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As AT&T's CEO plans to retire, AT&T's TV business keeps declining, the Time Warner integration looks shaky, and now an activist shareholder pushes for changes (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: As AT&T’s CEO plans to retire, AT&T’s TV business keeps declining, the Time Warner integration looks shaky, and now an activist shareholder pushes for changes  —  Plans by CEO Randall Stephenson to leave the helm to a longtime ally triggered the threat of a proxy fight by an aggressive Wall Street activist

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Despite what media and politicians say, there is no tangible tech backlash from consumers, who shrug off warnings of a dystopian future and embrace new tech (Rob Walker/New York Times)

Rob Walker / New York Times: Despite what media and politicians say, there is no tangible tech backlash from consumers, who shrug off warnings of a dystopian future and embrace new tech  —  Worse, we think there is one.  —  Mr. Walker is the author of “The Art of Noticing.”  —  It’s fun, and increasingly

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Volkswagen is unifying its fragmented IT efforts under a new Car.Software unit, which will develop "vw.os", with first cars with new software shipping next year (Christoph Rauwald/Bloomberg)

Christoph Rauwald / Bloomberg: Volkswagen is unifying its fragmented IT efforts under a new Car.Software unit, which will develop “vw.os”, with first cars with new software shipping next year  —  – Combined operations to pool about 10,000 software workers  — Move will boost efficiency across 12 automotive brands Volkswagen is unifying its fragmented IT efforts

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An overview of Qualcomm's various R&D projects aimed at making 5G technology ubiquitous over the next few years (Jeremy Horwitz/VentureBeat)

Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: An overview of Qualcomm’s various R&D projects aimed at making 5G technology ubiquitous over the next few years  —  It was easy to call 5G inevitable.  Whatever it was, some next-generation cellular technology was certain to follow 2G, 3G, and 4G into the mainstream of global life. An overview of Qualcomm's

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Sources: Libra representatives to meet officials from 26 central banks, including the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, in Basel, Switzerland on Monday (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Sources: Libra representatives to meet officials from 26 central banks, including the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, in Basel, Switzerland on Monday  —  Facebook will be quizzed by global regulators on its planned Libra coin project amid concerns from EU governments over the threat … Sources: Libra representatives to meet officials

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Interview with Cloudflare co-founder Michelle Zatlyn on its IPO, its dual-class stock structure giving employees 10x the voting rights over public shares, more (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: Interview with Cloudflare co-founder Michelle Zatlyn on its IPO, its dual-class stock structure giving employees 10x the voting rights over public shares, more  —  Shares of Cloudflare rose 20% today in its first day of trading on the public market, opening trading at $18 after it priced … Interview with Cloudflare

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