San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
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In a week when being a Slacker finally paid off, this also happened: Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Nevada joined the legal fight against T-Mobile’s
$26.5 billion bid for Sprint. California, eight other states and the District of Columbia had already sued to block the merger, saying it will reduce competition and damage consumers by driving up prices for cell phone service. The companies — the third and fourth largest mobile wireless networks in the U.S. — say the merger is necessary for them to upgrade to a 5G mobile network that competes with Verizon and AT&T. President Trump has said he wants the U.S. to “win” a global 5G race.
One of Elon Musk’s pet projects is going up in flames. Engadget reported that the Not a Flamethrower, made by Musk’s Boring
has been apparently targeted by a bill that recently passed the New York Senate. The proposed law would bar devices that project burning fuel at least 3 feet — a move that seems to have a particularly Boring target in mind.
The House introduced bipartisan compromise bill on robocalls, requiring phone carriers to offer screening technology to identify and block spam calls at no additional cost to customers within 18 months of the law being enacted. The revamped bill was unveiled by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., and the committee’s ranking member, Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore. It would apply to both wireless phones and landlines, according to Pallone, who said he is optimistic about the bill’s chances of winning House and Senate approval and being signed by Trump.
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. shareholders approved the ouster of Carlos Ghosn, who was pivotal in the Japanese automaker’s three-way partnership with Nissan and Renault until he was arrested on financial misconduct charges last year. Nissan Motor
Co. owns 34% of Mitsubishi Motors. Osamu Masuko, who was reappointed chairman, promised to strengthen governance and transparency and monitor wrongdoing.