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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Responding to criticism, Adam Mosseri says Instagram's full-screen feed is “a test” that is “not yet good” and that the app has to lean into the shift to video — - Instagram head Adam Mosseri shared a video on Twitter Tuesday explaining recent changes to the social media platform.
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| Travis Clark / Insider: |
Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian post Stories sharing a petition to “Make Instagram Instagram Again” and “stop trying to be TikTok” that has 150K+ signatures — - Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian called on Instagram to “stop trying to be TikTok” on Monday.
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| Microsoft - Investor Relations: |
Microsoft reports Q4 revenue up 12% YoY to $51.87B, net income up 2% YoY to $16.7B, Azure up 40% YoY, LinkedIn up 26% YoY, Surface up 10% YoY, and Xbox down 6% — REDMOND, Wash. — July 26, 2022 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft misses Q4 estimates with $51.87B in revenue, vs. $52.44B estimated, citing changing exchange rates plus challenges in the advertising and PC markets — - Microsoft's revenue and income fell short, as did the company's revenue from Azure and other cloud services.
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| Ian Hamilton / UploadVR: |
Meta plans to increase the prices of its Quest 2 headsets to $400 for 128GB and $500 for 256GB on August 1, and bundle Beat Saber for free through December 31 — The price for a new Quest 2 is jumping to $399 as Meta says “the costs to make and ship our products have been on the rise.”
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| Alphabet - Investor Relations: |
Alphabet reports Q2 revenue up 13% YoY to $69.69B, net income of $16B, down from $18.53B YoY, and Google Cloud revenue of $6.28B, up from $4.63B YoY — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - July 26, 2022 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.
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| Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: |
Alphabet's $69.69B revenue marks its slowest sales growth since Q2 2020, missing estimates by almost $190M, as macroeconomic pressures mount on the ad market — Online advertising remains in focus for investors as an industry critical to the health of many internet companies| New York Times: |
Sources: the US Treasury Department has been investigating US-based crypto exchange Kraken since 2019 for potentially violating US sanctions on Iran and more — The Treasury Department is investigating whether the crypto exchange allowed users in Iran to buy and sell digital tokens, said people with knowledge of the matter.
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| Vipal Monga / Wall Street Journal: |
Memo: Shopify plans to cut ~1,000 workers, or 10% of its global workforce, citing consumers pulling back on online shopping; SHOP drops 15%+ — CEO Tobi Lütke says company made wrong bet on pandemic-fueled boom in e-commerce growth lasting — Shopify Inc. SHOP -16.29%▼ … | The Verge: |
As Mark Zuckerberg says “there are probably a bunch of people at the company who shouldn't be here” during a weekly Meta Q&A, a survey suggests staff anxiety — As Meta's growth slows, Mark Zuckerberg is pushing even harder. Will his employees melt under the pressure?
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| Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: |
Senators Toomey and Sinema introduce a bill to exempt crypto users from being taxed on transactions of under $50, similar to a bipartisan bill in the House — The top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee joined Democrat Kyrsten Sinema in legislation to exempt transactions of less than $50.
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| Liron Shapira / @liron: |
[Thread] A look at Helium, a crypto network of 500K+ IoT hotspots, which raised $365M from a16z and others and generates an est. $6.5K/month in network revenue — .@Helium, often cited as one of the best examples of a Web3 use case, has received $365M of investment led by @a16z. Regular folks have also been convinced to spend $250M buying hotspot nodes, in hopes of earning passive income. The result? Helium's total revenue is $6.5k/month https://twitter.com/...
Tweets: @liron, @liron, @liron, @dancow, @bshivarthy, @kylesamani, @friscojosh, @thestalwart, @btc_jacksparrow, @aaronhuertas, @thestalwart, @thestalwart, @terenceleejx, @1ndus, @can, @wiley77, @coloradotravis, @nvk, @justinhendrix, and @om
| Emily Baker-White / BuzzFeed News: |
Four former ByteDance employees say the company promoted pro-China content to Americans in its now-defunct news app TopBuzz; ByteDance denies the claims — Former employees claim the company placed pieces of pro-China content in its now-defunct US news app, TopBuzz, and censored negative stories about the Chinese government.| Max Chafkin / Bloomberg: |
Coinbase's post-IPO decision to list “altcoins”, or “shitcoins”, was a reckless move that led to alleged insider trading and higher risks for retail investors — In September 2020, amid a wave of activism by employees in support of the Black Lives Matter movement … | Bloomberg: |
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Neon, which provides developers with a serverless option for Postgres databases, has raised a $30M Series A-1 led by GGV, bringing its total funding to $55M — Neon, a startup providing developers with a serverless option for Postgres databases, today announced that it raised $30 million …
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| Emily Mason / Forbes: |
Tel Aviv-based Balance, which offers B2B marketplaces one-click checkout tools, raised a $56M Series B led by Forerunner Ventures, valuing the startup at $356M — Balance, a two-year-old Tel Aviv startup that makes payments and checkout software for business-to-business marketplaces …
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| Bloomberg: |
The UK's CMA publishes its music streaming report, saying the market being dominated by a handful of major players is not “currently causing consumers harm” — The music streaming market dominated by a handful of major players is giving consumers a fair shake …
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