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| Jeff Bezos / About Amazon: |
In letter to employees, Bezos says his transition is not a retirement and he'll use his time to focus on the Day 1 Fund, Bezos Earth Fund, Blue Origin, and WaPo — Fellow Amazonians: — I'm excited to announce that this Q3 I'll transition to Executive Chair of the Amazon Board and Andy Jassy will become CEO.
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| Todd Haselton / CNBC: |
Amazon says Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO and transition to the role of Executive Chair in Q3; AWS CEO Andy Jassy will become the CEO of Amazon at that time — Amazon announced on Tuesday that AWS CEO Andy Jassy will replace Jeff Bezos as CEO during the third quarter of this year.
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| Amazon Investor Relations: |
Amazon reports Q4 net sales of $125.6B, up 44% YoY, net income of $7.2B, up from $3.3B YoY, with full year net sales increasing to $386.1B, up 38% YoY — Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos will transition to role of Executive Chair in Q3, Andy Jassy to become Chief Executive Officer of Amazon at that time
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| CNBC: |
Profile of AWS' CEO and Amazon's next CEO, Andy Jassy, whose success has been built on attracting a variety of customers to AWS, ranging from the CIA to Apple — - Amazon said on Tuesday that Andy Jassy, who runs the cloud unit, will succeed Jeff Bezos as CEO of the parent company in the third quarter.
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| Alphabet: |
Alphabet Q4: revenue of $56.90B, up 23% YoY, Google Cloud revenue of $3.83B, up from $2.6B, and YouTube ads revenue of $6.89B, up from $4.7B; stock jumps 5%+ — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - February 2, 2021 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.
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| Jesse Pound / CNBC: |
GameStop's shares closed at $90, down from a peak of $483 last week, as other Reddit-fueled stock trades like AMC suffer similar reversals — - Shares of GameStop skidded further before Tuesday's opening bell, with shares of the volatile retail-trader favorite sliding more than 40%, and then extended those losses during market hours.
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Facebook rolls out Messenger for Oculus Quest users, as well as App Lab, letting devs distribute apps outside the Oculus Store without needing to sideload — Facebook is continuing to stitch its services more closely together — it's now rolling out Messenger on Oculus.
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| Ian Hamilton / UploadVR: |
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| Bloomberg: |
Apple reportedly plans $3.6B investment in Kia, may sign a deal on Feb. 17, aims to start making cars in Georgia in 2024, with initial target of 100K cars/year — - Local media report says deal may be signed later this month — Hyundai last month confirmed then backed away from Apple talks
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| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Chinese hackers are thought to have hacked a payroll agency inside the US Dept. of Agriculture in 2020 by exploiting another bug in SolarWinds software — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Suspected Chinese hackers exploited a flaw in software made by SolarWinds Corp to help break …
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Huawei's new beta of its in-house OS, “HarmonyOS”, is essentially an Android fork, despite Huawei's claim that it is a “completely different” OS — No discernible difference between Huawei's “all-new” OS and Android. — Huawei is China's—and formerly the world's …
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| Federal Trade Commission: |
FTC says Amazon will pay $61.7M to settle charges that it withheld some customer tips from Flex drivers over 2.5 years; FTC will use the sum to pay the drivers — Settlement prohibits Amazon from misrepresenting driver earnings, pay or percent of tips paid to drivers, changing its handling of tips without drivers' consent
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| Konrad Putzier / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon unveils plans for part of its HQ2 in VA, including three 22-story office buildings and the Helix, a 350-foot building with spiraling outdoor walkways — Centerpiece of design is a 350-foot building dubbed the Helix, which features two spiraling outdoor walkways
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Uber says it is buying alcohol delivery startup Drizly for $1.1B in cash and stock; Drizly co-founder and CEO Cory Rellas is expected to remain with Uber — Uber on Tuesday announced an agreement to buy Drizly, a Boston-based alcohol delivery startup, for $1.1 billion in cash and stock.
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| Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters: |
Wikimedia begins work on implementing its first global code of conduct, which addresses harassment, the introduction of false or biased information, and more — (Reuters) - The foundation that operates Wikipedia will launch its first global code of conduct on Tuesday, seeking to address criticism …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
EA reports Q3 revenue of $1.67B, up 5% YoY; says it plans to bring back college football video games, announced a multiyear EA Sports FIFA game exclusivity deal — Company is planning new games featuring real schools—but without the names or likenesses of specific athletes
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