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Twitter decides to ban advertising from all accounts owned by Russia Today and Sputnik and will donate estimated $1.9M earnings since 2011 to misinfo research — Twitter has made the policy decision to off-board advertising from all accounts owned by Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik, effective immediately.
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Amazon beats with Q3 revenue of $43.74B, up 34% YoY, vs. $42.14B expected; net income of $256M, up from $252M YoY; stock up 7%+ after hours — SEATTLE—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2017.
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Microsoft Q1: revenue of $24.54B, up 12% YoY, vs. $23.56B expected; net income up 16% YoY to $6.6B; Productivity revenue hits $8.2B, up 28% YoY; stock up 3%+ — REDMOND, Wash. — October 26, 2017 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended September 30, 2017:
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Alphabet Q3: revenue of $27.8B, up 24% YoY, vs. $27.2B expected; net income reaches $6.73B, up from $5.06B YoY; Other Bets made $302M, lost $812M; stock up 3%+ — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - October 26, 2017 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2017.
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Twitter overstated MAUs by 1-2M since Q4 2014 by including users of a service for third-party apps; according to revised numbers, its MAUs shrank in Q2 by 2M — Social media company says it had been including users of service for third-party apps as monthly users that shouldn't have been counted
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Intel beats Q3 estimates with $16.1B revenue, up 2% YoY, vs. $15.7B expected, as net income rises 34% YoY to $4.5B — SANTA CLARA, Calif., October 26, 2017 — Intel Corporation today reported third-quarter 2017 financial results. “We executed well in the third quarter with strong results across …
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Amazon gains wholesale pharmacy licenses in 12+ states, including Nevada, Arizona, Louisiana, Alabama, New Jersey, Michigan, Connecticut, Oregon, and Tennessee — Throughout the past year, and without much fanfare, Amazon.com Inc. has gained approval to become a wholesale distributor … | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
Researcher recounts warning Equifax about vulnerability on public-facing site that exposed user data months before breach, six months before Equifax patched — Months before its catastrophic data breach, a security researcher warned Equifax that it was vulnerable to the kind of attack …
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Three female engineers sue Uber for sex and race discrimination, claim Uber pays female engineers less than male, white, and Asian-American counterparts — Three female engineers claim that “stack ranking” was stacked against them. — A new lawsuit claims Uber pays female engineers …
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Sources: Spotify is canceling original video series on the service, as well as shows it hasn't released, as the company rethinks its video strategy — New video chief at online music service wants fresh approach — Company looks to diversify revenue without added royalty costs
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AMD debuts Ryzen Mobile CPUs for ultrathin notebooks: 2.2GHz Ryzen 7 2700U with 3.8GHz Turbo, 10 Vega cores; 2GHz Ryzen 5 2500U with 3.8Ghz Turbo, 8 Vega cores — It's been a revival year for AMD. Its Ryzen chips thrust it back into the desktop arena — so much so that it practically forced Intel …
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Uber launches multi-stop trips in the US and Canada, with other markets like UK and Ireland expected soon — It's been a long time coming, but Uber is finally rolling out multi-stop trips to riders in North America. — You may have noticed a hullabaloo about this earlier in the year.
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Facebook launches Workplace Chat desktop app and will roll out group video chat soon, says 30K organizations use Workplace and that 1M groups have been created — It's been once year since Workplace, Facebook's social network designed specifically for businesses and other organizations …
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Google Pixelbook review: beautiful hardware, great Chrome apps performance, but has average battery life, and Android apps need to be updated for screen and pen — Can a supercomputer for web apps challenge the iPad Pro?
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