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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Michael Dell, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg, and other tech leaders congratulate Trump on his election victory — Leaders of major technology companies congratulated President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance on their victory …
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| Financial Times: |
Elon Musk's gamble on Donald Trump pays off, as Trump wins the race; Trump gave Musk a lengthy shout out in his victory speech, calling him “a super-genius” — “A star is born: Elon,” said Donald Trump in a lengthy shout out to his biggest donor while claiming victory in the US presidential race on Wednesday morning.
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
What a Trump victory means for tech: antitrust woes die down, except for Google, TikTok survives, AI progress accelerates, social media shifts right, and more — Another Trump presidency will be good for crypto and Elon Musk, but every big tech company may not benefit from a more hands-off approach to antitrust.
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| Ismail Shakil / Reuters: |
Canada orders TikTok's business in the country to be dissolved, citing national security risks, and says it's not blocking Canadians' access to the app — Canada on Wednesday ordered Chinese-owned TikTok's business in the country to be dissolved, citing national-security risks …
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| Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters: |
Take-Two reports Q2 net bookings up 2% YoY to $1.47B, vs. $1.43B est., net revenue up 4% to $1.35B, and sells its Private Division label to an unnamed buyer — Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO.O) beat Wall Street expectations for second-quarter bookings and profit on Wednesday …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI acquired chat.com, which now redirects to ChatGPT; HubSpot co-founder Dharmesh Shah reportedly bought the domain, registered in 1996, for $15.5M in 2023 — OpenAI bought Chat.com, adding to its collection of high-profile domain names. — As of this morning, Chat.com now redirects to OpenAI's AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT.
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| Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: |
JPMorgan rebrands its Onyx blockchain unit as Kinexys and plans to add on-chain foreign exchange capabilities as early as Q1 2025, starting with USD and EUR — The banking giant was one of the early leaders in applying blockchain tech to traditional financial activities …
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| Maani Truu / ABC: |
Australia plans to introduce legislation that would ban children under 16 from using social media, not exempting those already with accounts or parental consent — In short: — Social media users under the age of 16 are set to be barred from using social media, under legislation expected to be introduced to parliament this month.| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Lyft partners with autonomous vehicle startup May Mobility to launch cars in Atlanta in 2025, and self-driving car company Mobileye and smart dashcam firm Nexar — It seems Lyft is hoping to catch up to Uber's string of autonomous vehicle partnerships. — Lyft announced Wednesday three …
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| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
The European Commission opens an antitrust investigation into smartphone glass maker Corning for allegedly abusing its market dominance to squeeze out rivals — - EU fears deals with smartphone firms are anti-competitive — Corning pressed to remedy EU concerns with concessions| David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: |
Stand With Crypto: US voters elected 253 pro-crypto candidates to the House, compared to 115 anti-crypto candidates, and 16 pro-crypto Senate candidates — The spending spree fueled a string of victories on Tuesday for congressional candidates who had expressed support for cryptocurrencies.
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Qualcomm reports Q4 revenue up 19% YoY to $10.24B, vs. $9.9B est., guides to a strong Q1, and approves $15B in additional buybacks; QCOM jumps 7%+ after hours — Qualcomm reported fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday that beat Wall Street expectations for earnings and revenue, and the company guided to a strong December quarter.
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| Priyanka.G / Reuters: |
Bumble reports Q3 revenue down 0.7% YoY to $273.6M, vs. $271.9M est., its first quarterly sales drop since going public in 2021, and 4.3M total paying users — Bumble (BMBL.O) posted on Wednesday its first decline in quarterly sales since going public in 2021 and said that it would take longer …
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| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Arm reports Q2 revenue up 5% YoY to $844M, vs. $810.9M est., royalty revenue up 23% to $514M, and forecasts Q3 revenue below estimates — - Midpoint of revenue range would fall short of estimates — Shares slip in late trading following the release of earnings
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| Michelle Conlin / Reuters: |
Polymarket and Kalshi expect to pay out ~$450M total to US election bettors; Kalshi says 28K bet on Harris, 40K on Trump; one Polymarket user bet $40M on Trump — Thousands who gambled on the U.S. election are looking forward to a potential payout of about $450 million from online gambling sites …
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| Marc Hochstein / CoinDesk: |
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