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Alphabet reports Q4 revenue up 12% YoY to $96.47B, net income up 28% YoY to $26.54B, Services revenue up 10% to $84.1B, and Other Bets revenue down 39% to $400M — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - February 4, 2025 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.
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| Reuters: |
Alphabet expects 2025 capex of ~$75B, vs. ~$58B est., and reports Google Cloud Q4 revenue up 30% YoY to $11.96B, vs. $12.16B est.; GOOG drops 7%+ after hours — Alphabet (GOOGL.O) said on Tuesday it will spend $75 billion on its AI buildout this year, 29% more than Wall Street expected … | Todd Spangler / Variety: |
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| Washington Post: |
Google drops language from its AI Principles that said it would not pursue AI applications “likely to cause overall harm”, such as for weapons and surveillance — In 2018 the company updated its policies to explicitly exclude applying AI to weapons. Now that promise is gone.
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| Zeyi Yang / Wired: |
The USPS halts all inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong, after President Trump ended the “de minimis” exemption, sending the e-commerce industry into chaos — As part of new tariffs on Chinese imports, President Donald Trump eliminated an exemption for small packages …
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Forums: r/technology, r/China, and Slashdot
| Olivia Reingold / The Free Press: |
Andreessen Horowitz hires ex-Marine Daniel Penny, who was recently acquitted in a controversial NYC subway chokehold case, to work on its American Dynamism team — “Daniel acted with courage in a tough situation,” said partner David Ulevitch in a statement explaining the hire.
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Forums: r/nottheonion and r/FinancialCareers
| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
AMD reports Q4 revenue up 24% YoY to $7.66B, Data Center revenue up 69% to $3.86B, vs. $4.09B est., and forecasts Q1 sales of $6.8B to $7.4B, vs. $7.04B est. — - Results suggest the chipmaker is still lagging behind Nvidia — Company fares better in PC market, making gains on Intel
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Elon Musk accused an X user, who named federal staff in a post X then removed, of “a crime”, showing what actual government social media censorship looks like — For years, we've watched self-proclaimed “free speech warriors” hyperventilate about imaginary government control of social media content moderation.
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Forums: r/politics, r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/thedavidpakmanshow, r/EnoughMuskSpam, and r/KeepOurNetFree
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Sources: Sonos will release an Android-based streaming box in the coming months, priced between $200 and $400, that combines content from Netflix, Max, and more — After the most tumultuous nine months in Sonos' history, the brand is trying to find its footing again.
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Bluesky: @eshumarneedi.com and @welch
Forums: r/Android, r/sonos, and MacRumors Forums
| New York Times: |
Sources: the US SEC is moving to scale back a special unit of 50+ lawyers and staff members that had been dedicated to bringing crypto enforcement actions — Some in a special unit of 50 lawyers and staff members that had been assigned to regulate cryptocurrency are being reassigned in the agency.
