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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
The USPS resumes accepting China and Hong Kong mail hours after suspension due to Trump's EO, disrupting e-commerce, and is implementing “the new China tariffs” — WATCH NOW — The U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday it will resume accepting inbound mail and packages from China and Hong Kong …
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X: @playasia, @lmatsakis, @lmatsakis, @lmatsakis, @mikeisaac, @samuelstolton, @mikeisaac, @josephpolitano, @jengriffinfnc, @typesfast, @tomlikestocode, @skchheda, @silvermanjacob, and @butleriano
LinkedIn: Deborah Elms, Marianne Rowden, and Andrea Kennedy
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| Mathieu Pollet / Politico: |
| Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: |
Email: Google eliminates its goal of hiring more employees from historically underrepresented groups and is reviewing some DEI programs after Donald Trump's EOs — Search giant is eliminating goals to hire more minority employees and reviewing DEI programs, part of a pullback across Silicon Valley
More: The Verge, New York Times, The Guardian, NBC News, Engadget, Business Insider, Los Angeles Times, Livemint, Quartz, TechCrunch, Werd I/O, The Gateway Pundit, The Information, National Review, HotAir, CNBC, Axios, Fox Business, Washington Examiner, New York Post, Seeking Alpha, Bloomberg, Reuters, Mediaite, KRON4, Blaze Media, Forbes, The Daily Wire, ZeroHedge News, The Hill, and Tennessee Star
Forums: Hacker News, r/politics, r/womenintech, and r/technology
| Greg Bensinger / Reuters: |
Amazon announces an event on February 26 in New York where, according to sources, the company will preview its long-delayed Alexa generative AI revamp — Amazon (AMZN.O) is set to release its long-awaited - and delayed - Alexa generative artificial intelligence voice service …
More: The Verge, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, VICE, MacRumors, PYMNTS.com, TechCrunch, iPhone in Canada Blog, MobileSyrup, Android Authority, iClarified, The Shortcut, AFTVnews, CNBC, TechRadar, Trusted Reviews, Android Headlines, Engadget, Thurrott, 9to5Toys, and Cord Cutters News. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Qualcomm reports Q1 revenue up 17% YoY to $11.67B, vs. $10.93B est., handsets revenue up 13% to $7.57B, net income up 15% to $3.18B, issues a strong Q2 guidance — Qualcomm reported better-than-expected fiscal first-quarter results on Wednesday and issued strong guidance for the current period.
More: Qualcomm, SiliconANGLE, Thurrott, PhoneArena, Android Central, Reuters, and Bloomberg. X: @mytechmusings
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
WH crypto czar David Sacks says stablecoin legislation could be done in the next six months, after lawmakers introduced a bill to create a regulatory framework — As David Sacks, the newly appointed White House AI and crypto czar, collaborates with lawmakers on potential regulations for digital assets … | Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google adds Gemini 2.0 Flash, 2.0 Flash-Lite, and 2.0 Pro Experimental to Gemini's API, and 2.0 Pro Experimental and 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental to its apps — Gemini 2.0 AI updates include cheaper access for developers, and AI that can use other Google apps like YouTube.
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LinkedIn: Shrestha Basu Mallick and Krishna Kosuri
Forums: r/singularity and lobste.rs
| Max A. Cherney / Reuters: |
Arm reports Q3 revenue up 19% YoY to $983M, vs. $946.7M est., royalty revenue up 23% YoY to $580M, and licensing and other revenue up 14% YoY to $403M — Chip tech provider Arm Holdings (O9Ty.F), said on Wednesday it will no longer meet the top end of its previous full-year guidance …
More: Financial Times, Bloomberg, Benzinga, Yahoo Finance, The Times, and Arm Newsroom
X: @beth_kindig, @arm, @thetranscript_, and @beth_kindig
| Pei Li / Bloomberg: |
Sources: China's State Administration for Market Regulation is examining Apple's policies, including its up to 30% App Store fees, ahead of a potential probe — - Company under fire for app commissions, barring outside stores — Beijing is investigating Google as response to new US tariffs
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Forums: r/wallstreetbets and MacRumors Forums
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: banks sold $5.5B in debt borrowed by X at $0.97 on the dollar, following strong investor demand; they had planned to sell ~$3B at ~$0.95 on the dollar — X CEO tells investors that the financial health of social-media company is improving — Elon Musk's power in Washington …
More: Benzinga, Financial Times, The Information, Bloomberg, Forbes, Reuters, and New York Post
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Reddit banned r/WhitePeopleTwitter for 72 hours due to “a prevalence of violent content”, after Elon Musk said the subreddit had “broken the law” on February 3 — The company said it was due to a “prevalence of violent content.” — Reddit has temporarily banned …
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X: @elonmusk, @reddit_lies, @reddit_lies, @kfile, @reddit_lies, @xdaily, and @reddit_lies
| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Workday is cutting about 1,750 workers, or 8.5% of its workforce, as it plans to hire in areas such as AI and take on more people overseas; WDAY jumps 5%+ — - Figure represents roughly 8.5% of company's workforce — Salesforce, Amazon, Microsoft recently cut personnel
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X: @wallstengine and @brodyford_
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Kaspersky researchers found apps in Google's Play Store and Apple's App Store that use OCR to steal crypto wallet recovery phrases from images on users' devices — Android and iOS apps on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store contain a malicious software development kit (SDK) … | Jason Shubnell / The Block: |
MicroStrategy announces a new name, Strategy, a new logo with a stylized “B”, signifying its bitcoin strategy, and orange as the brand's primary color — - The brand's primary color is now orange, which it says represents energy, intelligence and Bitcoin.
