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T-Mobile coverage to get big boost from SpaceX: A newly announced partnership between the Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier and the spacecraft and satellite company will take advantage of SpaceX’s Starlink constellation. But don’t expect to start streaming high-definition videos via satellite to your T-Mobile connected devices immediately: The beta version of Starlink’s broadband boost won’t start rolling out in select areas until next year, and will begin with text messaging. (Above: T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert, left, and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.) Read more.

Paul Allen’s $1 billion art collection to be sold: The late Microsoft co-founder possessed more than 150 masterpieces spanning 500 years of art history. Christie’s said the November sale will be the “largest and most exceptional art auction in history,” and proceeds will go to philanthropy. Read more.

Tech Moves: Apptio CTO lands at Humu; Madrona hires investor; Skilljar adds executive; and more personnel changes.

Feast on this startup’s greenhouse software: A former Microsoft researcher is using artificial intelligence to grow award-winning lettuce in a greenhouse — from 5,000 miles away — with an “AI of things” startup called Koidra. Read more.

MacKenzie Scott donates $44M to Portland nonprofit: The billionaire philanthropist is aiding Friends of the Children, which supports children at risk of entering the welfare system by pairing them with a longtime mentor.

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend. — GeekWire reporter Kurt Schlosser, kurt@geekwire.com
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