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Facebook reports Q4 revenue of $21.1B, up 25% YoY, and net income of $7.4B, up 7% YoY; DAUs rose 9% YoY to 1.66B, MAUs rose 8% YoY to 2.5B; stock drops 5%+ — Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2019.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Q4 profits grew 7% YoY, compared to growth of 61% a year ago, while expenses of $12.2B were up 34% YoY as headcount grew 26% to 44,942 — Facebook beat Wall Street estimates in Q4 but slowing profit growth beat up the share price. Facebook reached 2.5 billion monthly users …
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Microsoft Q2: revenue of $36.9B, up 14% YoY, net income of $11.6B, up 38% YoY; Commercial Cloud revenue up 39% YoY to $12.5B; Office 365 Consumer subs hit 37.2M — Microsoft Commercial Strength Powers Second Quarter Results REDMOND, Wash. — January 29, 2020 — Microsoft Corp. today announced …
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Tweets: @zhugeex, @tomwarren, @tomwarren, @markhachman, @zhugeex, @mattrosoff, @seamusblackley, @benjisales, @zhugeex, @bdsams, @fxshaw, @bdsams, @daniel_rubino, and @fxshaw
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Kuo outlines Apple's H1 2020: 4.7" iPhone, “AirTags” trackers, smaller wireless charging mat, high-end headphones, and refreshed iPad Pro, MacBook Pro or Air — Apple plans to release several new products in the first half of 2020, including Ultra Wideband tags …
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Tweets: @tomgara, @nicnguyen, @laurengoode, @bzamayo, and @joannastern
| New York Times: |
Facebook agrees to pay $550M to settle a class action suit over Illinois biometric law violations for tagging users in photos, after SCOTUS rejected its appeal — It was another black mark on the privacy record of the social network, which also reported its quarterly earnings.
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Tweets: @alecstapp, @realkylemorris, @peopleslawchi, @carolineha_, @lucyparsonslabs, @suntimes, and @acluofil
| Bloomberg: |
California court orders Apple to pay $838M and Broadcom to pay $270M for infringing California Institute of Technology patents on Wi-Fi transmissions — Apple Inc. and Broadcom Inc. must pay $1.1 billion in damages for infringing California Institute of Technology patents on Wi-Fi transmissions, a jury in California ordered.
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Tweets: @markgurman and @business
| Katy Stech Ferek / Wall Street Journal: |
US Interior Department introduces a no-fly rule for its ~800 drones that were made in China or have Chinese parts, with some exceptions, amid espionage concerns — Order reflects concern that data collected ‘could be valuable to foreign entities’ — WASHINGTON—Interior Department officials plan …
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Tweets: @jchengwsj, @rikefranke, @shanvav, @katystech, and @emptywheel
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google says in 2019 its bug bounty program paid 461 security researchers $6.5M, up from $3.4M to 317 researchers in 2018 — Google today announced it has paid out over $21 million since launching its bug bounty program in November 2010. In the past year alone, the company distributed $6.5 million …
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Tweets: @campuscodi and @ryanaraine
| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Apple addresses Wuhan coronavirus concerns, offers wider than usual Q2 revenue estimates, says it closed one retail store in China, slightly delayed production — Apple has suppliers in the Wuhan area of China, and it has taken precautions like closing one store in China and reducing hours at other retail locations.
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Tweets: @markgurman, @markgurman, @carlquintanilla, and @jdolcourt
| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
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| Ben Parker / The New Humanitarian: |
Report: UN did not tell the public nor its general staff about a hacking attack into its IT systems from last July, despite staff records being compromised — About this investigation: … GENEVA — The UN did not publicly disclose a major hacking attack into its IT systems in Europe … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Study that looked at 72M YouTube comments across 330,925 videos finds evidence of radicalization effect on users that leads them to extreme far-right content — Research presented at the ACM FAT 2020 conference in Barcelona today supports the notion that YouTube's platform is playing a role …
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Tubefilter. Tweets: @oliverdarcy, @leighzus, @jason_kint, @ffrafaction, @fredbenenson, @kevinroose, @fightextremism, and @marietjeschaake
| Kate Fazzini / CNBC: |
In a first, US DOJ is seeking court approval to take enforcement action against several telecom operators for facilitating robocalls — - The U.S. Justice Department announced its first-ever enforcement action against telecommunications companies over robocalls, the agency announced Tuesday.| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Fantastical, a popular calendar app for iOS and macOS, switches to a subscription model to unlock new premium features like Calendar Sets and weather forecasts — Admit it, you've lost track of how many years it's been since you paid for Fantastical. The answer could be as long ago as 2013 …
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| Matina Stevis-Gridneff / New York Times: |
Despite US pressure, the EU told member states they should limit “high risk” 5G vendors, like Huawei, but did not recommend a total ban — The bloc's experts suggested members limit and monitor the involvement of “high-risk” vendors as they invest in next-generation mobile communications infrastructure.
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| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
PayPal reports Q4 revenue of $4.96B up 17% YoY, with total payment volume up 22%; Venmo's userbase reached 52M and processed payments grew to $29B, up 56% YoY — The company also announced that Venmo's active user based sits at 52 million. — PayPal beat estimates for its fiscal fourth quarter …
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