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Alphabet reports revenue of $41.2B, up 13% YoY, net income of $6.8B, up from $6.7B YoY, Other Bets operating loss grew to $1.1B; headcount grew to 123K, up ~20K — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - April 28, 2020 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2020.
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| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Source: Uber executives discuss cutting ~20% of its 27,000 headcount in the coming weeks; company veteran CTO Thuan Pham has resigned — Executives at Uber are discussing plans to cut around 20% of the company's employees, as it copes with a sharp decline in its ride-hailing business due …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google Meet is now free for everyone with a Google account, for meetings of up to 100 people, which are not time limited until September 30 — Can it stem Zoom's meteoric growth? — Google is opening up its Google Meet videoconferencing service to anybody who wants to use it …
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| Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters: |
Samsung reports Q1 earnings with total revenue ~$45.4B, up 5.6% YoY, and operating profit of ~$5.2B, up 3% YoY, as chip demand was solid amid COVID-19 crisis — SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) said its operating profit rose 3% in the January to March period …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Spotify beats with Q1 revenue of €1.8B and net income of €1M; MAUs rose 31% YoY to 286M, premium users rose 31% to 130M, and ad-supported MAUs rose 32% to 163M — The coronavirus may be decimating some corners of the economy, but the impact on the digital music …
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Sources: Zuckerberg more actively in charge of Facebook after five departures from board of directors since 2019, as he attempts to consolidate decision-making — The 35-year-old tycoon has recast the company's board of directors and sought a high-profile role for the social-media giant in the Covid-19 pandemic
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| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
How a handful of employees at Apple quickly pushed forward the development of a contract tracing API and collaboration with Google in less than a month — - Apple and Google announced a partnership to bring contact tracing to smartphones on April 10th. Their software toolkit will be released on Friday.
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Flexera State of the Cloud 2020 report: multicloud is becoming primary architecture choice; 65% of organizations are using Docker, 58% are using Kubernetes — Flexera's State of the Cloud 2020 report highlights how multicloud is becoming a default strategy for many enterprises …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Apple adds COVID-19 testing site information to Apple Maps across the US and makes improvements to its Mobility Trends site — Apple has now added COVID-19 testing sites to its Apple Maps app across the U.S., covering all 50 states and Puerto Rico. The update provides testing locations …
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| Ian Sherr / CNET: |
Mojo Vision, which is building AR contact lenses, raises $51M Series B-1 led by NEA, bringing its total raised to $159M+ — There's little debate that, as tech pushes further into our lives, we'll soon be using augmented reality glasses that overlay computer images on the real world.| Ryan Kovatch / 9to5Google: |
Google is shutting down Shoelace, a hyper-local social networking app it had launched in New York City in July 2019 — In July 2019, Google's experimental project incubator Area 120 launched a new local meetup app that would connect users in New York City.
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| Andy Baio / Waxy.org: |
Roc Nation files copyright claim over deepfake YouTube videos that use AI to impersonate Jay-Z's voice, raising new copyright and fair use questions — On Friday, I linked to several videos by Vocal Synthesis, a new YouTube channel dedicated to audio deepfakes — AI-generated speech …
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| Nick Corasaniti / New York Times: |
Profile of Acronym, a progressive nonprofit that, with the help of ex-Facebook staffer James Barnes, is looking to use Trump's online ad tactics against him — A former Facebook employee is using a tool he employed to help President Trump win to conduct tests for a progressive group …
Tweets: @nytpolitics, @chillywillers, @conorjrogers, @anthony, @fishbones2017, @davidplouffe, and @deaneckles
| Charlotte Tucker / EU-Startups: |
Deliverect, a Belgian startup developing online food delivery management software for restaurants, raises €16.25M Series B led by OMERS Ventures — Today Deliverect, a Belgian startup streamlining the restaurant industry with its online food delivery management software … | Crofton Black / The Bureau of Investigative Journalism: |
How data-driven tech used for tracking and predicting the movement of refugees and migrants across Europe is being repurposed to track the spread of COVID-19 — The pandemic has given a boost to controversial data-driven initiatives to track population movements
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| Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: |
Geneva-based startup Taurus Group, which provides an enterprise-level digital asset exchange for financial institutions, raises €10M led by Arab Bank — Swiss fintech startup Taurus Group has raised over €10 million in funding, led by a strategic investment from Arab Bank …
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| Babu Mohan / Android Central: |
LG's smartphone division reports Q1 sales of $843.9M, down 34% YoY, operating loss of $201M, says it was impacted by “supply disruptions from Chinese partners” — The company's smartphone sales decreased by 34% in the first quarter of the year. — What you need to know| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
YouTube adds fact-check info boxes to some searches, above the search results, in the US, after launching in Brazil and India last year — The program launched in Brazil and India last year — YouTube will begin adding informational panels containing information from its network …
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Tweets: @youtubeinsider, @alxthomp, @politifact, @rkyncl, @factcheckdotorg, @mccanner, and @mattnavarra
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram launches a way for users to fundraise for nonprofits while livestreaming, showing streamers a breakdown of donors, so they can give them a shout-out — Instagram is today launching a new way for users to fundraise for nonprofits via Instagram Live, amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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| Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
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