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Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch:
A jury finds Sam Bankman-Fried guilty on all seven counts of fraud and conspiracy in the FTX trial; the judge sets SBF's sentencing for March 28, 2024  —  Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder and former CEO of crypto exchange FTX and trading firm Alameda Research, has been found guilty …
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Lora Kelley / The Atlantic:
Sam Bankman-Fried, who is unkempt, pedigreed, and awkward, replicated what VCs believe a founder should look like, and the door remains open for others like him  —  The tech industry is designed for people like Sam Bankman-Fried.  —  Over and over during Sam Bankman-Fried's trial …
Apple:
Apple reports Q4 revenue down 1% YoY to $89.5B, vs. $89.3B est., net income up 11% to $22.9B, Americas sales up 0.8% to $40.1B, Europe sales down 1.5% to $22.5B  —  iPhone revenue sets September quarter record Services revenue reaches new all-time high  —  Apple® today announced financial results …
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple Q4 revenue: iPhone up 3% YoY to $43.81B, Mac down 34% to $7.61B, iPad down 10% to $6.44B, and Wearables, Home, and Accessories down 3% to $9.32B  —  - Apple reported fourth-fiscal quarter earnings on Thursday that beat analyst expectations for sales and earnings per share …
Nikkei Asia:
Apple reports Q4 revenue down 2.5% YoY to $15.1B in Greater China, down 3.4% YoY to $5.5B in Japan, and down 0.7% YoY to $6.3B in the rest of Asia-Pacific
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Apple expects its revenue in the holiday quarter, normally the company's biggest sales period, to stay the same as last year; Wall Street projected ~5% growth
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Sources: Microsoft plans to remove the free Xbox Game Pass Ultimate benefit for most staff in Jan. 2024; Phil Spencer said he was unaware and is looking into it  —  Microsoft is removing the free Xbox Game Pass Ultimate benefit for most of its 238,000 employees and some aren't happy about it.
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google's Chrome team stops considering a Web Integrity API proposal that aimed to help enforce IP rights, count ad views, and limit bots, after DRM comparisons  —  Back in July, Google's work on a Web Integrity API emerged and many equated it to DRM.  While prototyped, it was only at the proposal stage …
Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica:
DC's AG sues RealPage and 14 of Washington DC's largest landlord firms for using RealPage's rent-setting software to allegedly collude on rent price increases  —  Suit claims employees were told pricing outside the algorithm was “unacceptable.”  —  DC's attorney general has sued 14 …
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Okta says hackers who breached its support system in October accessed the files of 134 customers, five of whom were later targeted in session hijacking attacks  —  Okta says attackers who breached its customer support system last month gained access to files belonging to 134 customers …
Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal:
Ex-Instagram consultant Arturo Béjar, set to testify in Congress on November 7, says Meta did not fully act on its Well-Being Team's findings to protect teens  —  When a Meta security expert told Mark Zuckerberg that Instagram's approach to protecting teens wasn't working, the CEO didn't reply.
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
A look at Russia-based SWAT USA Drop Service, whose 1,200+ US employees knowingly or unwittingly reship consumer goods purchased online with stolen credit cards  —  One of the largest cybercrime services for laundering stolen merchandise was hacked recently, exposing its internal operations, finances and organizational structure.
Bloomberg:
Coinbase reports Q3 revenue up 14% YoY to $674M, vs. $654.7M est., net loss down 99.6% YoY to $2.3M from $545M YoY, and $76B in trading volume, vs. $80.4B est.  —  Revenue increased 14% to $674 million, compared with a forecast of $654.7 million by analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
Emily Bary / MarketWatch:
Block reports Q3 revenue up 24% YoY to $5.62B, vs. $5.4B est., profit up 21% YoY to $1.9B, Square profit up 15% YoY, and Cash App profit up 27% YoY; SQ up 10%+  —  ‘Really what we expect to see next year is meaningful margin expansion,’ CFO says  —  Block Inc. reported better …

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From Mediagazer

CNN:
Don Lemon pleads not guilty to two federal charges stemming from his reporting at an anti-ICE protest in a Minnesota church

Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:
While announcing its sports buildup, Banner EIC Audrey Cooper noted the civic value: “At a time when so much pulls communities apart, sports bring us together”

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Source: New York Daily News is cutting six of 10 national desk staffers, one metro reporter, seven print production people, and two photo department staffers

More News

Akash Sriram / Reuters:
Elon Musk says that xAI will release its first AI model to a select group on November 4 and “in some important respects, it is the best that currently exists”
Reuters:
Elon Musk says Starlink is cash-flow breakeven; in 2021, Musk said SpaceX would spin off and take Starlink public once its cash flow was reasonably predictable
Financial Times:
Meta, OpenAI, and others sign a non-binding document to let the US, the UK, and other nations test AI models for national security risks prior to their release

Earlier Picks

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
The FTC's lawsuit reveals that Amazon made $1.4B via Project Nessie, an algorithmic scheme that raised product prices and held them there if rivals followed
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Brave releases its AI assistant Leo to all desktop users and unveils Leo Premium, offering access to faster and better LLMs and higher rate limits for $15/month
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr release Now and Then, the first “new” Beatles song since 1995, created using AI and an old lo-fi John Lennon recording
Adamya Sharma / Android Authority:
US v. Google: Apple's Eddy Cue sent Tim Cook a presentation in 2013 that declared “Android is a massive tracking device” and detailed Google's privacy practices
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft announces the Secure Future Initiative, which includes responding faster to vulnerabilities and using AI and automation to improve software security
Jay Goldberg / Digits to Dollars:
Apple's M3 series shows a return to core messaging themes around user human usability; producing three M3 chips likely has to be close to $1B in tape-out costs
Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal:
A New Jersey high school and police investigate after male students shared AI-generated nudes of female students in group chats; parents are unsure what to do
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