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Microsoft's Brad Smith says the UK CMA's move to block the Activision deal is “bad for Britain” and “is probably the darkest day in our four decades in Britain” — Microsoft's president has attacked the UK after it was blocked from buying US gaming firm Activision …
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The UK CMA's block of Microsoft's Activision deal focuses on the nascent cloud gaming market, confusing analysts as regulators typically focus on mature markets — UK regulators blocked Microsoft Corp.'s $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard Inc. over concerns it would harm competition …
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| Russell Brandom / Rest of World: |
Since Elon Musk's takeover, Twitter has received 971 government orders globally and has fully complied with 808, an 83% compliance rate, vs. ~50% before Musk — The company has not refused a single request since Musk took ownership, according to self-reported data| Wayne Ma / The Information: |
Sources detail how organizational dysfunction and a lack of ambition bogged down Apple's AI and ML efforts, including the work of the group responsible for Siri — Late last year, a trio of engineers who had just helped Apple modernize its search technology began working on the type …
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| Amazon: |
Amazon Q1: revenue up 9% YoY to $127.4B, net income of $3.2B, up from $3.8B net loss YoY, AWS revenue up 16% YoY to $21.4B, staff down 10% to 1.5M; AMZN up 10%+ — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2023.| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Dropbox plans to lay off 16% of its staff, or ~500 employees; CEO Drew Houston blames slowing growth and because “the AI era of computing has finally arrived” — Cloud storage giant Dropbox today joined the fray of tech companies announcing layoffs.
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| IDC: |
Global smartphone shipments fell 14.6% YoY to 268.6M in Q1 2023, the seventh consecutive quarter of decline; Samsung fell 18.9%, Apple 2.3%, and Xiaomi 23.5% — NEEDHAM, Mass., April 27th, 2023 - Worldwide smartphone shipments declined 14.6% year over year to 268.6 million units in the first quarter of 2023 …
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| Ellen Huet / Bloomberg: |
Clubhouse plans to lay off 50%+ of its employees as it “resets” the company despite claiming to have “years of runway”; Clubhouse had ~100 staff in October 2022 — Clubhouse, the pandemic-era social media sensation, is cutting more than half of its employees, the company said in a blog post on Thursday.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft discontinues Microsoft-branded mice, keyboards, and webcams, to focus on its Surface brand for PC accessories; Microsoft's first mouse debuted in 1983 — Microsoft will no longer manufacture mice, keyboards, and webcams that are Microsoft-branded.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Pinterest announces a multi-year strategic ad partnership with Amazon aimed at bringing more brands and relevant products to Pinterest — Pinterest today announced a multi-year strategic ad partnership with Amazon aimed at bringing more brands and relevant products to its platform.
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| The Guardian: |
Interviews with 70+ sources describe how Facebook and Instagram have become major child trafficking platforms and how they slow down prosecutors' investigations — Our two-year investigation suggests that the tech giant Meta is struggling to prevent criminals from using its platforms to buy and sell children for sex
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| Reuters: |
A California judge tentatively rules Elon Musk must testify about his Autopilot statements, after his lawyers argued he is the subject of many deepfake videos — A California judge on Wednesday ordered Tesla CEO Elon Musk to be interviewed under oath about whether he made certain statements regarding …
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| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Dyson Zone review: excellent noise cancelation, monitors air quality, and makes users look like Bane, but it's $949, heavy, and air filtering kills the battery — The Dyson Zone is not the most practical device, but then again, did you really expect that from air-purifying noise-canceling headphones?
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| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
SEC filing: Lyft confirms plans to lay off 1,072 staff, or ~26% of its corporate workforce, and not hire an additional 250, a week after CEO David Risher's memo — - Ride-sharing app Lyft confirmed it would lay off 1,072 employees, roughly 26% of its corporate workforce, and not hire for an additional 250 positions.
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| Chris Stokel-Walker / Wired: |
Legal experts say Twitter may be breaching US laws prohibiting false advertising or endorsement by implying that some celebrities paid for Blue when they didn't — The law says you can't falsely claim that celebrities are paying for Twitter Blue. — Twitter's verification system debacle …
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| CNBC: |
Coinbase offers a fiery response to the SEC's Wells notice from March 2023, saying enforcement action would present “major” risks to the SEC's regulatory model — - Crypto exchange Coinbase told the SEC that any enforcement action against the exchange would “fail on the merits” …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple reports European MAUs for its App Stores: iOS has 101M, iPadOS has 23M, macOS has 6M, tvOS has 1M, and watchOS, Books, and Podcasts have under 1M each — In order to comply with the European Digital Services Act, Apple has been forced to reveal the number of monthly active user … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
YouTube Music adds podcasts on Android, iOS, and the web, supporting listening offline, in the background, and casting for all US users, with or without Premium — YouTube Music is officially adding podcasts to its platform in the United States on Android, iOS and the web.
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| Jeffrey Knockel / The Citizen Lab: |
An analysis of Baidu, Bilibili, Bing, Douyin, Sogou, Weibo, and other search platforms in China finds 60K+ censorship rules, applied differently by each service — This report has an accompanying FAQ. — Key findings — Across eight China-accessible search platforms analyzed …
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| Bloomberg: |
A profile of ASML, Europe's most valuable tech company, as the US-China chip war escalates; ASML's next studio apartment-sized machine ships in 2025 for $380M+ — In 1984, Martin van den Brink, a young Dutch engineer, joined a newly created venture in a quiet corner of the Netherlands.
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@workmj, @cagankoc, @deutschjill, @tw_seal, and @thestalwart
| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Snap reports Q1 revenue down 7% to $989M, vs. $1.01B est., global DAUs up 15% YoY to 383M, vs. 384M est., and a $329M net loss, vs. $360M YoY; SNAP drops 20%+ — - Snap came in light on revenue and ARPU in its first-quarter earnings report. — The company said its “internal forecast” …
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| Reuters: |
Samsung reports Q1 operating profit down 95% YoY to ~$478.6M, its lowest since Q1 2009, revenue down 18% YoY to ~$47.6B, and a ~$3.4B loss for its chip division — Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) flagged a gradual recovery for chips in the second half of the year …
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| Andrea Vittorio / Bloomberg Law: |
Washington becomes the first US state to adopt sweeping safeguards for consumer health data, including location records that could reveal abortion clinic visits — Washington has adopted a first-of-its-kind state law with sweeping safeguards for consumer health data collected by companies …
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Future of Privacy Forum, Washington Post, TVW, Marketing Brew, and Washington State …
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Intel reports Q1 revenue down 36% YoY to $11.7B, vs. $11.04B est., its largest ever quarterly loss, and Data Center and AI revenue down 39% YoY to $3.7B — - Intel reported first-quarter results on Wednesday that showed a staggering 133% annual reduction in earnings per share.
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