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April 26, 2023, 11:35 AM

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The UK CMA blocks Microsoft's $68.7B Activision acquisition, citing concerns about competition and innovation in the UK gaming market; Microsoft plans to appeal  —  The CMA has prevented Microsoft's proposed purchase of Activision over concerns the deal would alter the future …
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Alphabet:
Alphabet reports Q1 revenue up 3% YoY to $69.8B, net income down 8% YoY to $15.1B, Other Bets revenue down 35% YoY to $288M, and Other Bets loss up 47% YoY  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - April 25, 2023 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023.
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Microsoft:
Microsoft reports Q3 revenue up 7% YoY to $52.9B, net income up 9% YoY to $18.3B, Office Commercial up 13% YoY, Dynamics 365 up 25% YoY, and LinkedIn up 8% YoY  —  REDMOND, Wash. — April 25, 2023 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 …
Damilare Dosunmu / Rest of World:
A look at the waning crypto hype in Africa, as consumer trust fades, startups shut down, and Web3 workers reconsider their careers after FTX's fallout  —  Trust is fading, startups are shutting down, and Web3 workers are reconsidering their career choices.  —  • LAGOS, NIGERIA
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on emotion tracking tools, coming to its Health app in 2023, and an AI-powered health coaching subscription service codenamed Quartz  —  Apple Inc. is working on an artificial intelligence-powered health coaching service and new technology for tracking emotions …
Reuters:
Inside Meta's scramble to catch up on AI: slow to adopt pricey AI-optimized systems, scrapping a custom AI chip for a more ambitious model in 2025, and more  —  As the summer of 2022 came to a close, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gathered his top lieutenants for a five-hour dissection …
Monica Chin / The Verge:
Hands-on with Asus' ROG Ally, a handheld Windows gaming machine launching May 11 that can be a strong Steam Deck competitor depending on the price and software  —  I had a fun time testing this device, but everything's going to come down to price. … Basically everything written about Asus …
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Lenovo announces the Lenovo ThinkPhone by Motorola, available for $699 with ThinkPad-compatible productivity features, coming first to enterprise on April 28  —  The Lenovo ThinkPhone by Motorola is available in the US starting today for $699, offering a suite of productivity features designed to work with ThinkPad laptops.
Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac:
In the latest macOS Ventura beta, Apple removes the Virtual Scanner II app that included Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin whitepaper and shipped with Mojave and newer  —  A few weeks ago, users discovered that every copy of macOS has the original Bitcoin whitepaper hidden in its internal files.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
TikTok appears to be working on a feature that will let users create AI-generated profile pictures similar to Prisma Labs' Lensa app  —  TikTok is working on a feature that will create AI-generated profile pictures, according to social media consultant Matt Navarra, who shared images and video of the tool with The Verge.

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