up, and how literally fallout from that undersea volcano may have knocked Tonga off the internet.

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Links:

• Airlines Cancel Some Flights Ahead of U.S. 5G Wireless Launch (WSJ)
• Major airlines cancel, change flights to US over 5G dispute (AP)
• Coinbase NFT Marketplace Will Enable Purchases With Mastercard (Decrypt)
• OpenSea confirms acquisition of Dharma, sets sights on fiat onramps (The Block)
• Michael Jordan, Multicoin Back Solana NFT Firm Metaplex in $46M Round (Decrypt)
• Former SpaceX engineers bring autonomous, electric rail vehicle startup out of stealth (TechCrunch)
• Activision Blizzard’s Workplace Problems Spurred $75 Billion Microsoft Deal (WSJ)
• Microsoft is buying one of the biggest names in games — if Washington lets it (Recode)
• Tonga’s volcano blast cut it off from the world. Here’s what it will take to get it reconnected. (MIT Technology Review)

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