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Snap Q2: revenue up 13% YoY to $1.11B, vs. $1.14B est., DAUs up 18% to 347M, vs. 344.2M est., net loss of $422M, up from $152M YoY; stock falls 25%+ after hours — - Snap missed on the top and bottom lines in its second-quarter earnings report. — The company authorized a stock repurchasing program of up to $500 million.
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| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Snap plans to “substantially reduce” hiring, authorizes a stock repurchase program of up to $500M, and locks in CEO and CTO roles until at least January 1, 2027 — Social media company said it will ‘substantially reduce’ hiring and shake up strategy
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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Instagram says all new video posts under 15 minutes will now be shared as Reels and videos under 90 seconds from public accounts will be recommended to others — And it's combining the Reels / Video section of your profile under one tab — Welcome to the new era of Instagram … | Jon Porter / The Verge: |
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The US DOJ arrests a former Coinbase product manager for allegedly leaking insider info about tokens before they were listed; Coinbase won't face charges — US authorities arrested a former Coinbase Global Inc. product manager for allegedly leaking insider information to help his brother …
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| Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: |
Hashflow, a DeFi trading app, raised a $25M Series A from Jump Crypto, Wintermute, GSR, and Coinbase's and Kraken's VC arms, among others, at a $400M valuation — The platform uses an asset pricing model that offers interoperability, lower fees and no slippage.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
FCC chair asks carriers to explain how they use geolocation data, as Congress debates a law that may preempt the FCC from regulating carriers' privacy practices — Inquiry launched as Congress debates bill that could gut FCC's privacy authority. — Federal Communications Commission … | AJ Vicens / CyberScoop: |
Ukraine says hackers attacked TAVR Media, which operates nine radio stations, to broadcast a fake message that President Zelenskyy was in critical condition — Cyber criminals attacked a Ukrainian company that operates nine “major” radio stations to spread a message that Ukrainian President …
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| John Hendel / Politico: |
Nearly 200 US rural carriers are saddled with old Huawei and ZTE gear they can't afford to remove; promised Congress funds are coming too slow and aren't enough — The U.S. is still struggling to complete the break up with Chinese telecom companies that Donald Trump started four years ago.
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| Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg: |
Apple is on track for its biggest year of US lobbying, spending $4.6M in H1 2022, as Tim Cook becomes one of the country's most politically active tech CEOs — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook wasn't fully sold on having a team of Washington lobbyists a decade ago.
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| Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu / Protocol: |
A look at Meta's $150M Meta Immersive Learning project, through which it has partnered with Iowa-based VR startup VictoryXR to create 10 “metaversities” — During her inorganic chemistry class at Morehouse College in the spring of 2021, Dr. Muhsinah Morris launched a little experiment.| Rest of World: |
Instagram-based thrift stores in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Nepal are making used clothes popular, even desirable, among young shoppers — Instagram-based thrift stores in South Asia are making used clothes popular — even desirable — among young shoppers.
Tweets: @fogginsophie, @cengizyar, and @itikaspunit
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Paris-based Contentsquare, which offers web and app analytics to businesses, raised a $400M Series F and $200M in debt, doubling its May 2021 valuation to $5.6B — While the pandemic prompted companies to digitize much of the way they do business, not every brand made the pivot successfully.
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