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| Alphabet Inc: |
Alphabet Q4: revenue up 12% YoY to $96.47B, net income up 28% to $26.54B, Google Services revenue up 10% to $84.1B, and Other Bets revenue down 39% to $400M — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - February 4, 2025 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.
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X: @munster_gene, @officiallogank, and @thetranscript_
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Alphabet reports YouTube Q4 ad revenue up 14% YoY to $10.47B, vs. $10.23B est.; together, Google Cloud and YouTube ended 2024 at a $110B annual revenue run rate — YouTube, the internet's biggest streaming video platform, delivered a healthy 13.8% increase in global ad revenue …
More: B&T, Adweek, Business Insider, The Wrap, Deadline, and The Desk
| Washington Post: |
Google drops language from its AI Principles that said it would not pursue AI applications “likely to cause overall harm”, such as for weapons and surveillance — In 2018 the company updated its policies to explicitly exclude applying AI to weapons. Now that promise is gone.
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Bluesky: @mguariglia, @sambiddle.com, and @nitasha
Forums: Hacker News, r/OpenAI, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
AMD reports Q4 revenue up 24% YoY to $7.66B, Data Center revenue up 69% to $3.86B, vs. $4.09B est., and forecasts Q1 sales of $6.8B to $7.4B, vs. $7.04B est. — - Results suggest the chipmaker is still lagging behind Nvidia — Company fares better in PC market, making gains on Intel| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple debuts Invites, an app to help plan events like birthdays, graduations, and more, with Image Playground and Writing Tools tie-ins, for iCloud+ subscribers — Apple today announced the launch of a new app called “Invites,” which is designed to allow users to plan events like birthday parties …
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Bluesky: @mikal-el.com and @mgsiegler.com
Mastodon: @jsnell@zeppelin.flights and @stroughtonsmith …
Threads: @diegojimenez, @chris, @camwilsonreporter, @benedictevans, and @tookthescenicroute
X: @concept_central, @gregjoz, @jordanmorgan10, @snazzylabs, @markgurman, @dylanmcd8, @brandonbutch, @justinryanio, @samhenrigold, @dylanmcd8, @devongovett, @snazzylabs, @raywongy, @basicappleguy, @apollozac, and @maxwinebach
Forums: r/apple, r/apple, r/ios, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| New York Times: |
Sources: the US SEC is moving to scale back a special unit of 50+ lawyers and staff members that had been dedicated to bringing crypto enforcement actions — Some in a special unit of 50 lawyers and staff members that had been assigned to regulate cryptocurrency are being reassigned in the agency.| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Elon Musk accused an X user, who named federal staff in a post X then removed, of “a crime”, showing what actual government social media censorship looks like — For years, we've watched self-proclaimed “free speech warriors” hyperventilate about imaginary government control of social media content moderation.
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Bluesky: @molly.wiki, @molly.wiki, @whstancil, @junlper.beer, @noturtlesoup17, @kenwhite, and @mmasnick. Mastodon: @stevenbodzin@thepit.social
X: @pmarca, @elonmusk, @aaronbaileyart, @quadcarl_carl, @jonfavs, and @armentaylor
Forums: r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/thedavidpakmanshow, r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/KeepOurNetFree, and r/politics
| Financial Times: |
Sources: China is looking at launching a formal probe into Intel; a source says whether such a probe is officially launched could depend on US-China relations — Beijing seeks leverage against US president by reviving investigations into tech giants — China has revived antitrust investigations … | Josh Xiao / Bloomberg: |
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Bluesky: @elkmovie. X: @nouriel, @brad_setser, @jhweissmann, @trinhnomics, @sariarhohavren, @angelazhanghk, @jingjing_li, @elerianm, @repfitzgerald, @adamkovac, @henrysgao, @onlyyoontv, and @henrysgao
Forums: r/politics, r/worldnews, and Slashdot
| Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: |
The Iconfactory debuts Tapestry for iOS and iPadOS, bringing Bluesky, Mastodon, RSS, YouTube, and more into one timeline, with a $1.99/month tier to remove ads — The Iconfactory, makers of the now-discontinued Twitterrific app, have today launched the spiritual successor to their Twitter client.
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Bluesky: @charliemchapman.com. Mastodon: @gedeonm@mastodon.social and @skaeth@writing.exchange. Threads: @parkerortolani
| Olivia Reingold / The Free Press: |
Andreessen Horowitz hires ex-Marine Daniel Penny, who was recently acquitted in a controversial NYC subway chokehold case, to work on its American Dynamism team — “Daniel acted with courage in a tough situation,” said partner David Ulevitch in a statement explaining the hire.
