All of the headlines from the big Samsung Unpacked event, the T-Mobile-Sprint merger is officially a go… mostly, Brandless is the first Softbank company to shut down entirely, a Sirius lifeline for Soundcloud, and has the CIA quietly been the real owner of the leading encryption company for decades now?

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• SAMSUNG’S GALAXY S20, PLUS, AND ULTRA FIRST LOOK: CAMERAS, 5G, AND 120HZ SCREENS (The Verge)
• Samsung’s new foldable Galaxy Z Flip will arrive on February 14th for $1,380 (The Verge)
• Samsung Galaxy Z Flip debuts w/ less expensive ‘flip phone’ design (9to5Google)
• Judge approves $26 billion merger of T-Mobile and Sprint (CNBC)
• Brandless shuts down operations, becoming SoftBank Vision Fund's first failure (Protocol)
• SiriusXM Acquires Minority Stake in SoundCloud for $75 Million (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Netflix dominates viewing on TVs over all other streaming services (CNET)
• ‘The intelligence coup of the century’ (Washington Post)

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