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August 4, 2023, 1:00 PM

Top News

Apple:
Apple reports Q3 revenue down 1.4% YoY to $81.8B, declining for a third quarter in a row but largely in line with estimates, and net income up 2.3% to $19.9B  —  Services revenue reaches new all-time high Installed base of active devices sets all-time record
Stephen Nellis / Reuters:
Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal:
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India delays import limitations on laptops, tablets, and servers, giving companies a “transition period” of at least one month to obtain licenses  —  India is delaying the implementation of its import limitations on laptops, tablets, and servers, a day after the unexpected …
Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg:
Apple, Samsung, and others freeze imports of laptops and tablets to India; sources say India's sudden import license rules caught the industry by surprise  —  - India surprised industry with new import license requirement  — Modi government seeks to promote domestic manufacturing
Martin Coulter / Reuters:
To comply with EU DSA, TikTok will let users turn off personalized recommendations in the For You feed, remove targeted ads for those aged 13 to 17, and more  —  Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok has announced a raft of new features for European users aimed at improving compliance with incoming European Union regulations.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Coinbase asks a judge to dismiss the SEC's lawsuit against it, arguing that the case falls outside the agency's authority as Coinbase doesn't trade securities  —  Coinbase is asking a judge to dismiss the Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit against it.
Yogita Khatri / The Block:
Amazon:
Amazon reports Q2 revenue up 11% YoY to $134.4B, a $6.7B net income, vs. a $2B net loss in Q2 2022, AWS segment sales up 12% YoY to $22.1B; AMZN jumps 9%+  —  Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2023.
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Background actors describe studios scanning their bodies and worrying over the lack of control of their digital likenesses, a key issue in the SAG-AFTRA strike  —  After four weeks of working as a background actor on the Disney+ series WandaVision during the pandemic, Alexandria Rubalcaba …
CNBC:
Ilya Lichtenstein, who earlier pled guilty to laundering $4.5B in bitcoin stolen via Bitfinex's 2016 hack, admits in court to being the original Bitfinex hacker  —  - A New York man admitted being the original hacker of bitcoin in the 2016 hack on Bitfinex he pleaded guilty in federal court …
Rohan Goswami / CNBC:
SEC filing: Alphabet sold ~90% of its stake in Robinhood as of June 30, as it pares back large positions in multiple publicly traded firms, including Duolingo  —  - Google parent Alphabet has pared back large positions in multiple publicly traded firms, including the trading platform Robinhood, 23andMe and Duolingo.

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