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Apple to acquire the majority of Intel's smartphone modem business in a transaction valued at $1B — Cupertino and Santa Clara, California — Apple and Intel have signed an agreement for Apple to acquire the majority of Intel's smartphone modem business. Approximately 2,200 Intel employees …
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Source: Apple and Goldman Sachs's credit card is targeted to launch as early as the first half of August — - Card aims to bolster Apple services, push consumers to Goldman — The corporate pairing was ambitious, and at times awkward — Apple and Goldman Sachs's hotly anticipated … | CNBC: |
Trump says Apple will not be given tariff waivers or relief for Mac Pro parts made in China, calls on Apple to build products in the US instead — KEY POINTS — President Trump said his administration will not provide waivers or relief for Apple products built in China.
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| Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg: |
SoftBank announces Vision Fund 2, will commit $38B to it with the goal of raising $108B; Apple, Microsoft, and others are expected to contribute — SoftBank Group Corp.'s founder Masayoshi Son launched a second Vision Fund, seeking to extend his reign as the world's most influential technology investor.
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Senate Intelligence Committee report acknowledges that Russia targeted election systems in all 50 states in 2016, but key lessons for 2020 were redacted — WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee concluded Thursday that election systems in all 50 states were targeted by Russia in 2016 …
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| Alphabet: |
Alphabet reports Q2 revenue of $38.9B, up 19% YoY, net income of $9.9B, up from $3.2B YoY, and a stock buyback of $25B; stock up 9%+ — Alphabet Announces Second Quarter 2019 Results MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - July 25, 2019 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2019.
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Twitter Q2 earnings beat estimates with revenues of $841M, up 18% YoY, and 139M monetizable daily active users (mDAUs), up 14% YoY; stock up 10%+ — KEY POINTS — Its the first quarterly report with a new measurement of engagement — monetizable daily active users (mDAUs).
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp confirms it has more than 400M MAUs in India, its biggest market; according to research firm Counterpoint, India has about 450M smartphone users — WhatsApp has amassed more than 400 million users in India, the instant messaging app confirmed today, reaffirming its gigantic reach in its biggest market.
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| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
Two antitrust academics say Chris Hughes joined them in meetings with the FTC, the DOJ, and state AGs to lay out a potential antitrust case against Facebook — Chris Hughes used to huddle with Mark Zuckerberg in a Harvard dorm room building Facebook from scratch.
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| Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times: |
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard sues Google for briefly suspending her Ads account after the first Democratic debate; Google says unusual activity triggered the suspension — Representative Tulsi Gabbard, the long-shot presidential candidate from Hawaii, said in a federal lawsuit that Google infringed … | Lee Fang / The Intercept: |
Rather than directly engage in controversial contracts, Google continues to invest in military and police AI tech by funding companies through Gradient Ventures — Last year,Google faced internal revolt from many employees over its handling of Project Maven, a secretive contract between … | Quartz: |
Long Island Iced Tea Corp's pivot to blockchain in 2017 is being investigated by the FBI for insider trading and securities fraud, according to search warrants — Even during the heady days of the epic bitcoin bubble in 2017, Long Island Iced Tea Corp.'s pivot to blockchain was a particularly brash ploy to latch onto the crypto hype.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Q2 AWS sales grew 37% YoY, the first sub-40% growth rate since Amazon started sharing AWS figures; “other” revenue, mostly its ad business, was $3B, up 37% YoY — Amazon today reported earnings for its second fiscal quarter of 2019, including revenue of $63.4 billion … | Amazon.com: |
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Unity announces it is raising $525M from D1 Capital Partners, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Light Street Capital, others, doubling its valuation to $6B — Unity's private valuation is climbing but it's growing unclear whether the company's leadership is planning to take the 15-year-old gaming powerhouse public anytime soon.Sponsor Posts
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