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Alphabet reports Q3 revenue up 15% YoY to $88.27B, Search revenue up 12%, net income up 34%, and traffic acquisition costs up 9%; GOOG jumps 5%+ after hours — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - October 29, 2024 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024.
More: SiliconANGLE, 9to5Google, Thurrott, Wall Street Journal, 9to5Google, Android Central, Constellation Research, and Shacknews
Threads: @daveleebbg. X: @waymo, @sundarpichai, @munster_gene, @munster_gene, @divestech, @patrickmoorhead, @sundarpichai, @sundarpichai, @sundarpichai, @patrickmoorhead, @munster_gene, @munster_gene, @munster_gene, @munster_gene, and @sundarpichai. Forums: Hacker News
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Sundar Pichai says “more than a quarter of all new code at Google is generated by AI, then reviewed and accepted by engineers” — Google is building a bunch of AI products, and it's using AI quite a bit as part of building those products, too. “More than a quarter of all new code … | Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
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X: @thetranscript_ and @rseroter
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple updates the Mac mini with a smaller design, five USB-C ports, and up to 64GB of RAM, shipping from November 8 for $599+ with M4 and $1,399+ with M4 Pro — As part of the company's week of Mac-focused announcements, Apple has just introduced a smaller, yet even more powerful Mac Mini.
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Forums: r/sffpc, r/mac, r/macmini, r/gadgets, r/headphones, and MacRumors Forums
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple debuts the M4 Pro: Thunderbolt 5, up to a 14-core CPU, up to a 20-core GPU with up to 2x an M4 GPU's power, a 16-core Neural Engine, and up to 64GB of RAM — The just-announced Mac mini includes the unveiling of the M4 Pro chip for the first time. The new upscale chip features 14-CPU cores …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
GitHub says Copilot will support Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI models, unveils an AI tool to build micro web apps called Spark, Copilot for Xcode, and more — GitHub is going multi-model for its Copilot code completion and programming tool. Developers will soon be able to choose models from Anthropic …
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Threads: @satyanadella. X: @sundarpichai, @perplexity_ai, @nearcyan, @ashtom, @lexfridman, @googledevs, @mattppal, @holman, @azure, @thekitze, @aravsrinivas, @aravsrinivas, @github, @thomasortk, @ashtom, @code, @code, @amasad, @nickadobos, @altryne, @officiallogank, @nickadobos, @javi, @dimillian, @alexdima123, @david_dossett, @martinwoodward, @mark_k, @ashtom, @ghchangelog, @hkarthik, @ashtom, @satyanadella, @johnvandivier, @nickadobos, and @tomwarren
LinkedIn: Michael Hanley, Thomas Dohmke, and Satya Nadella
Forums: r/ClaudeAI and Slashdot
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Elon Musk's PAC sends Republicans texts impersonating Kamala Harris that push policies Harris doesn't support, without disclaimers, and ups its social ad spend — An Elon Musk-funded super PAC has expanded an advertising campaign in which it is impersonating Democrats and targeting registered Republicans …
More: CNN, Politico, and CBS News
Bluesky: @ebonibunni.bsky.social and @katemhartain.bsky.social
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| Reuters: |
Dozens of sources share how Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger fumbled the company's revival, including offending TSMC with Taiwan comments and losing a deep TSMC discount — Pat Gelsinger took the reins as Intel (INTC.O) CEO three years ago with hopes of reviving the American industrial icon.| Arsheeya Bajwa / Reuters: |
AMD reports Q3 revenue up 18% YoY to $6.82B vs. $6.71B est., Data Center revenue up 122% to $3.5B, and Q4 revenue forecast below est.; AMD drops 7%+ after hours — Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) on Tuesday forecast fourth-quarter revenue just shy of estimates as supply chain constraints hamper … | Reuters: |
Sources: OpenAI has been working for months with Broadcom on its first in-house AI chip, for inference, built by TSMC, and has dropped its foundry plans for now — OpenAI is working with Broadcom (AVGO.O) and TSMC (2330.TW) to build its first in-house chip designed to support …
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Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Reddit Q3: revenue up 68% YoY to $348.4M, vs. $312.8M est., DAUs up 47% YoY to 97.2M, vs. 96.5M est., ARPU of $3.58, vs. $3.24 est.; RDDT jumps 24%+ after hours — Reddit shares jumped 22% in extended trading Tuesday, topping $100 for the first time, after the social media company reported … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn launches Hiring Assistant, an AI agent designed to take on a wide array of recruitment tasks, like sourcing candidates, to a select group of customers — LinkedIn, the social platform used by the working world to connect with others in their field, hunt for jobs, and develop skills … | Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Snap says it will roll out its new “simple” Snapchat app in Q1 2025, ~10M users are testing it, but warns the engagement metrics are worse on iOS versus Android — In its third-quarter earnings report, Snap warned investors of “near term disruption” connected to the launch of the new Snapchat.
More: PYMNTS.com, Social Media Today, and Deadline
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: xAI is in talks with investors to raise several billion dollars in a funding round that would value it at around $40B; xAI was valued at $24B in May — New fundraising effort would substantially increase startup's valuation from spring — Elon Musk's xAI is in talks with investors …
More: Forbes, PYMNTS.com, SiliconANGLE, The Information, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, The Times, Fortune, and The Indian Express
X: @sawyermerritt and @molloxx
| Washington Post: |
An analysis of the top 100 US congressional X accounts: since July 2023, Republicans had nearly all the posts with 20M+ views and saw bigger gains in followers — A Washington Post analysis found that Republicans are posting more, getting followed more and going viral more now that the …
More: Business Insider and The Daily Caller
X: @neeratanden, @timobrien, @pkafka, @shayan86, @carlquintanilla, and @drewharwell
Forums: r/Law_and_Politics and r/uspolitics
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Why Meta is well positioned to be AI's main beneficiary in the short, medium, and long term: generative AI, ads, infinite content, XR, “generative UI”, and more — Stratechery has benefited from a Meta cheat code since its inception: wait for investors to panic, the stock to drop … | Pritam Biswas / Reuters: |
MetaMask crypto wallet maker Consensys is cutting 162 staff, or ~20% of its workforce, citing broader macroeconomic pressures and ongoing regulatory challenges — Cryptocurrency firm Consensys said on Tuesday it would cut 20% of its total workforce, citing broader macroeconomic pressures …
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| Bloomberg: |
Research: China's industrial policy to make the nation a leader in emerging technologies has largely been a success, despite US efforts to contain the country — At a glance, the campaign appears successful. China's economy is no longer on pace to overtake the US and is actually falling further behind.
More: Digital Journal, Computerworld, and The Korea Herald
| New York Times: |
Sources: Chinese hackers targeted phones used by Trump family members and Biden admin and State Dept. officials; audio communications may have been captured — Phones used by Jared Kushner and Eric Trump were among those that hackers sought access to as part of a counterintelligence effort carried …
More: Engadget, New York Post, Fox News, and KDFX-TV
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
X says it has “re-architected” the scoring system for its Community Notes feature so that notes can now appear less than 20 minutes after a post is published — The fact checks can now appear less than 20 minutes after a post is published, the company said.
More: Social Media Today. Bluesky: @cachiporra.bsky.social. X: @communitynotes, @elonmusk, @kimmonismus, and @kcoleman
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