Business DOJ approves $26 billion T-Mobile and Sprint deal Xeni Jardin

Technology Mega Mobile Merger: $26 billion Sprint and T-Mobile deal to be approved by Justice Department on Friday Xeni Jardin

mobile Leak reveals that hundreds of bounty hunters have had access to super-fine-grained mobile location data for years Cory Doctorow

telcoms Why the hell do we continue to believe the carriers' promises to respect our privacy? Cory Doctorow

corruption A data-broker has been quietly selling realtime access to your cellphone's location, and they suck, so anyone could get it for free Cory Doctorow

telcoms Between Trump, Ajit Pai and a GOP Congress, there's never been a better time for a terrible Sprint/T-Mobile merger Cory Doctorow

Science Why is it so hard to make a phone call in emergency situations? Maggie Koerth

gravity-defying spectacle Nissan Altima soars 120 feet after running up tow truck ramp on freeway Mark Frauenfelder

traveling with infants Couple abandons baby at airport desk after realizing they didn't have infant ticket Carla Sinclair

fraud Finance firm tells sprinter Usain Bolt it doesn't know what happened to his $12.7 million Mark Frauenfelder

humor Man kidnapped by ferocious puppet Popkin

law Meet Vicki Baggett, Florida's anti-Woke pro-Confederate would-be book-banner Elías Villoro

theft Gentleman tries to steal a couple of phones, embarrasses himself instead (video) Carla Sinclair

books 30,000 Steps is a hilariously heartfelt page-turner about opioid deaths Thom Dunn

animals Adorable kitten runs as fast as a pup to greet his owner (video) Carla Sinclair

art The visionary art of Adolf Wölfli Popkin

accidents Cyclist wins part of race before running over his wife, sending her to the hospital Carla Sinclair

disneyland Disneyland Paris worker ruins marriage proposal Mark Frauenfelder