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September 12, 2018, 7:40 AM

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Sara Salinas / CNBC:
In a letter, the FCC has told Sprint and T-Mobile that it needs more time to review their proposed merger  —  - The agency has paused an “informal” 180-day transaction clock “to allow for thorough staff and third-party review” of recently submitted materials.
Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Coinbase, Circle, and other crypto companies are forming the Blockchain Association, the first lobbying group in DC representing the cryptocurrency industry  —  The price of bitcoin may be down, compared with last year's meteoric heights.  But industry officials aren't waiting for the next spike …
Ina Fried / Axios:
Verizon says its wireless 5G home broadband service will launch Oct. 1 in Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, and Sacramento starting at $50/mo after free trial  —  Verizon announced that, starting Thursday, customers in its four 5G launch markets will be able to sign up for Internet service.
Mariella Moon / Engadget:
Facebook deploys AI system called Rosetta to extract text in real time from images and video frames to improve search, detect images with hate speech, and more  —  People online tend to communicate not just with words, but also with images.  For a platform like Facebook …
Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk:
US federal judge rules that a pair of allegedly fraudulent ICOs may fall under securities laws, allowing the criminal case to proceed to trial next year  —  A U.S. federal judge has ruled that a pair of reportedly fraudulent initial coin offerings fall under securities laws.
Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
RiskIQ report on British Airways data breach links it to Magecart group, active since 2015, which used tactics similar to their recent Ticketmaster breach  —  ON FRIDAY, BRITISH Airways disclosed a data breach impacting customer information from roughly 380,000 booking transactions made between August 21 and September 5 of this year.
Hayley Peterson / Business Insider:
Interviews with 31 current and former delivery drivers for Amazon's third-party partners describe missing or late pay, no health insurance, pace pressure, more  —  - Business Insider spoke with 31 current or recently employed drivers about what it's like to deliver packages for Amazon.
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch:
Comma.ai's George Hotz steps down as CEO, joins new Comma.ai research division focusing on building out AI models for cars; new CEO to be named Friday  —  A new CEO will be named Friday.  —  7 hours  —  Comma.ai's board, of which founder George Hotz is the only member …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
ThinkProgress alleges censorship after its story on Kavanaugh's approach to abortion was deemed “false” by the Weekly Standard, a Facebook fact-checking partner  —  A perfect example of how Facebook is catering to conservatives.  —  Last year, Facebook announced that it would partner …
Nick Statt / The Verge:
Tesla's wireless smartphone charger with 6,000 mAh battery and 5W of output, which quickly went out of stock last month, is back on its US online store for $49  —  The charger now costs $49, down from $65  —  Tesla has started informing customers that its wireless smartphone charger …
Rani Molla / Recode:
A look at the rising prevalence of Amazon ads, as report suggests share of Amazon product page views that come from sponsored ads has roughly doubled YoY to 8%  —  And they seem to be working.  —  If it feels as though Amazon's site is increasingly stuffed with ads, that's because it is.
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
eBay open sources HeadGaze, an ARKit-based tool that uses the iPhone X's TrueDepth camera to help visually impaired users interact with apps via head movements  —  eBay has lifted the lid on new technology that helps physically impaired users interact with their iPhone X screen through head movements.

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