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October 31, 2025, 9:20 AM

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Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon reports Q3 AWS revenue up 20% YoY to $33B, vs. $32.42B est., and AWS operating income up 9.5% YoY to $11.4B  —  Amazon said Thursday that revenue in its cloud computing business increased 20% in the third quarter, exceeding analysts' estimates.  —  Revenue at Amazon Web Services for the third quarter totaled $33 billion.
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Amazon reports Q3 revenue up 13% YoY to $180.2B, a $21.2B net income vs. $15.3B in Q3 2024, and operating income flat at $17.4B; AMZN jumps 10%+  —  Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2025.
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon raises its forecast for capital expenditures to $125B in 2025, up from its earlier estimate of $118B, and says that number will likely increase in 2026  —  Amazon shares jumped more than 13% in extended trading Thursday after the company posted third-quarter earnings that exceeded expectations …
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple reports Q4 revenue up 8% YoY to $102.47B, vs. $102.24B est., net income up 86% to $27.5B, and FY 2025 revenue up 6% to $416.16B  —  Apple reported fiscal-fourth quarter earnings on Thursday that beat analyst expectations, and provided a strong forecast for the company's December quarter.
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Pritam Biswas / Reuters:
Filing: Gloo, a developer of AI tools for Christian churches with ex-Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger as its head of technology, seeks an $873.4M valuation in its US IPO  —  Gloo Holdings, a religious-oriented technology firm, is seeking a valuation of up to $873.4 million in its U.S. initial public offering …
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE:
Samsung says it's partnering with Nvidia to build an “AI Megafactory” and deploy over 50K of Nvidia's most advanced GPUs to embed AI in its chipmaking process  —  Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd. said today it's partnering with Nvidia Corp. to build an “AI Megafactory” …
Claudie Moreau / Euractiv:
Denmark says it will withdraw the EU “Chat Control” proposal, which would force tech companies to scan messages for CSAM, and instead support voluntary scanning  —  The Danes will seek to propose a voluntary detection regime in the CSAM proposal, instead of controversial mandatory detection orders
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
Coinbase reports Q3 revenue up 55% YoY to $1.9B, vs. $1.8B est., net income up 473% to $433M, and trading volume up 59% to $295B  —  Shares of Coinbase Global Inc. rose more than 4% after the largest US crypto exchange reported revenue that exceeded Wall Street's third-quarter estimates.
Anna Washenko / Engadget:
OpenAI starts to sell extra credits for Sora, which currently has a limit of 30 free gens per day; 10 video gens will retail for $4 through Apple's App Store  —  Expect more monetization moves from the company soon.  —  OpenAI has started selling power users extra credits for its Sora AI video generation tool.
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Reddit reports Q3 revenue up 68% YoY to $585M, vs. $546M est., and daily active uniques up 19% to 116M, vs. 114M est.; RDDT jumps 5%+ after hours  —  Reddit reported third-quarter earnings on Thursday in which the company beat on the top and bottom and provided strong guidance.
Alice Tecotzky / Business Insider:
SEC filing: Snowflake says an executive shared unauthorized financial guidance with an Instagram influencer; an Oct. 26 video interview features CRO Mike Gannon  —  - Snowflake filed an 8-K after an exec gave financial guidance in an influencer's video.  — The data-storage company said investors …
Kritika Lamba / Reuters:
Getty and Perplexity sign a multi-year licensing agreement to let the AI startup display Getty's images across its search and discovery tools; GETY jumps 55%+  —  Getty Images (GETY.N) and Perplexity signed a global multi-year licensing agreement on Friday, allowing the AI startup to display …
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John Melloy / CNBC:
Netflix announces a 10-for-1 stock split, after its shares boomed over the last three years to above $1,000 a share  —  Netflix announced a 10-for-1 stock split, a move that changes nothing fundamentally about the company, but could make the pricey individual shares more accessible to the retail investor.

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