November 17, 2016

WSJ: “AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Randall Stephenson made an $85 billion wager last month that would turn the giant telephone company into one of the world’s biggest media companies by swallowing Time Warner Inc. The same day, Donald Trump told supporters in Gettysburg, Pa., he would block the deal if elected president. ‘It’s too much concentration of power in the hands of too few,’ he said, calling the merger ‘an example of the power structure I am fighting.’”

November 01, 2016

Bloomberg: “Drivers for Uber Technologies Inc. in Boston canceled rides for men with black-sounding names more than twice as often as for other men. Black people in Seattle using Uber and Lyft Inc. faced notably longer wait times to get paired with drivers than white customers. The findings come from a study published on Monday by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University and the University of Washington.”

October 04, 2016

Google will show off a collection of new tech products this week, including (probably) two new smartphones aimed to take on the iPhone. The company is holding a press event in San Francisco on Tuesday, where we could finally get a look at the rumored Pixel smartphone and its slightly larger sibling, Pixel XL. But we're expecting a lot more than just smartphones to debut on stage. From a smart home gadget to a new Chromecast, here's a look at what the rumor mill is serving up ahead of the big event.”