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Alphabet reports Q1 revenue up 12% YoY to $90.2B, net income up 46% to $34.54B, Services revenue up 10% to $77.3B, and Other Bets revenue down 9% to $450M — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - April 24, 2025 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025.
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Alphabet reports Google Cloud Q1 revenue up 28% YoY to $12.26B, vs. $12.27B est., and says AI Overviews now has 1.5B users per month, up from 1B in October — Alphabet, the parent company of Google and YouTube, reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter growth on Thursday after the bell.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Alphabet says it surpassed 270M paid subscriptions, driven by YouTube and Google One, and reports YouTube Q1 ad revenue up 10.3% YoY to $8.93B, vs. $8.97B est. — YouTube continues to rake in money from advertisers worldwide, with the video giant's ad revenue reaching $8.93 billion … | Reuters: |
Intel reports Q1 revenue flat YoY at $12.67B, vs. $12.3B est., forecasts Q2 revenue below est., and reduces its 2025 capex target; INTC drops 5%+ after hours — Intel forecast second-quarter revenue below Wall Street estimates on Thursday, casting a shadow over new CEO Lip-Bu Tan's first round …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan announces changes, including an engineering refocus, reductions in unnecessary bureaucracy and workforce, and four-day-per-week RTO policy — Today is Intel's Q1 2025 earnings call, and the first we're truly hearing from new Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, who took over the company on March 18th.
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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
VW and Uber unveil an ambitious plan to launch a commercial robotaxi service using ID. BUZZ vehicles in US cities over the next decade, starting in LA in 2026 — Volkswagen of America and Uber on Thursday unveiled an ambitious plan to launch a commercial robotaxi service — using autonomous electric VW ID.
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Motorola unveils three new Razr models, including the $1,300 Razr Ultra flip phone with a 7-inch inner and 4-inch outer screen and wood option, shipping May 15 — The new high-end Razr Ultra comes with an Ultra price. … Motorola is kicking off hot foldable summer in style — and a little early this year.
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| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Adobe unveils its Firefly Image Model 4 and Model 4 Ultra, launches a redesigned Firefly web app, is testing a new Adobe Content Authenticity web app, and more — Adobe on Thursday launched the latest iteration of its Firefly family of image generation AI models, a model for generating vectors …
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| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
US v. Google: a Yahoo executive estimates that a bid for Chrome would cost tens of billions of dollars, and says Yahoo “would be able to pursue it with Apollo” — - Company working to ‘revitalize’ its search engine, properties — Yahoo official testifies at Google's antitrust remedy trial| Bloomberg: |
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| Benjamin Mullin / New York Times: |
Ziff Davis sues OpenAI, alleging it used Ziff Davis' content to train AI models; sources say Ziff Davis is seeking at least hundreds of millions of dollars — Ziff Davis, which owns more than 45 media properties, is accusing the tech company of infringing on the publisher's copyrights and diluting its trademarks.| Bloomberg: |
Meta lays off Reality Labs staffers, affecting Oculus Studios teams; sources: 100+ staff are affected, including those involved in Meta's hardware efforts — The latest round of job cuts impacted Reality Labs staff focused on creating VR experiences for Meta's Quest headsets …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Meta moves Threads from Threads.net to Threads.com and updates its web app, including features to more easily access custom feeds, create new columns, and more — Instagram Threads, Meta's newest social network and X competitor, is officially relocating from the website Threads.net to Threads.com.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to relocate its secret robotics team from John Giannandrea's AI unit and place it under SVP John Ternus, who oversees hardware engineering — Apple Inc. will remove its secret robotics unit from the command of its artificial intelligence chief, the latest shake-up in response to the company's AI struggles.
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| Pete Schroeder / Reuters: |
The US Federal Reserve withdraws guidance requiring banks to seek regulatory approval before engaging in crypto-related activities, joining the FDIC and OCC — U.S. banking regulators announced on Thursday they were pulling back several documents that urge banks to show caution when dabbling in cryptocurrency and related activities.
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| Sonali Basak / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Adam Neumann's real estate startup Flow raised more than $100M from investors including a16z in a round that more than doubles its valuation to ~$2.5B — Adam Neumann, the former WeWork chief executive officer, raised more money for his new residential real estate company Flow …
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| Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
The EU unveils new mandatory labels for smartphones and tablets sold in the bloc that rate energy efficiency, durability, and repairability, starting June 20 — Tablets are also covered by the scheme, which takes effect in June. … The European Union has announced details of new mandatory labels … | Financial Times: |
Elon Musk is stepping back from DOGE in May, spending 1-2 days per week on government work, as tariffs, customer anger, and Chinese competition weigh on Tesla — Billionaire's foray into government coincided with increased competition from Chinese rivals — In the days following Donald …
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| Adrienne So / Wired: |
On the Apple Watch's 10th anniversary, a look at how Apple reshaped the watch industry and ushered in a new age of fitness tracking — When the Apple Watch launched, it was unclear if smartwatches would pan out. Ten years later, Apple has a $100-billion hit that reshaped the watch industry …
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Forums: r/technews and MacRumors Forums
| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
An interview with Kyle Fish, who Anthropic hired in 2024 as a welfare researcher to study AI consciousness and estimates a ~15% chance that models are conscious — As artificial intelligence systems become smarter, one A.I. company is trying to figure out what to do if they become conscious.
More: TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Anthropic, Maginative, and The Decoder
Bluesky: @paleofuture, @nanlinear, @edzitron.com, and @roxanne123. Mastodon: @petergleick@fediscience.org
X: @kevinroose, @scottnover, @jason_pontin, @vitrupo, @kevinroose, and @anthropicai. LinkedIn: Avi Hakhamanesh
Forums: r/philosophy and r/technews
| Phoebe Liu / Forbes: |
Infinite Reality, a metaverse startup that claims it is valued at $15.5B, faces questions about the legitimacy of its funding, investor identities, and more — Florida-based Infinite Reality claims it raised more than $3 billion from a sole unnamed investor.
LinkedIn: Iain Martin
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