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Disney reports Q3 revenue up 4% YoY to $23.2B and a $47M streaming business operating income, a first, vs. a $512M loss in Q3 2023, and revenue up 15% to $6.4B — Company warns weak theme park demand could extend into the ‘next few quarters’ … That said, there were some mixed emotions … | Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company's password sharing crackdown will kick off “in earnest” in September, after announcing paid sharing in February 2024 — Disney Plus will soon no longer let you share your password with people outside your household.
More: 9to5Mac, IGN, BGR, Business Insider, Digital Trends, Android Headlines, and How-To Geek
Forums: r/television, r/DisneyPlus, and Slashdot
| Financial Times: |
UK officials say X has been less responsive to removing disinformation than Google, Meta, and TikTok, as Elon Musk launches a series of jibes at PM Keir Starmer — Social media site owner Elon Musk has also been posting jibes at UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer
More: Wired, BBC, New York Times, Politico, The Guardian, The Times, Fortune, Bloomberg, Business Insider, Mashable, Politico, CNBC, Washington Post, Social Media Today, NBC News, Mother Jones, The Independent, Inc.com, and Spectator
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
AMD says its flagship Ryzen 9 9950X with 16 cores will launch on August 15 for $649, or $50 less than the Ryzen 9 7950X, and other new CPUs are $20-$50 cheaper — AMD has finally revealed the launch prices for its new range of Ryzen 9000 desktop CPUs, and it's pricing them slightly lower than the Ryzen 7000 launch prices.
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Sony reports Q1 revenue up 2% YoY to ~$20.5B, vs. ~$19.31B est., operating profit up 10% YoY to ~$1.92B, vs. $1.89B est., and 2.4M PS5 units sold, down 27% YoY — Sony on Wednesday reported a 10% jump in operating profit in the fiscal first quarter, beating analyst expectations … | Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Reddit says it plans to test AI-powered search result pages to “summarize and recommend content” later in 2024, powered by first-party and third-party tech — Reddit users will soon see AI-generated summaries at the top of search results. — Reddit CFO Drew Vollero told investors during …
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| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
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| Jessica Lyons / The Register: |
CrowdStrike shares a root cause analysis of the July 19 outage, and says it hired two third-party security firms to review its Falcon threat-detection suite — And reveals the small mistake that bricked 8.5M Windows boxes — CrowdStrike has hired two outside security firms to review …
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| Michelle Pokrass / OpenAI: |
OpenAI adds Structure Outputs, a feature to ensure model-generated outputs match JSON Schemas, to its API and offers lower pricing for new GPT-4o model versions — We are introducing Structured Outputs in the API—model outputs now reliably adhere to developer-supplied JSON Schemas.
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| The Information: |
Sources: Opal, previously Opal Camera, which makes $300 webcams, raised a $60M Series B led by OpenAI Startup Fund and plans to make new OpenAI-powered devices — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has long been interested in building an AI-powered device for consumers, similar to the one featured in Spike Jonze's movie “Her.”
More: The Verge and Marcus on AI
| The Verge: |
US v. Google: Eddy Cue said there's no price Microsoft could offer to change Safari's default search engine to Bing, stating Microsoft offered “Bing for free” — Finally, a legal ruling on whether TikTok is a real search engine. (It's not.)
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| Reuters: |
Sweden's EQT plans to buy a majority stake in Swiss cybersecurity and data protection company Acronis, sources say valuing Acronis at $4B, up from $3.5B in 2022 — Sweden's EQT (EQTAB.ST) said on Wednesday it will acquire a majority stake in Swiss cybersecurity and data protection company Acronis.
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| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Automattic launches Write Brief with AI, to help users write and tweak content using text prompts, in beta on Jetpack, after launching an AI assistant in 2023 — Automattic, the owner of WordPress.com, has launched a new AI tool designed to help bloggers write more clearly and succinctly.
More: Jetpack and WordPress.com News
| Max A. Cherney / Reuters: |
Sources: in 2017 and 2018, Intel and OpenAI executives discussed Intel buying a 15% stake for $1B in cash, but CEO Bob Swan did not go forward with the deal — For U.S. chip giant Intel, the darling of the computer age before it fell on harder times in the AI era, things might have been quite different.
More: Tom's Hardware, COINOTAG NEWS, and CoinGape
| Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Roku plans to launch a free, ad-supported 24/7 sports channel across its devices, apps, and website on August 12, showing live Sunday MLB games and more — The free, ad-supported 24/7 service will stream Major League Baseball games, the ‘The Rich Eisen Show’ talker and sports-themed Roku Originals produced … | Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Lyft reports Q2 revenue up 41% YoY to $1.4B, Gross Bookings up 17% YoY to $4.02B, vs. $4.07B est., and projects $4B-$4.1B in Q3 Gross Bookings, vs. $4.14B est. — - Outlook miss threatens to overshadow progress to grow margins — Rideshare company posts quarterly profit for first time
More: Reuters, Benzinga, TechCrunch, The Information, Lyft, Investor's Business Daily, and Proactive
| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Shopify reports Q2 revenue up 21% YoY to $2.05B, vs. $2B est., Gross Merchandise Volume up 22% to $67.2B, and gross profit up 25% YoY to $1B; SHOP jumps 20%+ — - Results show company is navigating cautious consumer spending — Revenue outlook for current quarter also beat projections
More: BetaKit, The Information, Barron's Online, Reuters, Benzinga, Investor's Business Daily, CNBC, Proactive, and Yahoo Finance
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
A look at UnDisruptable27, a new project backed by a $700K grant to help fix cybersecurity weaknesses in US water, food, health care, and other vital sectors — As digital threats against US water, food, health care, and other vital sectors loom large, a new project called UnDisruptable27 aims …
More: Institute for Security …. Mastodon: @craignewmark@mastodon.social. X: @joshcorman and @lilyhnewman
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Supermicro shares dropped ~10% after the company reported $5.31B in Q4 revenue, below est., earnings below est., and announces a 10-for-1 stock split — Shares of server company Super Micro Computer plunged 13% on Tuesday after the company announced fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that missed analyst expectations.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Brian Chesky says Airbnb plans to expand into new products and services, including co-hosting this fall, guest services, and a relaunch of experiences next year — Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky suggested on Tuesday's Q2 earnings call with investors that the company will soon expand into new products and services … | Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
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