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Alphabet reports Q4 revenue rose 32% YoY to $75.3B and net income grew from $15.2B to $20.6B YoY; Cloud revenue rose from $3.8B to $5.5B YoY; stock rises 9%+ — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - February 1, 2022 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.
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Google's Q4 ad revenue came in at $61.24B, up 33% YoY; YouTube's ad revenue rose to $8.63B, up 25.4% YoY — - Alphabet beat on the top and bottom lines for the fourth quarter. — The stock jumped in extended trading after the report. — The company also announced a 20-for-1 stock split.
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Alphabet says its board has approved a 20-for-1 stock split, slated for July 1 with shareholder approval; Google last split its stock in 2014 — - Before the Alphabet rebrand in 2015, Google effectively split its stock with the introduction of a third class of shares.
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EA reports Q3 revenue of $1.79B, up from $1.67B YoY, net income of $66M, down from $211M YoY, and net bookings of $2.6B, down from $2.4B YoY — Electronic Arts met expected earnings today for the third fiscal quarter ended December 31, as the game publisher saw big engagement with its existing games.
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Cruise raises $1.35B more from SoftBank Vision Fund and launches a waitlist for a driverless robotaxi service in San Francisco that will run from 11pm to 5am — Cruise is opening up its driverless robotaxi service to the public in San Francisco as the GM subsidiary creeps toward commercialization …
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
YouTube rolls out a new interface for its full-screen player on Android and iOS, making it easier to like or dislike a video, view comments, and share — Easier access to more buttons — YouTube is rolling out a new interface for its mobile app's full-screen player …
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Google brings its One VPN service, which has been available to Android users since October 2020, to iOS for users on the 2TB $9.99/month plan or higher — The VPN service that's included with a Google One Premium subscription is finally available on iPhones after Google's promise in October 2020 that it would come to iOS.
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AMD Q4: revenue of $4.83B, up 49% YoY, Computing and Graphics revenue of $2.6B, up 32% YoY, Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom revenue of $2.2B, up 75% YoY — - AMD reported fourth quarter earnings after the bell on Tuesday. — AMD said it expected $21.5 billion in sales in 2022, higher than analyst expectations.| Wall Street Journal: |
Amid tech stocks' poor performance, especially IPOs, some venture firms are cutting back investments and startup valuations, as they renegotiate funding deals — Venture firms foresee tougher funding environment ahead, with more muted debuts after pandemic glut
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NHTSA: Tesla will issue an OTA update for 53,822 cars and SUVs to remove an FSD feature that let vehicles roll through stop signs without coming to a halt — DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is recalling nearly 54,000 cars and SUVs because their “Full Self-Driving” software lets them roll through stop signs without coming to a complete halt.
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| Michael Schroeder / MedCity News: |
League, which makes a health care platform on which payers, providers, and others build their apps, raises a $95M Series C, bringing its total funding to $205M — The haul brings League's total funding to more than $205 million. The Series C funding round was led by TDM Growth Partners …
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Sources: Bungie's leadership reassured employees there will be no layoffs or “major” restructuring under Sony, but some staffers expressed concern over the deal — Company's developers fear losing independence but express cautious optimism after acquisition| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
PayPal reports Q4 revenue of $6.92B, up 13% YoY, net income of $801M, down from $1.57B YoY; stock down 15%+ on weak Q1 guidance — - PayPal reported mixed Q4 2021 earnings Tuesday and provided guidance for the next quarter that fell short of analyst estimates.
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| Craig Timberg / Washington Post: |
A whistleblower working with the DOJ says NSO Group offered staffers from US mobile security firm Mobileum “bags of cash” for access to global cellular networks — Rep. Ted Lieu asks the Justice Department to investigate after hearing the account of what he called ‘fishy’ behavior.
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| Michael Tobin / Bloomberg: |
Match Group reports Q4 revenue of $806.1M, up 24% YoY, vs. est. $818.6M, with 16.2M paying users, up 15% YoY, forecasts weaker Q1 growth due to Omicron effects — Match Group Inc. gave a forecast for revenue in the current quarter that lagged behind analysts' estimates …
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| John Hendel / Politico: |
Nonprofit suicide chat service Crisis Text Line ends its data sharing relationship with for-profit spinoff Loris.ai and asks the company to delete existing data — The nonprofit mental-health hotline Crisis Text Line ended its data-sharing relationship with a for-profit spinoff Monday …
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| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Superpedestrian, which makes e-scooters that detect and correct unsafe riding behavior in real-time, raises a $125M Series C after a $60M round in December 2020 — Shared e-scooter company Superpedestrian is gearing up to deploy its Pedestrian Defense safety system at scale …
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