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Apple Q2 revenue: iPhone down 10% YoY to $45.96B, Mac up 4% to $7.45B, iPad down 17% to $5.56B, and Wearables, Home, and Accessories down 10% to $7.91B — Apple CEO Tim Cook waves to journalists after his meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 17, 2024.
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Apple reports Q2 revenue down 4% YoY to $90.75B, net income down 2% to $23.64B, and announces a $110B share buyback, its largest yet; AAPL jumps 5% after hours — Services revenue reaches new all-time record — EPS sets March quarter record — Apple® today announced financial results …
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Sources: Bill Gates remains intimately involved in Microsoft's operations, advising on strategy, nurturing Microsoft's relationship with Sam Altman, and more — Insiders say he's still pulling the strings at Microsoft — In 2017, just before Microsoft forged a partnership …
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| Sudz Niel Kar / MyHealthyApple: |
Apple Watch's AFib history feature gets FDA approval for use in clinical studies, the first digital health tech qualified under FDA's MDDT program — The FDA today announced that it has qualified the Apple Watch AFib ( Atrial Fibrillation) history feature as an MDDT (Medical Device Development Tools).| Lindsay Clark / The Register: |
A committee of UK legislators says the government's reticence to address alleged copyright theft is a “de facto endorsement” of the way tech firms build LLMs — A committee of UK legislators has slammed the government for its response to alleged copyright theft as a … | Eva Dou / Washington Post: |
The FCC warns that rural areas may lose cell service if Congress does not fill a $3B funding shortfall for US carriers to replace Huawei and ZTE equipment — The FCC chairwoman warns that rural areas are set to lose cell service if Congress does not fill a $3 billion shortfall in funding to replace Chinese technology.
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| Aria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch: |
Hubble Network, which is building a satellite network for Bluetooth devices, says it has made a Bluetooth connection directly to a satellite for the first time — Hubble Network has become the first company in history to establish a Bluetooth connection directly to a satellite …
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| Lisa O'Carroll / The Guardian: |
Germany says it found evidence that Russian state-backed hacker Fancy Bear was behind a cyberattack in 2023 that took down several German government websites — Investigation finds hacker group linked to Russian intelligence responsible for attacks targeting politicians and defence sector
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Filing: Google pushes back on Epic's demands following its antitrust win, says the proposed remedies are “unnecessary” and “far beyond the scope” of the verdict — In a new filing, Google is pushing back against Fortnite maker Epic Games' numerous proposed remedies …
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Block Q1: revenue up 19% YoY to $5.96B, vs. $5.82B est., gross profit up 22% to $2.09B, Square profit up 19%, Cash App profit up 25%; SQ jumps 7%+ after hours — Block Inc logo is seen displayed in this illustration taken, April 10, 2023. — Block reported first-quarter earnings after the bell that exceeded analysts' estimates.
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A look at four Chinese generative AI startups, Zhipu AI, Moonshot AI, MiniMax and 01.ai, which have been valued between $1.2B and $2.5B in the past three months — Zhipu AI, Moonshot AI, MiniMax and 01.ai are striving to rival the success of US counterparts
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
X tweaks its block feature to let users see replies to their posts even by users who have blocked them, with the aim of identifying and reporting “bad content” — Blocking will no longer hide your catty replies. — Elon Musk has made no secret that he's not a fan of the block button.
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| Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Sources: cloud security startup Wiz will not acquire competitor Lacework; the deal, which was valued at $150M-$200M, fell through during due diligence process — The companies recently signed a Letter of Intent with the aim of completing a deal for around $150-200 million.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
What to expect from Apple's May 7 event: OLED iPad Pros, possibly with M4 chips, a 10.9" and 12.9" iPad Air, updates to Pencil and Magic Keyboard — Company gears up to update its tablets for the first time since 2022 — It's been more than 18 months since Apple Inc. last updated its iPad line …
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google says 400M+ Google Accounts have used passkeys since the rollout, logging 1B+ authentications, and expands passkeys to its Advanced Protection Program — Google is kicking off World Password Day by updating us on its efforts toward replacing the often hacked, guessed, and stolen form of authentication with passkeys.
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