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FCC Chair Brendan Carr criticizes the slow pace of Amazon's satellite launches, after Amazon raised concerns about SpaceX's plan to launch up to 1M satellites (David Shepardson/Reuters)

David Shepardson / Reuters:
FCC Chair Brendan Carr criticizes the slow pace of Amazon's satellite launches, after Amazon raised concerns about SpaceX's plan to launch up to 1M satellites  —  The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission dismissed criticism from Amazon.com (AMZN.O) of Elon Musk's SpaceX plan …

The Live Nation settlement has industry insiders baffled

Instead of moving forward with a jury trial against Live Nation-Ticketmaster as expected, the Justice Department announced a settlement Monday that omitted what used to be on the top of its wish list: a breakup. What the DOJ did get was a series of concessions that some industry stakeholders found unsatisfying and even baffling. There […]

Superhuman says it has disabled Grammarly's Expert Review feature, which gave editing suggestions "inspired by" real writers without permission, after backlash (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)

Stevie Bonifield / The Verge:
Superhuman says it has disabled Grammarly's Expert Review feature, which gave editing suggestions “inspired by” real writers without permission, after backlash  —  Now it will ‘reimagine’ the Expert Review feature, and allow experts a choice about participating in future AI plans.

Lord of the Rings: Hunt for Gollum casts Kate Winslet in mystery role

Viggo Mortensen is not yet set to play Aragorn in the LOTR prequel. Could Avatar star Kate Winslet replace him? Hear me out on this one.

US medtech giant Stryker suffers a global outage after a cyberattack; Iran-linked group Handala says the hack is retaliation for a strike on a school in Iran (James Rundle/Wall Street Journal)

James Rundle / Wall Street Journal:
US medtech giant Stryker suffers a global outage after a cyberattack; Iran-linked group Handala says the hack is retaliation for a strike on a school in Iran  —  The U.S. medtech company experiences a global outage, with some staff devices remotely wiped  —  Medical technology giant Stryker …