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Netflix reports losing 200K subscribers in Q1, vs. 2.5M net additions est., and revenue of $7.87B, vs. $7.95B est.; the stock is down 24%+ after hours — Netflix (NFLX) reported an unexpected decline in first-quarter net subscribers as the company navigated an exit from Russia and an increasingly saturated North American market.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Netflix estimates that its service is being shared with more than 100M non-paying households worldwide, including 30M+ in the US and Canada — There's a whole lot of password-sharing going on across Netflix's customer base — and the streaming giant is eager to pocket a big chunk of change from the freeloading masses.
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Sources: Twitter is expected to rebuff Musk's bid in the coming days; Apollo Global is considering participating in a bid, as are Morgan Stanley and Thoma Bravo — Elon Musk's $43 billion pitch has put the social-media company in play — Apollo Global Management is considering participating …
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
A new study that specifically looked at political speech suggests Twitter's content moderation is biased against agreed-upon misinformation, not conservatives — from the if-you-don't-want-to-get-banned-stop- sharing-bullshit dept — Behold! An actually interesting academic study exploring whether …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Robinhood revives its UK expansion plans after agreeing to buy crypto app Ziglu, one of the few crypto companies to secure Financial Conduct Authority approval — - Robinhood has agreed to buy Ziglu, a London-based fintech app that lets users trade bitcoin and several other cryptocurrencies.
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A look at AI-powered surveillance in South Africa, powered by CCTV cameras, video analytics, and fiber internet; Vumacam operates 5,000+ cameras in Johannesburg — The cameras are not there yet. But the fiber already is. — Thami Nkosi points to the telltale black box atop a utility pole …
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| Samantha Cole / VICE: |
Google's automated “inclusive warning” on Docs is very broken and annoying, like suggesting “landlord” may not be inclusive but making no notes about the N-word — A feature rolling out this month uses algorithms to suggest edits in Google Docs, but falls into the same bias traps it's trying to prevent.| Alastair Gale / Wall Street Journal: |
Russia's war in Ukraine revives internet connectivity fears among some Asia-Pacific countries, should China sever undersea cables as part of an attack on Taiwan — Kyiv's successful use of internet to counter Moscow highlights Taiwan's reliance on undersea internet cables that China could cut
Tweets: @wsj, @joyuwang, @dnvolz, @jchengwsj, @jchengwsj, and @jchengwsj
| Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal: |
Many cryptocurrency stocks have fallen sharply in 2022: Coinbase is down ~40% year-to-date, Marathon Digital is down 30%+, and Riot Blockchain is down 30%+ — Coinbase is off 42% so far this year as trading volume sinks; Silvergate Capital, Marathon Digital and Riot Blockchain are down sharply as well| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
IBM beats in Q1 with revenue of $14.2B, up 7.7% YoY, vs. $13.85B est., and its software segment bringing in $5.77B in revenue, up 12% YoY, vs. $5.63B est. — - IBM beat consensus on the top and bottom lines. — The technology services company offloaded Watson health-care assets to a private-equity firm in the quarter.| Umar Shakir / The Verge: |
DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg says reports of the search engine removing piracy websites are “made up” and says its site:operator function is having issues — Blank site search results for The Pirate Bay gave users reason to believe otherwise
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Brex acquires Pry Financials, a financial planning software startup with ~10 employees, for $90M; Pry raised a $4.2M seed in August 2021 from YC and others — In line with its April 13 announcement that it's making a “big push” into software, Brex has acquired Y Combinator-backed Pry Financials …
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| Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch: |
BlockApps, which is building the enterprise-focused Strato blockchain, raises $41M led by Liberty City Ventures, bringing its total funding to $50M — While the digital asset industry has brought in some skeptics over the past couple years, investors are hoping that crypto startups … | Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: |
Algorithmic stablecoins like TerraUSD have surged in popularity, but critics say they are inherently risky as they aren't backed by any assets at all — Algorithmic stablecoins that use financial engineering to link their value to the dollar have surged in popularity
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