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| Amazon.com, Inc.: |
Amazon reports Q4 revenue up 10% YoY to $187.8B, vs. $187.3B est., net income up 89% YoY to $20B, and operating income up 61% YoY to $21.2B — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2024. Fourth Quarter 2024
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon reports Q4 AWS revenue up 19% YoY to $28.8B, in line with est. and above 13% YoY growth in Q4 2023, and AWS operating income up 47% YoY to $10.6B — Amazon reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the fourth quarter, but it gave disappointing guidance for the current period.| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon expects to boost its capex to $100B in 2025, largely driven by AI and up from 2024's ~$83B, in what Andy Jassy calls a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity — Amazon said Thursday it plans to boost its capital expenditures to $100 billion in 2025, as it continues its investments in artificial intelligence.| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
| Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal: |
US lawmakers introduce a bipartisan bill that would ban DeepSeek's app from government-owned devices, amid concerns that China would be able to access user data — Bipartisan bill comes amid concerns that the application allows China to see user data — WASHINGTON—Lawmakers plan …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to unveil its long-awaited overhaul of the iPhone SE as early as next week, opting to reveal it on its website instead of at a launch event — - Revamped SE model is set to be unveiled in the coming days — Apple plans flurry of 2025 products, including smart home hub
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| Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters: |
Take-Two reports Q3 net bookings up 3% YoY to $1.37B, vs. $1.39B est., and reiterates GTA VI is set to launch in the fall of 2025; TTWO jumps 6%+ after hours — Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO.O) forecast its fourth-quarter bookings below Wall Street expectations on Thursday …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Email: Google is testing a Search “AI Mode” powered by Gemini 2.0 that lets users ask “open-ended / exploratory questions” and get AI Overview-style responses — As previously spotted, Google Search is working on a new “AI Mode” that offers a “persistent place” …
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google Photos starts adding its SynthID watermarks to photos that have been edited using Magic Editor, but says some changes may be too small to detect — But Google admits that some generative AI adjustments may be ‘too small’ for SynthID to detect. — But Google admits …
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| Katherine Long / Wall Street Journal: |
DOGE staffer Marko Elez resigns after being linked to racist posts on X; he was embedded in the US Treasury and previously worked at SpaceX, Starlink, and X — A staffer for Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S. Treasury payment systems was approved …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Mistral releases iOS and Android apps and unveils several updates to its AI assistant Le Chat, including a $14.99 per month Pro tier — Mistral, the company that is sometimes considered as Europe's great hope for AI, is releasing several updates to Le Chat, its AI assistant product.
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
OpenAI opens ChatGPT search to users who are not logged in, after launching it to paying subscribers in October 2024 and logged-in users in December 2024 — OpenAI is making its AI search engine more accessible. — OpenAI is making its AI search engine more accessible.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Winklevoss' crypto exchange Gemini is considering an IPO as soon as this year; crypto exchange operator Bullish is also considering an IPO in 2025 — Gemini, the cryptocurrency firm backed by the billionaire Winklevoss twins, is considering an initial public offering as soon as this year …
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| Julaiza Alvarez / Bloomberg: |
Pinterest reports Q4 revenue up 18% YoY to $1.15B, vs. $1.14B est., MAUs up 11% YoY to 553M, and forecasts Q1 revenue will top est.; PINS up 14% after hours — Pinterest Inc. posted strong holiday-quarter revenue and gave an upbeat forecast for sales in the current period … | MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Affirm reports Q2 revenue up 47% YoY to $866M, vs. $807M est., GMV up 35% YoY to $10.1B, and active consumers up 23% YoY to 21M; AFRM jumps 10%+ after hours — WATCH NOW — Affirm shares jumped more than 15% in extended trading on Thursday after the provider of buy now, pay later loans …
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| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Stanford and University of Washington AI researchers claim they trained AI reasoning model s1, distilled from a Gemini 2.0 model, for under $50 in cloud compute — AI researchers at Stanford and the University of Washington were able to train an AI “reasoning” model for under $50 in cloud compute credits …
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| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
GitHub announces updates for Copilot, including Vision for Copilot to generate interfaces, code, and alt text from a screenshot, photo, or a diagram — GitHub has announced a slew of updates for Copilot, while also giving a glimpse into a more agentic future for its AI-powered pair programmer.
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| Jenna McLaughlin / NPR: |
Sources: some staffers at CISA were given deferred resignation offers and just hours to decide whether to accept them, extending broader cybersecurity fears — Employees at the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA …
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| Sharon Goldman / Fortune: |
Sources: OpenAI co-founder John Schulman is joining former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati's stealth startup; he left Anthropic after joining the startup in August 2024 — OpenAI cofounder John Schulman is joining former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati's stealth startup after departing Anthropic just five months …
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| TechCrunch: |
Kelly Stonelake, a former Meta director who was at the company from 2009 to 2024, sues Meta, alleging sexual harassment, sex discrimination, and retaliation — One of Meta's earliest employees is suing the company for sexual harassment, sex discrimination, and retaliation … | Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Roblox reports Q4 revenue up 32% YoY to $988.2M, bookings up 21% YoY to $1.36B, vs. $1.37B est., and DAUs up 19% YoY to 85.3M, vs. 88.4M est.; RBLX falls 15%+ — - Roblox had 85.3 million daily active users in fourth quarter — The company's quarterly bookings reached $1.36 billionSponsor Posts
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