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Elon Musk changes his Twitter bio to “Chief Twit” and visits the company's San Francisco office; Twitter tells staff they'll “hear directly from him on Friday” — Elon Musk made his presence felt at Twitter's San Francisco headquarters Wednesday …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Elon Musk seeks to reassure Twitter advertisers, arguing his goal is not “to make more money” and the service “cannot become a free-for-all hellscape” — Mega-billionaire Elon Musk, nearing the finish line in his rocky takeover of Twitter, posted an open letter …
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Sources: ahead of Elon Musk's takeover, advertisers on Twitter are concerned about looser content moderation and potential conflicts of interest for auto ads — Marketers worry about the Tesla CEO's stance on content moderation, potential conflicts in auto advertising if the Twitter deal completes
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| Meta - Investor Relations: |
Meta reports Q3 revenue down 4% YoY to $27.7B, net income down 52% YoY to $4.4B, family daily active people up 4% YoY to 2.93B, and headcount up 28% YoY — MENLO PARK, Calif. - October 26, 2022 - Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.
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| Sofia Pitt / CNBC: |
Meta's stock plummets 22%+, opening around $100, the lowest price since 2016, as investors are spooked by excessive investment into the metaverse — - The parent company of Facebook reported its second straight quarterly decline. — Meta's Reality Labs division, which houses its VR headsets …
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| Nelson Wang / CoinDesk: |
Meta reports Reality Labs had a $3.67B loss in Q3 on $285M in revenue, vs. $406M est., and says the unit's operating loss will grow “significantly” in 2023 — Meta's revenues for the division came in at $285 million, down from $452 million in the second quarter.
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Samsung Electronics formally names de facto leader Jay Y. Lee executive chairman; his ascension had been delayed by graft investigations and two stints in jail — Samsung Electronics Co. named Jay Y. Lee executive chairman of South Korea's largest company, finalizing a long-anticipated elevation … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says Xbox Game Pass is profitable and accounts for ~15% of Xbox's content and services revenue, after sharing PC Game Pass subscriptions rose 159% YoY — Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has revealed that the company's Xbox Game Pass subscription service is already profitable.
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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Autonomous vehicle startup Argo AI, which raised $2.6B+, is shutting down; sources say parts of the company and some employees would be absorbed by Ford and VW — Argo AI, an autonomous vehicle startup that burst on the scene in 2017 stacked with a $1 billion investment, is shutting down …
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| David Gutman / The Seattle Times: |
A Washington judge fines Meta ~$24.7M, the maximum possible amount, after finding the company intentionally violated campaign finance disclosure laws 822 times — Meta, Facebook's parent company, was fined nearly $25 million Wednesday for intentionally and repeatedly violating Washington's campaign finance laws.
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| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
Google Cloud announces the Blockchain Node Engine, helping developers build and manage blockchain-based products, starting with Ethereum — Google Cloud on Thursday unveiled Blockchain Node Engine - a fully managed service for Web3 developers that wants to build and manage products for blockchain-based platforms.
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| The Wire: |
The Wire apologizes, saying technical evidence should have been independently verified and that it was deceived “by a member of our Meta investigation team” — Last week, The Wire formally retracted its Meta stories after conducting an internal review of the technical source material used …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple patches a bug in iOS 16.1 and macOS Ventura that could let apps with Bluetooth access record user conversations with Siri without needing mic access — Apple released iOS 16.1 and macOS Ventura to the public this week. In addition to headlining new features and changes, there are also essential security fixes as well.| Reuters: |
Sources: the US DOJ launched a criminal probe into Tesla in 2021 that is still underway, following over a dozen crashes, some fatal, with Autopilot activated — Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) is under criminal investigation in the United States over claims that the company's electric vehicles can drive themselves …
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| Han Chen / Axios: |
Report: US state and local governments kept buying Chinese telecom equipment despite a federal-level ban; only five states have rules to limit such purchases — Despite federal efforts to block Chinese telecom equipment from U.S. supply chains, state and local governments across …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: TikTok plans to add a dedicated gaming tab to its app as soon as November 2, featuring ad-supported mobile games and in-game purchases — Dedicated tab on platform's homepage is company's first venture beyond videos — TikTok is making a big push into gaming … | Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Experts say ballooning mobile game file sizes can winnow out smaller studios, as memory upgrades fail to keep pace resulting in fewer games vying for attention — From Tokyo to San Francisco, mobile game studios have sparred for years to captivate a fickle audience, fostering an overlooked problem …
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| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Snap rolls out Director Mode for Snapchat, offering users more powerful video tools, including a green screen and a BeReal-style dual camera mode — Snapchat is giving users more powerful video tools through a new feature called Director Mode. It's available starting today globally for iOS and Android.
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| Reuters: |
Canalys: China smartphone shipments in Q3 fell 11% YoY to 70M; Vivo, Oppo, Honor fell 23%, 27%, and 16%, respectively; Apple rose 36% on iPhone 14 Pro demand — Smartphone shipments in China fell 11% year-on-year in Q3 2022, with privately-owned Vivo taking the top spot, research firm Canalys reported on Thursday.| Yonhap News Agency: |
South Korean prosecutors indict four current and former Samsung employees over allegedly stealing and leaking semiconductor tech to overseas companies — Prosecutors have indicted four current and former employees of electronics giant Samsung Group on charges of stealing highly valued …
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| Mack DeGeurin / Gizmodo: |
The UK's ICO warns organizations about the risks of using “emotional analysis” tech, and plans to publish its biometric guidance in spring 2023 — The watchdog's deputy commissioner warned the tech wasn't backed by science and that any benefits were outweighed by the risks. — Alerts
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Didi, Kuaishou, Huawei, TikTok, and other Chinese tech companies are expanding in Latin America and poaching talent from each other, as competition intensifies — These young employees are so coveted that Chinese tech companies are quick to poach each other's talent. — • MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
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