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Apple reports record Q3 revenue of $83B, up 2% YoY, vs $82.8B est., net income down 11% to $19.4B, iPhone revenue up 3% to $40.7B, Mac revenue down 10% to $7.4B — iPhone and Services drive June quarter record revenue — Active installed base of devices reaches all-time high for all major product categories
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| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Lina Khan overruled FTC staff to sue Meta over its Within acquisition; FTC didn't take sworn interviews of company execs during the nine-month inquiry — Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan led her fellow Democrats in the agency's majority vote to sue Meta Platforms Inc. this week … | Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
Lina Khan's attempt to block Meta's Within acquisition upends decades of antitrust standards and could shift how DC regulates competition in nascent industries — Lina Khan may set off a shift in how Washington regulates competition by filing cases in tech areas before they mature.
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Adam Mosseri says Instagram will roll back some recent changes after a week of mounting criticism, including temporarily reducing the number of recommendations — Say goodbye to the full-screen feed, and at least some of those recommendations — for now. Adam Mosseri explains why
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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Instagram's Dual copies BeReal's front and back camera capture feature, but misses the point: people like BeReal because it's non-addictive by design — BeReal is all about friends and habits — not the algorithm — We know the drill: Snapchat adds the Stories feature, Instagram nabs it.
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Intel is winding down its Optane memory business, incurring a $559M inventory impairment; Optane is the sixth non-core business Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has sold — 3D XPoint at the last crossroad. — Intel's Q2 2022 earnings report today was uncharacteristically disappointing … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Intel reports Q2 revenue down 22% YoY to $15.32B, vs. $17.92B est., a $454M net loss, and Datacenter and AI revenue down 16% YoY to $4.6B; stock drops 10%+ — - Intel slashed its full-year guidance and turned in worse-than expected quarterly results. — The company launched new chips …
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| Amazon: |
Amazon reports Q2 revenue up 7% YoY to $121.2B, $2B net loss vs. $7.8B net income in Q2 2021, and AWS revenue up 33% YoY; stock jumps 12%+ — SEATTLE—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
In an email to Twitter Blue subscribers, Twitter says it is increasing the price of the service; in the US, the price will jump from $2.99 to $4.99 per month — Who would pay for Twitter? — People frequently express their amazement that Twitter is free, but for some people, it isn't …
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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
A Delaware judge rules that Twitter's case against Elon Musk over the failed $44B takeover will go to trial from October 17 to October 21 — Everybody's going to the Court of Chancery — We have a schedule for the Delaware Court of Chancery trial over T witter's lawsuit against Elon Musk …
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| Pete Schroeder / Reuters: |
US banking regulators order Voyager Digital to cease and desist from making “false and misleading” claims that its customers' funds were insured by the FDIC — U.S. banking regulators have ordered crypto firm Voyager Digital to cease and desist from making “false and misleading” …
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Sources: a Chinese government PR division asked to open a stealth account on TikTok, targeting Western audiences; TikTok declined the “sensitive” request — A Chinese government entity responsible for public relations attempted to open a stealth account on TikTok targeting Western audiences … | Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
The US House passes the Chips and Science Act, which includes $52B+ for US chipmakers and tax credits to encourage investment; Biden must now sign it into law — All that's left is Biden's signature — It might get cheaper and easier to buy popular tech products, like gaming consoles and graphics cards …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Snap launches a Sounds Creator Fund, awarding up to $100K per month to artists distributing songs on Snapchat via DistroKid, or $5K per song, starting in August — Snap has announced the Snapchat Sounds Creator Fund: Its first fund designed to support emerging and independent artists … | @chrislyons: |
VeeFriends, Gary Vaynerchuk's NFT project that has amassed ~200K ETH in sales to provide online and in-person community events, raised a $50M seed led by a16z — gm! I'm very excited to announce that @a16z crypto is leading a $50M round in @veefriends. We look forward to helping the team fuel expansion plans for its creative, technical and experiential operations that support the growing Web3 community! https://a16zcrypto.com/...
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| Bloomberg: |
Sony beats estimates with Q1 operating profit of $2.3B, PS5 sales of 2.4M, up from 2.3M YoY, cuts profit outlook from $8.7B to $8.3B for FY ending March 2023 — Sony Group Corp. cut its profit outlook as its PlayStation division faltered and game sales slumped.
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