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Department of Justice approves T-Mobile, Sprint merger, states’ lawsuits remain to be sorted out

Sprint and T-Mobile are about to join forces. The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday that it had approved the proposed $26 billion merger between Sprint and T-Mobile, albeit with major concessions, and a lawsuit from 13 state attorneys general still pending. Per the agreement, Sprint will be forced to divest itself of several […]

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Judge clears way for AT&T’s $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner

One of the largest telecommunications mergers of all time has just been approved. On Tuesday, AT&T received judicial approval to move forward with its $85 billion deal to acquire media giant Time Warner, ending a contentious antitrust lawsuit leveled by the U.S. Justice Department last year. In a ruling handed down by U.S. District Judge […]

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Rumor: Department of Justice combining fixed-engine planes, fake cell towers to spy on cell phone users

Well, you’re going to have to snoop on cell phones SOMEHOW, and the Department of Justice thinks a small, fixed-wing Cessna is the way to do it. Per AppleInsider and the Wall Street Journal, a supposed secret spy program equips small aircraft with a device dubbed a “dirtbox,” which pulls data from mobile phones by […]