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Nikkei Asia:
Sources: Apple is trimming planned production of AirPods by 25% to 30%, now expecting to make 75M-85M in 2021, compared with previous forecast of 110M  —  Wireless earphones face heated competition from Samsung, Xiaomi and others  —  TAIPEI — Apple is trimming its planned production …
Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
YouTube is on pace to book between $29B and $30B in revenue in 2021, equaling Netflix's expected revenue of $29.7B for the year  —  - YouTube is on pace to bring in annual revenue comparable to Netflix's.  — The Google-owned video platform is seeing a rise in more traditional television advertisers.
Alphabet:
Alphabet reports Q1 revenue of $55.3B, up 34% YoY, net income of $17.9B, up from $6.8B YoY, and Google Search revenue of $31.9B, up from $24.5B YoY
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify reports Q1 profit of €23M, up from €1M a year earlier, revenue of €2.15B, up 16% YoY, 356M MAUs, up 24% YoY, and 158M paid subscribers, up 21% YoY  —  Audio-streaming platform warns of uncertain growth as newer markets endure a surge in coronavirus cases
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify launches paid podcast subscriptions for creators in the US, at no cost to creators for two years and a 5% fee starting in spring 2023
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
The Consumer Technology Association says CES will return to Las Vegas as an in-person event in 2022, and will be held from January 5 to 8  —  The world's biggest tech conference is back  —  The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is officially returning to an in-person format in Las Vegas in 2022 …
Josef Adalian / Vulture:
Netflix launches Play Something, an opt-in viewing mode that gives the service a more TV-like feel to fight viewers' decision fatigue  —  Ten years ago, Netflix got the idea that its app should work more like regular TV.  This was early on in its transition from DVD delivery to streaming on demand …
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Interview with Senator Amy Klobuchar on her new book about antitrust, why she doesn't think reining in the App Store will harm the Apple ecosystem, and more  —  My guest today is Senator Amy Klobuchar, the Democrat from Minnesota who has taken up the role of antitrust enforcer in the Senate under the Biden administration.
Joanna Ossinger / Bloomberg:
JPMorgan partners with Singapore's Temasek and DBS Group Holdings to create a blockchain-based platform for payments, trade, and foreign exchange settlement  —  JPMorgan Chase & Co. is teaming up with Singapore's Temasek Holdings Pte. and DBS Group Holdings Ltd. to create a new blockchain-based platform …
Monica Chin / The Verge:
Samsung announces two lightweight laptops with OLED screens: the Galaxy Book Pro, starting at $1K, and the Galaxy Book Pro 360, a convertible starting at $1.2K  —  Premium screens and premium features  —  Samsung has announced two new Galaxy Book devices: the Galaxy Book Pro …
Microsoft - Investor Relations:
Microsoft reports FY 2021 Q3 revenue of $41.7B, up 19% YoY, net income of $15.5B, up 44% YoY, Surface revenue up 12%, More Personal Computing revenue up 19%
Casey Newton / Platformer:
Interviews with Basecamp staff on how a “funny” customer names list sparked an internal reckoning and spurred Basecamp's societal and political discussion ban  —  How a list of “funny” customer names triggered an internal reckoning  —  I.  —  The controversy that embroiled …
Russell Brandom / The Verge:
In 2013 emails, Eddy Cue pitched iMessage for Android, but Craig Federighi said it would simply “remove an obstacle to iPhone families” buying Android phones  —  ‘Do we want to lose one of the most important apps in a mobile environment to Google?’
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple files written testimonies of its expert witnesses ahead of upcoming Epic trial, laying the foundation for claims on marketshare, App Store security, more
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Zomato files for $1.1B IPO in India and reports $91.8M in losses on revenue of $183.6M between April 1 and December 31, 2020  —  Indian food delivery startup Zomato on Wednesday filed for an initial public offering, becoming the first tech unicorn startup from the world's second largest internet market to do so.
Shen Lu / Protocol:
Profile of Chinese AI-driven aggregator News Break, which says it has 45M MAUs and is finding success in the US through a sharp focus on local news  —  TikTok isn't the only hit U.S. app with roots in China.  —  It's the most downloaded news app in the world — and the content it carries is entirely local.
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Toulouse, France-based EasyMile, which says its autonomous shuttles have driven ~800K kilometers across 300+ locations in 30 countries, raises $66M Series B  —  We may still be a long way off from Level 5, fully self-driving cars on the open road, but companies building autonomous vehicles …
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Syhunt:
Analysis of a password dump containing 3.28B leaked passwords, which includes 1.5M+ passwords associated with government email addresses from around the world  —  Paper by Felipe Daragon and Syhunt Team.  April 26.  2021  —  OUR ANALYSIS  —  Following customer and media requests …

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Bloomberg:
The US stock market briefly surged on April 7 after CNBC, Reuters, and others picked up an erroneous X post that Trump was considering a 90-day pause on tariffs

New York Times:
A majority of 300+ WaPo tech workers sign union cards and plan to formally request recognition, WaPo's first public union drive since Bezos' 2013 acquisition

Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Sources: Evan Gershkovich is not cooperating on the WSJ's documentary and book about his imprisonment, and plans his own film and book, sparking tensions

More News

Alan Boyle / GeekWire:
FCC grants SpaceX's request to use a lower orbit for Starlink satellites; Amazon says the FCC's conditions adequately addressed its original objection
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
An overview of Tuesday's Senate hearing on algorithms and Section 230 reform, where lawmakers focused less on sound bites and crawled closer to solutions
Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC:
Pinterest misses on user growth in Q1, with 478M MAUs vs. 480.5M est., as revenue beats, with $485M, up 78% YoY, vs. $474M est.; stock down ~10% after hours
Tiernan Ray / ZDNet:
AMD Q1: revenue of $3.4B, up 93% YoY, net income of $555M, up 243% YoY, with EPYC sales driving Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom revenue up 286% to $1.35B

Earlier Picks

Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC:
Mark Zuckerberg teases upcoming Instagram features to help creators make money, including a marketplace to match brands with creators, and more
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Stripe acquires TaxJar for its cloud-based, automated sales tax tools; financial details not disclosed, but PitchBook data says TaxJar had been valued at $179M
Sarah McBride / Bloomberg:
Iterable, which offers SMS, email, and app notification growth marketing services and is valued at ~$2B, ousts CEO for taking LSD before a board meeting in 2019
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