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Netflix reports Q3 revenue of $5.25B, up 31% YoY, 158M paid subs globally, up 21% YoY, as net adds increase to 6.8M, up 12% YoY but below 7M company forecast — Netflix CEO Reed Hastings split the company in two in 2011, thinking that the growing ubiquity of high-speed Internet access …
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| Jason Gurwin / The Streamable: |
Netflix says it expects “modest headwind” to near-term growth, but long-term growth should continue as new streaming services accelerate shift from linear TV — The Streamable is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission when you sign up with our links.| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
US, UK, and South Korea dismantle one of the largest child exploitation dark web sites, with 200K unique videos; over three dozen people have been arrested — The Justice Department says it's dismantled one of the largest child exploitation sites on the dark web.| Wall Street Journal: |
Inside Facebook's attempt to launch its cryptocurrency, as major partners and most payments providers withdraw from Libra Association amid regulatory pressure — Major partners bolted after Washington challenged the social-media giant's foray into finance — David Marcus gathered …
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| Jordan Pearson / VICE: |
Yahoo says it is shutting down its long-running Yahoo Groups platform on October 21 and will permanently delete all posted content on December 14 — Users won't be able to upload new content to the site after October 21 and have until December 14 to archive their content, Yahoo said in an announcement.
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
FCC has formally approved the merger between T-Mobile and Sprint on a party-line vote, with Democrats dissenting — But the deal won't close just yet — On Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission formally approved the merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, an FCC official told The Verge.
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| Joe Otterson / Variety: |
Mike Isaac's book, Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber, will be the basis for a Showtime series by Billions creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien — Brian Koppelman and David Levien are developing a limited series about ridesharing company Uber for Showtime.
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| Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter: |
Inside Bob Iger's risky bet on Disney+, set to launch with 35 originals in first year, which executives hope will have 60M to 90M global subscribers by 2024 — Disney+ leads a wave of billion-dollar Netflix competitors that are transforming the entertainment industry and launching a new age of ambition …
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Google's “ambient computing” vision, powered by smartphones and in-home devices, plays to its strengths, but challenges remain, like high costs to consumers — The most surprising revelation from yesterday's Made by Google 19 keynote came in Google Senior Vice President of Devices … | Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News: |
Investigation: US ad agency Ads Inc. ran a subscription-based Facebook scam whereby users rented their account to Ads Inc., which ran $50M in ads since 2016 — Asher Burke built his company, Ads Inc, on the back of one of the internet's most persistent, lucrative, and sophisticated scams — the subscription trap.| Hollywood Reporter: |
Inside's Apple steep learning curve with TV+ and Hollywood, as sources say the company already well outspent its projected $1B annual content budget — After a few false starts and a little offscreen drama, AppleTV+ finally makes its big debut with a slate of shows, Jennifer Aniston …
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| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Graphic design app Canva raises $85M led by Mary Meeker's VC firm Bond Capital at a valuation of $3.2B, five months after raising $70M at a $2.5B valuation — - Sydney-based Canva plans to double workforce in coming year — Focus on scaling up through expanded enterprise offering| Olivia Carville / Bloomberg: |
IBM reports Q3 revenue of $18B, down 3.9% YoY, the fifth consecutive down quarter; Red Hat sales of $371M, included for the first time, did not stop the decline — - Third-quarter revenue fell 3.9% in fifth period of decline — Red Hat included in results for first time since 2018 purchase
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| Dami Lee / The Verge: |
Instagram is rolling out new features over six months that help users manage third-party app permissions, including removing them and seeing requested data — See who has your data at a glance — Instagram has added a new feature for users to control the data they're sharing with third-party apps.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google debuts 5.7" Pixel 4 for $799 and 6.3" Pixel 4 XL for $899 with gesture recognition, two rear cameras including one with a telephoto lens, coming Oct. 24 — The most-leaked phones ever are now official — You've seen them, you've read plenty about them, and now Google's latest smartphones …
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