T-Mobile, KKR form fibre joint venture to acquire Metronet

As mid-sized mobile and fixed connectivity providers across Europe see the wisdom in joining forces to compete more effectively with the much larger incumbent market leaders in their respective companies, T-Mobile US has announced its own joint venture with global investment firm KKR Announce to acquire Metronet, and offer what the partners said would be … Read more

Netflix, video games, streaming | Fox Business

Evercore ISI Senior Managing Director Mark Mahaney explains why he raised his price targets on Netflix and Chewy on ‘Varney & Co.’ Netflix wins when viewers binge its shows. Now it is hoping they’ll do the same with video games as it looks to further scale those offerings.  Co-CEO Gregory Peters said last week that … Read more

FTC probes AI-powered ‘surveillance pricing’ at firms including Mastercard, JPMorgan Chase, McKinsey

Sarah Ponczek and Luke Lloyd discuss their tech and A.I. outlooks, the impact on airfreight and shipping rates from Shein and Temu, and the Feds handling of rates. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday announced that it launched a probe of eight companies that offer “surveillance pricing” tools that use artificial intelligence (AI) and … Read more

Netflix eliminating Basic plan for US users

Evercore ISI senior managing director Mark Mahaney explains why he raised his price targets on Netflix and Chewy on ‘Varney & Co.’ Netflix said Thursday it is nixing the Basic plan for U.S. and French subscribers. The move will require customers with the Basic tier to make a membership change to continue watching content on … Read more