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| Jonathan Bell / Wallpaper*: |
OpenAI unveils a visual rebrand, featuring a new bespoke typeface called OpenAI Sans, a refined logo, and a new color palette — A new typeface, word mark, symbol and palette underpin all the ways in which OpenAI's technology interacts with the real world — Sign up to our newsletter -
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Threads: @thebrianpenny. X: @xyzfennell, @joodalooped, @dcurtis, @joshuakrohn, @01_hh_, @almahbuby11, @allendjal, @almmaasoglu, @dsgnevrywhr, @avstorm, @btibor91, and @avstorm
LinkedIn: Adam Koppel and Nei Caetano da Silva
| Pei Li / Bloomberg: |
Sources: China's State Administration for Market Regulation is examining Apple's policies, including App Store fees, ahead of a potential probe; AAPL drops 3% — - Company under fire for app commissions, barring outside stores — Beijing is investigating Google as response to new US tariffs| Wall Street Journal: |
Robinhood withdraws its plans to offer betting contracts on the Super Bowl, in partnership with online prediction market Kalshi, after pushback from the CFTC — CFTC asked the brokerage to stop offering customer access to contracts, warning they might be illegal blurring of financial markets and gambling
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| Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times: |
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman poaches three Google DeepMind former colleagues, including two who built NotebookLM's Audio Overviews and worked on Astra — Rival companies in fierce battle for talent in race to build powerful artificial intelligence ‘agents’| Lina M. Khan / New York Times: |
Lina Khan says that DeepSeek's breakthroughs highlight how US Big Tech's monopolistic practices may actually be hampering the US' technological leadership — When Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek shocked Silicon Valley and Wall Street with its powerful new A.I. model …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple debuts Invites, an app to help plan events like birthdays, graduations, and more, with Image Playground and Writing Tools tie-ins, for iCloud+ subscribers — Apple today announced the launch of a new app called “Invites,” which is designed to allow users to plan events like birthday parties …
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Bluesky: @mgsiegler.com and @mikal-el.com
Mastodon: @jsnell@zeppelin.flights and @stroughtonsmith …
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Forums: r/apple, r/apple, r/ios, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: |
The Iconfactory debuts Tapestry for iOS and iPadOS, bringing Bluesky, Mastodon, RSS, YouTube, and more into one timeline, with a $1.99/month tier to remove ads — The Iconfactory, makers of the now-discontinued Twitterrific app, have today launched the spiritual successor to their Twitter client.
More: Tapestry, The Breakroom, App Store, TechCrunch, Pixel Envy, and Tumblr
Bluesky: @charliemchapman.com. Mastodon: @skaeth@writing.exchange and @gedeonm@mastodon.social. Threads: @parkerortolani
| Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters: |
Austin-based SailPoint, which sells identity management tools, and parent Thoma Bravo aim to raise up to $1B in SailPoint's US IPO, targeting a $11.5B valuation — SailPoint said on Tuesday it was targeting a valuation of up to $11.5 billion in its New York flotation, as the cybersecurity firm looks … | Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Adobe adds “contract intelligence capabilities” to Acrobat's $4.99-per-month AI Assistant, letting the PDF manager summarize complicated language in contracts — The new contract surfaces key terms and dates within complex agreements. — The new contract surfaces key terms and dates within complex agreements.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple raises the monthly AppleCare+ price for iPhone users by $0.50 in the US and will only offer one-time AppleCare+ purchase options in its online store — Apple this week increased the prices for its monthly AppleCare+ subscription prices for the iPhone, raising the cost by 50 cents for all models in the United States.| Nikkei Asia: |
Chinese chip firms blacklisted by the US are turning to universities, state-backed labs, and “pilot production lines” to keep their development efforts on track — TAIPEI — Chinese chip and chip equipment makers blacklisted by the U.S. are turning to universities and state-backed chip labs and … | Bloomberg: |
How India kept its satellite internet market closed to Starlink, Amazon, and more, despite poor rural connectivity; a regulator is set to publish rules in 2025 — As global resistance to Starlink dies down, Elon Musk wants to beam connectivity across the world's most populous country.| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Memo: Cruise lays off “approximately 50%” of its staff, after GM cut robotaxi operations funding and shifts its focus to tech like hands-free driver assistance — Autonomous vehicle company Cruise is laying off “nearly” 50% of its workforce — cuts that extend to the CEO and several …
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Forums: r/SelfDrivingCars, r/technology, r/wallstreetbets, r/cars, and Slashdot
| Henry Chandonnet / Fast Company: |
An interview with Twitch CEO Dan Clancy on competition with YouTube and Kick, exclusivity contracts, content moderation, Twitch's expansion plans, and more — Business leaders are often reluctant to speak about their competition. It's rare that you'll hear Netflix's Ted Sarandos talk about Disney+ …
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| Darren Loucaides / Wired: |
A look at Telegram CEO Pavel Durov's arrest in Paris and its aftermath; a source says more than half of Telegram's $1B revenue in 2024 came from its ad platform — The Russian-born CEO styles himself as a free-speech crusader and a scourge of the surveillance state.Sponsor Posts
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