More: Strategy, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, Blockchain.News, Benzinga, Fortune, CNBC, Washington …, CoinDesk, MarketWatch, Bloomberg, Reuters, Sherwood News, CryptoSlate, The Information, CoinGape, Quartz, crypto.news, The Coin Republic, Coinpedia Fintech News, Decrypt, Bitcoin Insider, Watcher Guru, and Bitcoinist.com
X: @saylor and @thestalwart
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: SoftBank is in advanced talks to acquire Ampere in a deal that could value the Oracle-backed chip designer at about $6.5B, including debt — - Deal could value Oracle-backed Ampere at about $6.5 billion — Chip companies looking to capitalize on AI spending boom
More: TechCrunch and SiliconANGLE
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sonos is laying off about 200 employees, or 12% of its staff, as it reorganizes to make its product teams “flatter, smaller, and more focused” — Sonos Inc. said it's cutting about 12% of its staff, or 200 workers, in a bid to make its product teams “flatter, smaller and more focused.”
More: Sonos, Android Police, TechCrunch, Thurrott, Engadget, The Verge, MacRumors, and iPhone in Canada Blog. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| 404 Media: |
Sources: DOGE staff were ordered to stop using Slack while it transitions from the OMB to the Executive Office of the President, which is not subject to FOIA — Employees at Elon Musk's agency have been told: “OMB is asking us to stop generating new slack messages starting now.”
More: The Register. Bluesky: @tyleraking.com, @metacurity.com, @marypcbuk, @paleofuture, and @moonalice.com
Mastodon: @The_Icarian@federated.press, @sjvn@mastodon.social, and @jalefkowit@vmst.io
X: @jason_koebler, @timodc, @molly0xfff, @josephfcox, @aspertierra, @hackingbutlegal, and @dmihalopoulos
Forums: Hacker News, r/politics, r/law, r/technology, r/inthenews, and r/fednews
| Rafe Uddin / Financial Times: |
Uber reports Q4 revenue up 20% YoY to $12B, Gross Bookings up 18% to a record $44.2B, operating profit up 18% to $770M, and trips up 18% to 3.1B; UBER drops 5%+ — Ride-hailing group's weaker forecast comes after record fourth quarter — Uber's shares fell almost 6 per cent on Wednesday …
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X: @deitaone and @economyapp
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
More: Austin American-Statesman, Mashable, Engadget, PCMag, CNET, Reuters, New York Times, TechCrunch, and The Verge
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says Microsoft Build 2025 will run from May 19 to May 22 in Seattle, where AI, Copilot, and Surface updates are expected to be announced — Microsoft Build 2025 is being held in Seattle again this year. — Microsoft Build 2025 is being held in Seattle again this year.
More: Engadget, Windows Central, Mashable, Thurrott, WinBuzzer, and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: |
Semgrep, which offers an autonomous code security platform for developers, raised a $100M Series D led by Menlo Ventures, bringing its total funding to $204M — Although cybersecurity venture funding bounced back some last year, it ended 2024 being relatively stagnant.
More: FinSMEs, Semgrep, SiliconANGLE, and Pulse 2.0
| Chainalysis: |
In 2024, ransomware attackers received ~$813.55M in payments from victims, down 35% on 2023's record $1.25B, as more victims refused to pay — The ransomware landscape experienced significant changes in 2024, with cryptocurrency continuing to play a central role in extortion.
More: Cybersecurity Dive, CoinDesk, SC Media, CryptoSlate, CyberScoop, Wired, Tech.co, DeviceSecurity.io, UPI, crypto.news, TechRadar, Gizmodo, Metacurity, BleepingComputer, TechCrunch, and The Block. X: @jburnskoven
| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon says Arm has withdrawn its breach claims against the company and now Arm has no plans to end its license agreement with Qualcomm — Qualcomm's (QCOM.O) Chief Executive Officer Cristiano Amon on Wednesday said Arm Holdings (O9Ty.F) has withdrawn a threat … Sponsor Posts
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