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Microsoft reports Q4 revenue of $33.7B, up 12% YoY, operating income of $12.4B, up 20% YoY, and net income of $13.2B, up 49% YoY — REDMOND, Wash. — July 18, 2019 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended June 30, 2019, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year:
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft reports Q4 Intelligent Cloud revenue of $11.39B, up 19% YoY, with Azure revenue up 64% YoY, its lowest growth rate in at least four years — KEY POINTS — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella reacts during a panel session on day three of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 24, 2019.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
| Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News: |
Inside 18 months of turmoil at Grindr, which some former employees say began with its sale to Chinese company Kunlun Group and elevation of Scott Chen — Over the last 18 months, Grindr has faced a federal investigation, layoffs, mismanagement, and internal turmoil.| Jennifer Miller / New York Times: |
As podcast service Blubrry says there are now over 700,000 podcasts, with 2,000 to 3,000 launching every month, a look at whether we have reached “peak podcast” — If past experience (cough, blogs) is any indication, a shakeout is nigh. — In 2016, Morgan Mandriota and Lester Lee …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann has cashed out more than $700M from the company ahead of its IPO through a mix of stock sales and debt — Adam Neumann has sold some of his WeWork stake and borrowed against some of his holdings, investing the proceeds in real estate and startups
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Business Insider. Tweets: @scottmaustin, @rcwhalen, @mims, @vaactiveangels, @salred3, @semil, @john_hempton, @keikomorris, @alexeheath, @moorehn, @ericnewcomer, @alexrkonrad, @tomgara, @timoreilly, and @saraashleyo. Thanks:@varun_mathur
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
A look at the challenges facing Boston Dynamics, chief among them public perception, as it prepares to launch its first commercial bot, called Spot, this year — Not many robotics companies can boast legions of fans online, but not many robotics companies make robots quite like Boston Dynamics.
Tweets: @alexjamesfitz, @carlquintanilla, @bob_malak, and @jjvincent
| Bloomberg: |
How Amazon Go, which offers all the selection of a 7-Eleven but with more complexity and cost, became the company's most ambitious research project — Jeff Bezos and his company have spent seven years and hundreds of millions of dollars getting rid of cashiers. Will it pay off?
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Slashdot. Tweets: @chafkin, @bradstone, @silviakillings, @ivan_brussels, @mattmday, @mattmday, and @shiraovide
| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
In some ways, Netflix's Q2 results were a disaster, highlighting the weakness of its US market, limits of international growth, and pain of losing huge shows — As US growth slows, executives look to international markets — Netflix reported earnings on Wednesday night, and the results were disastrous.
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New York Times, The Drum, CNBC, Variety, Android Authority, Tom's Guide, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @jason, @shiraovide, @phronk, @mgsiegler, @karlbode, @edmundlee, @loudmouthjulia, @gerryconway, and @loudmouthjulia
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Instagram strengthens moderation policies, introducing an alert to warn people when their account is close to being deleted and giving moderators more leeway — Instagram is strengthening its moderation policies today and adding a new alert that will warn people who violate rules when their account is close to being deleted.
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Instagram, MSPoweruser, TechCrunch, Search Engine Journal, Mashable, SlashGear, Engadget, iPhone Hacks, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @tamaleaver and @instagram
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Slack says it is resetting passwords for 1% of its users after receiving new info about the company's 2015 security breach; in April, Slack said it has 10M DAUs — Company said it received a batch of compromised credentials related to the 2015 hack via its bug bounty program.
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Slack, TechCrunch, ZDNet, Digital Trends, CNN, CNET, Threatpost, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, BleepingComputer, SecurityWeek, TechSpot, The Hacker News, Engadget, Neowin, and Inquirer
| European Commission: |
European Commission fines Qualcomm €242M for abusing its dominance in 3G baseband chipsets by selling below cost to force its competitor Icera out of the market — The European Commission has fined Qualcomm €242 million for abusing its market dominance in 3G baseband chipsets.
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Bloomberg, VentureBeat, Wired, Qualcomm, Financial Times, FierceWireless, Reuters, Android Central, Observer, TechSpot, Telecoms.com, CNET, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, The Register, Telegraph, Neowin, TechCrunch, Thurrott, Inquirer, The Verge, Android Police, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @vestager, @pablopereza, and @tomwarren
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
The Kazakhstan government is making ISPs force users to install a government-issued certificate on all devices and in every browser to intercept HTTPS traffic — Kazakh government first wanted to intercept all HTTPS traffic way back in 2016, but they backed off after several lawsuits.
Tweets: @campuscodi, @campuscodi, @campuscodi, and @campuscodi
| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
In its first earnings report since its IPO, CrowdStrike beats with Q2 revenue of $96.1M, up 103% YoY, vs. $95.6M est.; stock up 12%+ after hours — Shares in CrowdStrike, the cyber security company that uncovered Russian hackers inside the servers of the US Democratic National Committee … | Donie O'Sullivan / CNN: |
DNC warns 2020 presidential campaigns not to use FaceApp; alert from DNC's chief security officer notes that the app was “developed by Russians” — Washington (CNN) — The Democratic National Committee sent a security alert to 2020 presidential campaigns Wednesday afternoon warning …
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Reuters, Axios, Android Authority, CNET, NPR, Digital Trends, Washington Post, Business Insider, CNBC, Avast EN, Android Central, Gizmodo, USA Today, The Daily Caller, The Ringer, Vanity Fair, 9to5Mac, BBC, and The Daily Dot
Tweets: @donie, @zackwhittaker, @espiers, @cnn, @drewharwell, and @drewharwell
| Jim Waterson / The Guardian: |
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TechCrunch, Wired, Wired, Washington Post, Ars Technica, New York Times, CNET, CNN, Business Insider, New York Post, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Fortune, D-ID, Joshua Nozzi, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechRepublic, KnowTechie, Tom's Guide, Slate, Geek.com, TechSpot, Silicon Republic, and Firstpost Tech
Tweets: @frankthorp, @chronic, @wongmjane, @nicoleperlroth, @allbrightnfl, @_inside, @chronic, @karissabe, @moorehn, @amaramarasingam, @paultassi, @panzer, and @bobcesca_go
| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Trump confirms he will look into Pentagon's JEDI cloud contract, set to be awarded to Microsoft or Amazon, after “tremendous complaints from other companies” — KEY POINTS — President Trump said he's looking at the JEDI Contract that will be awarded to Microsoft or Amazon.| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Intel and SAP announce a multi-year partnership focused on data centers, combining Intel's hardware with SAP's software — Intel and SAP said they have launched a broader multi-year partnership focused on optimizing Intel's platform innovations for the datacenter.
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SiliconANGLE, Intel Newsroom, ZDNet, TechCrunch, and CRN
| Reuters: |
German transport app FlixMobility raises Series F co-led by TCV and Permira; sources say the Series F was for about €500M, valuing the company at more than €2B — FRANKFURT/MUNICH (Reuters) - Transport app FlixMobility has raised around 500 million euros ($561 million) …
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| Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
US Treasury's FinCEN says scammers tried to steal an average of $301M per month via business email compromise scams in 2018, up from $110M per month in 2016 — The frequency of business email compromise (BEC) scams has increased year over year and so did the value of attempted thefts …
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