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New York's AG proposes the Crypto Regulation, Protection, Transparency and Oversight Act, or CRPTO, seeking broader enforcement authority over crypto companies — Proposed legislation would require crypto exchanges to have independent public audits of financial statements, among other new requirements| Harmeet Singh Walia / Counterpoint Research: |
Smartphone shipments declined 14% YoY and 7% QoQ globally to 280.2M units in Q1 2023; Samsung declined 19%, Apple 2%, Xiaomi 22%, Oppo 10%, and Vivo 18% — - The global smartphone market declined by 14% YoY and 7% QoQ to record 280.2 million unit shipments in Q1 2023.| Apple: |
Apple reports Q2 revenue down 3% YoY to $94.84B, declining for a second quarter in a row but beating estimates of $92.96B, and net income down 3% YoY to $24.16B — Services revenue reaches new all-time high iPhone revenue sets March quarter record — CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today … | Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
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Sources: Ant Group's transformation into a fully regulated company has been on hold for over a year as China reshuffles its regulatory system — Powerful new regulator will have to approve the fintech giant's application to become a financial-holding company| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
A review of the $250 JBL Tour Pro 2 wireless earbuds, whose case has a touchscreen for accessing earbud settings, along with extras like timers and a flashlight — The touchscreen offers quick access to earbud settings along with extras like timers and even a flashlight.| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Amazon expands Inspire, its in-app TikTok-like video and photo feed that lets users shop from content created by influencers and brands, to all US customers — Amazon's in-app TikTok-like shopping feed is now available to all customers in the United States, according to the company's website.| Bloomberg: |
Source: a leaked April 2023 internal document by Luke Sernau, a senior software engineer at Google, argues that open source AI will outcompete Google and OpenAI — A senior software engineer at Google wrote a critique asserting that the internet search leader is losing its edge … | Eric Berger / Ars Technica: |
Airbus, Eutelsat, SES, Thales, and other European satellite companies plan to bid for the IRIS² satellite constellation, to rival SpaceX's Starlink in the EU — The bid includes large players such as Airbus Defence and Space, Eutelsat, and SES. — A consortium of nearly every major … | Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
A judge sentences ex-Uber CSO Joe Sullivan to three years of probation; he was convicted in October 2022 for not disclosing a 2016 data breach to regulators — The first corporate executive convicted of a crime related to a data breach by outsiders is sentenced to probation and fined| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Jakarta-based Praktis, which sells end-to-end supply chain software to direct-to-consumer brands and suppliers, raised a $20M Series A led by East Ventures — Small to medium-sized enterprises contribute 60% of Indonesia's gross domestic product. But companies in the D2C space still struggle to compete against bigger brands.| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
A look at the ByteDance investors who have billions in paper profits blocked by the US regulatory standoff over TikTok; source: Sequoia China holds a 10%+ stake — The world's most valuable startup does more than any other investment to put VCs on the Forbes Midas List, including its No. 1.| Bill Peters / MarketWatch: |
Coinbase reports Q1 revenue down 34% YoY to $772.5M, vs. $655M est., net loss down 82% YoY to $78.9M, $145B in trading volume, vs. $147.7B est.; COIN jumps 15%+ — 'The crypto industry continues to be volatile, as evidenced most recently by the disruptions in the banking sector and ongoing regulatory uncertainty,' executives say
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