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| Steven Church / Bloomberg: |
Bankruptcy hearing: FTX is considering proposals from three bidders to restart trading, without disclosing the names, and will make a decision by mid-December — - Bankrupt firm expected to decide fate of exchange in December — Before it failed, FTX ran one of the biggest trading platforms| Microsoft: |
Microsoft reports Q1 revenue up 13% YoY to $56.5B, net income up 27% YoY to $22.3B, Office Commercial revenue up 15% YoY, and LinkedIn revenue up 8% YoY — REDMOND, Wash. — October 24, 2023 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended September 30, 2023 …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
| Alphabet: |
Alphabet reports Q3 revenue up 11% YoY to $77B, net income up 42% YoY to $19.7B, and Google ad revenue up 9% YoY to $59.65B; GOOG drops 8%+ on cloud sales miss — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - October 24, 2023 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2023.
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
At a White House event, Apple says the company supports nationwide right-to-repair regulation that would make iPhone parts and tools available to customers — - Apple supports nationwide right-to-repair regulation that would make iPhone parts and tools available to customers.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple increases the monthly price of Apple TV+ from $6.99 to $9.99, News+ from $9.99 to $12.99, Arcade from $4.99 to $6.99, and Apple One from $16.95 to $19.95 — Apple is increasing the prices of some services, including Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and Apple News+, across the U.S. and some other countries around the world.
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| Bloomberg: |
China says its Foxconn probe is “normal law enforcement” activity and urges Taiwanese firms to “play a more active role” in promoting peaceful cross-strait ties — - Beijing makes its first comment on inquiry into Apple partner — China denies it is intervening in Taiwan's presidential race| Andrew Throuvalas / Decrypt: |
BlockFi says the lending platform has emerged from bankruptcy and begun the process of repaying its creditors according to the terms of its bankruptcy plan — Fallen crypto lending firm BlockFi announced on Tuesday that it has “emerged” from bankruptcy, making its bankruptcy recovery plan effective as of October 24.| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
California's DMV suspends Cruise's deployment and driverless testing permits, ending the GM self-driving car subsidiary's robotaxi operations in San Francisco — The California Department of Motor Vehicles said Tuesday it has immediately suspended Cruise's deployment and driverless testing permits …
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| South China Morning Post: |
Sources: Hong Kong crypto exchange HKVAEX, founded in December 2022, shares technical and other resources with Binance; HKVAEX intends to apply for a license — - HKVAEX, founded last December, shares technical and other resources with Binance, which has routinely participated in public events with the exchange this year
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: one year after lending Elon Musk $13B to acquire Twitter, seven US banks still hold the debt and expect to take a 15%+, or ~$2B, hit when they sell — Banks have begun preparations to try to unload at least some of the $13 billion of debt they underwrote, at a steep discount
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
A bipartisan group of 42 attorneys general sue Meta in the US, alleging that Facebook and Instagram features are addictive and aimed at kids and teens — - A bipartisan group of 42 attorneys general is suing Meta, alleging features on Facebook and Instagram are addictive and are aimed at kids and teens.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Qualcomm unveils the S7 and S7 Pro chips with increased memory, AI capabilities, and more, designed for earbuds, headphones, and speakers to be released in 2024 — Any flagship pair of headphones or earbuds you buy nowadays is going to be very, very good. Noise cancellation has grown …
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| Scott Nover / Slate: |
US v. Google: Judge Amit Mehta has repeatedly accepted Google's requests to redact documents and hold private testimony, alarming press advocates and reporters — U.S. v. Google was supposed to be the “antitrust trial of the century”—the highest-profile, and potentially the most consequential … | Jordan Middler / Video Games Chronicle: |
Sony's new PS5 Slim disc drive requires an internet connection to pair with the console for the first time, likely due to the DMCA's rules to prevent piracy — THE ONLINE REQUIREMENT HAS RAISED PRESERVATION CONCERNS — The upcoming optional disc drive for the PlayStation 5 will require …
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| Dr. Ian Cutress / More Than Moore: |
RISC-V chip designer SiFive, which has raised over $365M, lays off about 20% of its employees, or 120-130 people, across all business groups and levels — A quick one for you. I have received reports, now from multiple sources, that the major torch bearer of the RISC-V platform …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to update tvOS with a redesigned TV app around December and discontinue some of its Apple TV apps to steer more users toward the TV app — - Company envisions one place for customers to find video — Dedicated apps for buying movies and shows will be phased out
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| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
The Internet Watch Foundation warns that generative AI is being used to create child sexual abuse imagery, and finds ~3K AI-made abuse images breaking UK law — Internet Watch Foundation finds 3,000 AI-made abuse images breaking UK law — The “worst nightmares” about artificial intelligence … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Experts say an EU plan requiring messaging services to scan for CSAM is the wrong response to a multifaceted problem and a direct threat to democratic values — A controversial child sexual abuse material (CSAM)-scanning proposal that's under discussion by lawmakers in Europe …
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| Wayne Ma / The Information: |
Sources: Apple employees have discussed using Vision Pro to diagnose and treat mental health issues; eye-tracking and cameras could measure a person's “affect” — So far, Apple has pitched its upcoming Vision Pro mixed-reality headset as a tool for working and enjoying various forms of entertainment.
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| Financial Times: |
Kokusai Electric jumps as much as 32% in its Tokyo IPO, valuing the chip equipment maker at $3.6B, after raising ~$721M; KKR reduced its stake from 73% to 48% — Chip equipment maker's debut comes as country rides wave of interest from foreign investors — Shares in Kokusai Electric jumped … | Bloomberg: |
How telecoms and media giant Altice, led by billionaire Patrick Drahi, became weighed down by scandals and debt-fueled acquisitions during low interest rates — He built his telecoms empire in an era of low interest rates. Now, with soaring debt costs and a corruption case in the corporate suite …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Toronto-based CentML, which offers tools to cut the cost of deploying ML models, raised a $27M seed from Nvidia and others, taking its total funding to $30.5M — Contrary to what you might've heard, the era of large seed rounds isn't over — at least in the AI sector.
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| Rania Aniftos / Billboard: |
TikTok announces its first live global music event, set for December 10 in Mesa, Arizona, with Cardi B, Niall Horan, Anitta, and Charlie Puth headlining — The event will take place on Dec. 10 at Sloan Park in Mesa, Ariz. — TikTok is continuing its foray into the music world … | Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters: |
AWS plans to launch a sovereign cloud in Europe for governments and customers in regulated industries, storing data on EU servers and first available in Germany — Amazon (AMZN.O) Web Services (AWS) said on Wednesday it will launch a sovereign cloud in Europe for government and customers in highly regulated industries.| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
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