More: TechCrunch, Bloomberg, The Information, New York Post, and DNyuz
Bluesky: @lopatto. X: @schrockn, @jdvance, @basedbaront, @molly0xfff, @luke_metro, @zebulgar, @samfbiddle, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @lindayax, @jack_raines, @bariweiss, and @kylekashuv. LinkedIn: Dominic-Madori Davis
| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Memo: Cruise lays off “approximately 50%” of its staff, after GM cut robotaxi operations funding and shifts its focus to tech like hands-free driver assistance — Autonomous vehicle company Cruise is laying off “nearly” 50% of its workforce — cuts that extend to the CEO and several …
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Forums: r/SelfDrivingCars, r/wallstreetbets, and Slashdot
| Jonathan Bell / Wallpaper*: |
OpenAI unveils a visual rebrand, featuring a new bespoke typeface called OpenAI Sans, a refined logo, and a new color palette — A new typeface, word mark, symbol and palette underpin all the ways in which OpenAI's technology interacts with the real world — Sign up to our newsletter -
More: The Verge, OpenAI on YouTube, and BGR
LinkedIn: Adam Koppel, Nei Caetano da Silva, and Sandro Gianella
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple raises the monthly AppleCare+ price for iPhone users by $0.50 in the US and will only offer one-time AppleCare+ purchase options in its online store — Apple this week increased the prices for its monthly AppleCare+ subscription prices for the iPhone, raising the cost by 50 cents for all models in the United States.
More: Macworld, 9to5Mac, iThinkDifferent, Tom's Guide, BGR, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, AppleInsider, and Pocket-lint
| Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters: |
Austin-based SailPoint, which sells identity management tools, and parent Thoma Bravo aim to raise up to $1B in SailPoint's US IPO, targeting a $11.5B valuation — SailPoint said on Tuesday it was targeting a valuation of up to $11.5 billion in its New York flotation, as the cybersecurity firm looks …
More: SailPoint, The Information, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, Austin Business Journal, and CRN
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Adobe adds “contract intelligence capabilities” to Acrobat's $4.99-per-month AI Assistant, letting the PDF manager summarize complicated language in contracts — The new contract surfaces key terms and dates within complex agreements. — The new contract surfaces key terms and dates within complex agreements.
More: The Adobe Blog, Engadget, Forbes, Thurrott, MakeUseOf, PCWorld, and Android Police
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Sources: Sonos will release an Android-based streaming box in the coming months, priced between $200 and $400, that combines content from Netflix, Max, and more — After the most tumultuous nine months in Sonos' history, the brand is trying to find its footing again.
More: MacRumors, iClarified, Neowin, TechRadar, 9to5Mac, and Cord Cutters News
Bluesky: @welch and @eshumarneedi.com
Forums: r/sonos and MacRumors Forums
| Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
Opera launches Opera Air, a free browser focused on mindfulness and mental well-being, including break reminders and ambient soundscapes, for Windows and macOS — Opera Air offers break reminders, ambient soundscapes, and breathing exercises, all in your browser.| Max Goldbart / Deadline: |
Ampere predicts streamers will outspend commercial broadcasters on content for the first time in 2025, and overall content spend will rise 0.4% YoY to $248B — For the first time this year the streamers will spend more on content than commercial broadcasters.| Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times: |
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman poaches three Google DeepMind former colleagues, including two who built NotebookLM's Audio Overviews and worked on Astra — Rival companies in fierce battle for talent in race to build powerful artificial intelligence ‘agents’| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
The EC releases its prohibited AI practices guidelines under the EU's AI Act, like using AI to track employees' emotions or to manipulate app and website users — Employers will be banned from using artificial intelligence to track their staff's emotions and websites will not be allowed …
More: TechCrunch, European Commission, and Financial Times
X: @bertuzluca, @bertuzluca, @luizajarovsky, @vtchakarova, and @bertuzluca
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Bengaluru-based payments startup Cashfree raised a $53M Series C led by Krafton, bringing its total funding to nearly $100M, a source says at a $700M valuation — Cashfree, an Indian payments startup that facilitates and processes more than $80 billion for its customers each year …
More: The Economic Times, Reuters, Entrackr, and YourStory.com
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
ByteDance researchers demo OmniHuman-1, an AI system trained on 19K hours of video from undisclosed sources and that appears to beat prior deepfake techniques — Researchers from TikTok owner ByteDance have demoed a new AI system, OmniHuman-1, that can generate perhaps the most realistic deepfake videos to date.
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X: @deryatr_, @altryne, @kimmonismus, and @unseenvie
Forums: Hacker News and Beehaw
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