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Alphabet reports Q4 net income of $10.67B, up from $8.95B YoY, Google Cloud revenues of $2.6B, up from $1.7B YoY, fiscal year 2019 revenues of $162B, up 18% YoY — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - February 3, 2020 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Alphabet breaks out revenue numbers for YouTube ads for the first time, says they generated $4.7B in Q4 revenue and $15.15B in fiscal 2019, up from $11.16B YoY — We've never before known how much money YouTube generates — YouTube generated nearly $5 billion in ad revenue in the last three months …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Alphabet Q4: revenue of $46B, up 17% YoY; revenue from Other Bets, which includes Verily, Fiber, others, rose to $172M as losses jumped to $2B from $1.3B YoY — Alphabet today announced Q4 2019 earnings with $46.075 billion in revenue. These numbers range from October to December …
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A performance artist loaded 99 smartphones into a wagon and opened Google Maps on all of them, creating an artificial traffic jam that turned green streets red — Google Maps is a hugely useful tool that's used by millions of people around the globe, mostly thanks to its excellent navigation and traffic tools.
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Microsoft Teams was down for nearly three hours this morning after Microsoft forgot to renew a security certificate — Microsoft Teams is currently down worldwide after Microsoft forgot to renew a critical security certificate. Users of Microsoft's Slack competitor were met …
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Dropbox CEO and co-founder Drew Houston joins Facebook's board of directors, effective immediately — Facebook today announced that Drew Houston, co-founder and CEO of Dropbox, has been appointed to the company's board of directors, effective immediately. — Mark Zuckerberg …
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
BlackBerry says TCL Communications will stop manufacturing BlackBerry-branded phones on August 31, 2020 as its licensing deal comes to an end — In the past few years, BlackBerry has made a return to the smartphone market thanks to a partnership with TCL. Today, though, BlackBerry's Android …
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| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
YouTube shows how it's cracking down on election disinformation: removing doctored and misleading videos, as well as those questioning a candidate's eligibility — Just in time for the Iowa caucuses, YouTube this morning clarified how it's cracking down on videos spreading falsehoods related to elections …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Jeff Bezos, inspired by Elon Musk's Gigafactory in Nevada, pushed for Amazon to aggressively pursue large incentives for its HQ2 project in NY and VA — When Elon Musk secured $1.3 billion from Nevada in 2014 to open a gigantic battery plant, Jeff Bezos noticed.
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HPE acquires zero-trust authentication startup Scytale, which was founded by the creators of open source projects SPIFFE and SPIRE and had raised $8M to date — Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. today said that it has acquired Scytale Inc., a startup that develops so-called zero-trust security software …
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Facing intense pressure, Facebook should focus on its Audience Network ad platform for third-party apps to boost profit margins as it invests in security — George Soros is famous for his timing. — In 1992 Soros built a massive short position in pound sterling, betting that the United Kingdom … | Rachel Kraus / Mashable: |
University of Alberta researchers asked Google Assistant, Alexa, and Siri questions on 39 first aid topics, finding Assistant and Alexa vastly outperformed Siri — If you've fallen and you can't get up, your smart assistant is probably not the best way to ask for help.| Donie O'Sullivan / CNN: |
A look at the DNC's new counter disinformation team as it gets ready to fight online trolls ahead of today's Iowa caucuses — Democrats form counter disinformation unit ahead of election — Des Moines, Iowa (CNN)Days after the 2016 Iowa caucuses, the instructions were clear.
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