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Facebook reports Q2 revenue of $13.23B, up 42% YoY, 1.47B DAUs, up 11% YoY, and net income of $5.1B, up 31% YoY; stock down 20%+ after hours — Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2018. — “Our community and business continue to grow quickly …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's Q2 earnings saw MAUs climb just 1.54%, down from Q1's 3.14%, marking its slowest ever growth rate, and revenue of $13.23B missed estimates of $13.36B — Facebook has hit a wall. The social network succumbed to the public backlash over its handling of fake news, privacy …
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| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Amid patent dispute, Qualcomm says it believes Apple intends to solely use modems from a competitor, likely Intel, for the next iPhone release — Apple appears to be making some big changes to the chips in its upcoming iPhones — and that could mean your next iPhone downloads data slower than rival Android devices.
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| Qualcomm: |
Qualcomm reports Q3 revenues of $5.6B, up 4% YoY, net income of $1.2B, up 41% YoY; says it will terminate proposed acquisition of NXP; stock up 4%+ after hours — SAN DIEGO - July 25, 2018 - Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced results for its fiscal third quarter ended June 24, 2018.
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| Reuters: |
Qualcomm says it will drop its $44B NXP offer as the deadline passed with no approval from China and pay a $2B breakup fee to NXP — SAN FRANCISCO/BEIJING (Reuters) - The deadline for Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) to buy NXP Semiconductors (NXPI.O) passed at midnight U.S. eastern time without …
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| Andrew Martonik / Android Central: |
Samsung announces it is developing flexible OLED display certified as “unbreakable” by Underwriters Laboratories, that survived 26 4-foot drops — This is the direction the industry is heading. — Samsung Display has announced that it has developed a truly “unbreakable” … | Alfred Ng / CNET: |
Google unveils Titan Security Key, a phishing resistant 2FA device that has USB and Bluetooth versions for ~$20 and ~$25 each, coming to all within a few months — When Google boasted that none of its 85,000-plus employees had their accounts hacked since early 2017, it was all thanks … | Stina Ehrensvard / Yubico: |
YubiKey maker Yubico says it does not manufacture Google's security keys and that Bluetooth-based keys are not as secure as NFC and USB-based keys — As the principal inventor behind both the Security Key and U2F protocol, we are true supporters of open standards.
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Coinbase partners with WeGift to let Coinbase customers in Australia and select EU countries convert their tokens to digital gift cards at popular stores — It's still quite hard to buy physical goods using bitcoins or ethers. Coinbase plans to (partially) solve that issue with a new partnership with WeGift.| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Dropbox launches add-on for Gmail, allowing users to access Dropbox content in Gmail, available now on the web and Android, coming soon to iOS — A few years ago, Dropbox partnered with Microsoft, and the official line about the partnership was that the cloud-storage company wanted to help …
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| Jon Levine / The Wrap: |
Twitter CEO addresses claims about some Republican leaders not appearing in search auto-suggestions, points to a thread that offers explanation and vows changes — The latest allegations of shadow banning on the platform were sparked by a Vice News report — Twitter has hit …
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| The Verge: |
Twitter begins locking accounts that impersonate celebs like Elon Musk or Bill Gates to help combat cryptocurrency giveaway scams using their names — To combat cryptocurrency scammers dropping deceptive links in Musk's replies — Twitter has implemented a new method for combating cryptocurrency scammers …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Sources: YouTube removed four videos from Alex Jones' channel for hate speech and child endangerment, but counted the takedowns as one strike toward the channel — The video site removed four of Jones' videos on Tuesday — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' YouTube channel received a strike …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
2018 MacBook Pro review: great chip performance after latest software update, keyboard slightly nicer to type on, better security and “Hey Siri” with T2 chip — They have a lot to live up to — Additional reporting and photography by Vjeran Pavic. Video by Felicia Shivakumar and Vjeran Pavic.
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| Erin Teague / YouTube Blog: |
YouTube adds a Watch Together button to its VR app on Daydream View and Samsung Gear VR that lets users watch and discuss videos with others in a virtual space — We love VR at YouTube because it's a powerful way to see and experience the world. Have you ever wondered what it's like in the ice caves of Antarctica?
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| Ry Crist / CNET: |
Amazon's Cloud ESP, a feature for third-party Alexa devices that lets the device closest to a user respond to a question or command, is now generally available — One of the biggest parts of Amazon's strategy for expanding the voice-activated Alexa ecosystem is to help third-party manufacturers make Alexa gadgets of their own.| BuzzFeed News: |
Source: Sheryl Sandberg and Jack Dorsey to testify before Senate Intelligence Committee in September; Sundar Pichai has not yet responded to committee's invite — Internet executives are expected once again to face a grilling by lawmakers about foreign interference on their platforms … | Dona Sarkar / Windows Blog: |
Microsoft releases Windows 10 test build with Flashlight, which lets VR users look at their physical environment, and a predictive model for starting updates — Hello Windows Insiders! — Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17723 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring …
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