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Microsoft reports Q4 revenue of $33.7B, up 12% YoY, operating income of $12.4B, up 20% YoY, and net income of $13.2B, up 49% YoY — REDMOND, Wash. — July 18, 2019 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended June 30, 2019, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year:
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Microsoft reports Q4 Intelligent Cloud revenue of $11.39B, up 19% YoY, with Azure revenue up 64% YoY, its lowest growth rate in at least four years — KEY POINTS — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella reacts during a panel session on day three of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 24, 2019.
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Microsoft reports Q4 Productivity and Business Processes revenue of $11.0B, up 14% YoY, and More Personal Computing revenue of $11.3B, up 4% YoY — Microsoft today reported earnings for its fourth fiscal quarter of 2019, including revenue of $33.7 billion, net income of $13.2 billion …
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European Commission fines Qualcomm €242M for abusing its dominance in 3G baseband chipsets by selling below cost to force its competitor Icera out of the market — The European Commission has fined Qualcomm €242 million for abusing its market dominance in 3G baseband chipsets.
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| Jennifer Miller / New York Times: |
As podcast service Blubrry says there are now over 700,000 podcasts, with 2,000 to 3,000 launching every month, a look at whether we have reached “peak podcast” — If past experience (cough, blogs) is any indication, a shakeout is nigh. — In 2016, Morgan Mandriota and Lester Lee …
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A look at the challenges facing Boston Dynamics, chief among them public perception, as it prepares to launch its first commercial bot, called Spot, this year — Not many robotics companies can boast legions of fans online, but not many robotics companies make robots quite like Boston Dynamics.
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Inside 18 months of turmoil at Grindr, which some former employees say began with its sale to Chinese company Kunlun Group and elevation of Scott Chen — Over the last 18 months, Grindr has faced a federal investigation, layoffs, mismanagement, and internal turmoil.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Slack says it is resetting passwords for 1% of its users after receiving new info about the company's 2015 security breach; in April, Slack said it has 10M DAUs — Company said it received a batch of compromised credentials related to the 2015 hack via its bug bounty program.
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In some ways, Netflix's Q2 results were a disaster, highlighting the weakness of its US market, limits of international growth, and pain of losing huge shows — As US growth slows, executives look to international markets — Netflix reported earnings on Wednesday night, and the results were disastrous.
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Instagram strengthens moderation policies, introducing an alert to warn people when their account is close to being deleted and giving moderators more leeway — Instagram is strengthening its moderation policies today and adding a new alert that will warn people who violate rules when their account is close to being deleted.
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Microsoft says it has warned ~10,000 customers of nation-state attacks in the past year and tracked 781 cyberattacks by foreign adversaries this election cycle — The tech giant says it has tracked more than 700 cyberattacks by foreign adversaries against U.S. political organizations so far this election cycle.
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| Donie O'Sullivan / CNN: |
DNC warns 2020 presidential campaigns not to use FaceApp; alert from DNC's chief security officer notes that the app was “developed by Russians” — Washington (CNN) — The Democratic National Committee sent a security alert to 2020 presidential campaigns Wednesday afternoon warning …
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How Amazon Go, which offers all the selection of a 7-Eleven but with more complexity and cost, became the company's most ambitious research project — Jeff Bezos and his company have spent seven years and hundreds of millions of dollars getting rid of cashiers. Will it pay off?
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Haus, a real estate startup started by Uber co-founder Garrett Camp as part of his startup studio Expa, raises $4.1M in seed funding and $3M in debt — Haus, a startup aiming to make home ownership more affordable and flexible, is announcing that it has raised $7.1 million in new funding.
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Intel and SAP announce a multi-year partnership focused on data centers, combining Intel's hardware with SAP's software — Intel and SAP said they have launched a broader multi-year partnership focused on optimizing Intel's platform innovations for the datacenter.
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Trump confirms he will look into Pentagon's JEDI cloud contract, set to be awarded to Microsoft and Amazon, after “tremendous complaints from other companies” — KEY POINTS — President Trump said he's looking at the JEDI Contract that will be awarded to Microsoft or Amazon.| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
DOJ charges former Microsoft developer, a Ukrainian citizen, for allegedly using a test account to steal $10M by purchasing and reselling Microsoft e-gift cards — ‘No safeguards’ on QA accounts, and suddenly this guy gets a Tesla and $1.6m home, say prosecutors| Emily Dreyfuss / Wired: |
Legal chatbot DoNotPay introduces Free Trial Card, a service that lets users sign up to free trials anonymously and declines payment after the trial period ends — EVERY TIME YOU sign up for a free trial of any kind, you're forced to take stock of your outlook on life.| Reuters: |
German transport app FlixMobility raises Series F co-led by TCV and Permira; sources say the Series F was for about €500M, valuing the company at more than €2B — FRANKFURT/MUNICH (Reuters) - Transport app FlixMobility has raised around 500 million euros ($561 million) … Sponsor Posts
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