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Block reports Q3 revenue up 6% YoY to $5.98B, vs. $6.24B est., gross profit up 19% YoY to $2.25B, Cash App gross profit up 21% to $1.31B, and a $284M net income — WATCH NOW — Block reported third-quarter revenue on Thursday that trailed Wall Street expectations.
More: Block, MarketWatch, The Crypto Times, SiliconANGLE, Blockhead, Bloomberg, and Benzinga. Threads: @kalihays1
| Aoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk: |
Block says it is investing less in music streaming app Tidal and winding down decentralized “Web5” venture TBD to focus on its bitcoin mining rigs and wallet — The firm is redoubling efforts to supply miners as that industry struggles with profits — and Donald Trump promises help.
More: Fortune, Cryptopolitan, Music Ally, Blockonomi, TechCrunch, Coinspeaker, crypto.news, Cryptonews, CoinGape, and Decrypt. X: @kantrowitz
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
TikTok launches Share to TikTok, which lets users directly share music from Apple Music and Spotify in a post to their TikTok Feed or in DMs via TikTok Messages — TikTok on Thursday debuted a new feature that will more closely connect its app, which already influences which songs top the charts …
More: TikTok, Spotify, Silicon Republic, Mashable, MSPoweruser, Engadget, Music Ally, Neowin, PhoneArena, Android Headlines, Billboard, Digital Music News, Social Media Today, Pocket-lint, How-To Geek, The Verge, Music Business Worldwide, and Music Week. Threads: @chris
| Anissa Gardizy / The Information: |
Source: Amazon is discussing a second multibillion-dollar Anthropic investment, asking Anthropic to use servers with Amazon chips; Anthropic prefers Nvidia GPUs — Amazon is discussing making a second multibillion-dollar investment in OpenAI rival Anthropic, according to a person involved in the discussions.
More: DatacenterDynamics, Spyglass, WinBuzzer, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, Reuters, and Benzinga
| Bloomberg: |
Source: Baidu plans to unveil smart glasses with cameras and voice commands built atop AI model Ernie next week, launching as soon as early 2025 for under $299 — China's search leader and longtime investor in artificial intelligence plans to showcase the product at its annual Baidu World event …
More: Fortune, WinBuzzer, The Information, TechNode, and Tech in Asia. Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social
| Sebastian Sinclair / Decrypt: |
Detroit plans to accept crypto for tax and fee payments starting mid-2025 through a PayPal-managed platform, becoming the largest US city to do so — Starting in mid-2025, Detroit residents will be able to pay with popular cryptos like Bitcoin and Ethereum through a PayPal-managed platform.| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Airbnb reports Q3 revenue up 10% YoY to $3.73B, vs. $3.72B est., and Nights and Experiences Booked up 8% to 122.8M, vs. 121.4M est.; ABNB jumps 5%+ after hours — Airbnb reported third-quarter earnings on Thursday that were shy of analyst estimates, though it squeaked in a small revenue beat.
More: Proactive, MarketWatch, Business Insider, Skift, Airbnb, and Investor's Business Daily
| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
A US judge dismisses a copyright lawsuit by Raw Story and AlterNet against OpenAI over AI training, for now, saying the outlets couldn't show enough harm — A New York federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against artificial intelligence giant OpenAI that claimed it misused articles …
More: VentureBeat, Engadget, Silicon Republic, WinBuzzer, Bloomberg Law, Music Ally, and ai fray
| Bloomberg: |
Sony reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to ~$19.45B, operating profit up 73% YoY to ~$2.96B vs. ~$2.18B est., and PS5 sales of 3.8M units, down from 4.9M a year ago — - Chinese hit ‘Wukong’ helped game sales on aging PlayStation 5 — Image sensor business was hurt by demand lull in North America| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
AppLovin shares close up 46% after the company reported Q3 revenue up 39% YoY to $1.2B, vs. $1.13B est., and issued guidance well above est.; APP is up 519% YTD — AppLovin shares soared 46% on Thursday after the online gaming and advertising company issued guidance that was well above estimates …
More: PocketGamer.biz, AppLovin, Benzinga, Proactive, Motley Fool, Forbes, Investor's Business Daily, and Barron's Online. X: @anshublog
| Ming-Chi Kuo: |
Kuo: Apple plans to upgrade the wide-angle lens in the high-end iPhone 18 in 2026 to a variable aperture camera — Key Growth Drivers for Sunny Optical's Apple Orders in 2025-2026: — 1. Lens Supply Allocation to Rebound Significantly from ~5% in 2024 to 15-20% in 2025
More: MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Android Authority, Sammy Fans, PhoneArena, TechRadar, and Wccftech
| Reuters: |
Sources: Trump's transition team is considering Dan Gallagher, an ex-SEC commissioner and Robinhood's current legal chief, as SEC chair replacing Gary Gensler — Trump transition team officials are considering retail brokerage Robinhood's top lawyer, as well as bank regulators and corporate attorneys … | Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
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