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Twitter says ad revenue grew 2% to $1.08B in Q2 and blames its revenue slide on uncertainty around the Elon Musk acquisition and ad industry problems — Musk is creating ‘uncertainty’ for advertisers — Twitter would have earned more money over the past few months if Elon Musk hadn't been in the picture.
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Twitter reports Q2 revenue of $1.18B, down 1% YoY, a net loss of $270M, down from $66M in net income last year, and 237.8M mDAUs, up 16.6% YoY — - Twitter reported earnings for the second quarter on Friday that missed analyst estimates on earnings, revenue and user growth.
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| Zoe Kleinman / BBC: |
Twitter reiterates its estimate that the average of false or spam accounts represented fewer than 5% of MAUs in Q2 — Twitter spent $33m (£27m) on Elon Musk's proposed deal to buy the firm between April and June 2022. — It also said its number of monthly daily users had risen to 237m … | Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Snap opens down 33% following its Q2 earnings report; Snap stock is down 77% year-to-date — - Shares of Snap fell 35% on Friday, a day after the company reported disappointing second-quarter results. — Snap attributed its results to a challenging economy, slowing demand for its online platform …
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| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Snap Q2: revenue up 13% YoY to $1.11B, vs. $1.14B est., DAUs up 18% to 347M, vs. 344.2M est., net loss of $422M, up from $152M YoY — - Snap missed on the top and bottom lines in its second-quarter earnings report. — The company authorized a stock repurchasing program of up to $500 million.
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Meta's Oversight Board Trust says the company is giving $150M to the trust as part of ongoing financial support, following a $130M contribution in 2019 — Today the Oversight Board Trust announced that Meta has made a commitment that provides for ongoing financial support for the Oversight Board.
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Instagram says all new video posts under 15 minutes will now be shared as Reels and videos under 90 seconds from public accounts will be recommended to others — And it's combining the Reels / Video section of your profile under one tab — Welcome to the new era of Instagram …
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| Mike Allen / Axios: |
Jay Carney, senior VP of global corporate affairs at Amazon, will join Airbnb in September as global head of policy and communications — Jay Carney, who was White House press secretary under President Obama, will move from Amazon to Airbnb as global head of policy and communications.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
FCC chair asks carriers to explain how they use geolocation data, as Congress debates a law that may preempt the FCC from regulating carriers' privacy practices — Inquiry launched as Congress debates bill that could gut FCC's privacy authority. — Federal Communications Commission …
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| Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu / Protocol: |
A look at Meta's $150M Meta Immersive Learning project, through which it has partnered with Iowa-based VR startup VictoryXR to create 10 “metaversities” — During her inorganic chemistry class at Morehouse College in the spring of 2021, Dr. Muhsinah Morris launched a little experiment.| Associated Press: |
California approves new rules to let candidates for state and local offices accept cryptocurrency donations if they immediately convert them to US dollars — Candidates for state and local offices in California will soon be able to accept cryptocurrency campaign donations.
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| Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: |
Hashflow, a DeFi trading app, raised a $25M Series A from Jump Crypto, Wintermute, GSR, and Coinbase's and Kraken's VC arms, among others, at a $400M valuation — The platform uses an asset pricing model that offers interoperability, lower fees and no slippage.
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| Tim Copeland / The Block: |
The SEC lists nine crypto tokens as securities in its insider trading complaint against an ex-Coinbase staffer; Coinbase petitions for rules classifying tokens — - The SEC has arrested and charged a former Coinbase employee with wire fraud. — In the SEC complaint, it mentions nine tokens and says they are all securities.
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