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July 27, 2022, 1:25 AM

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Microsoft - Investor Relations:
Microsoft reports Q4 revenue up 12% YoY to $51.87B, net income up 2% YoY to $16.7B, Azure up 40% YoY, and LinkedIn up 26% YoY  —  REDMOND, Wash. — July 26, 2022 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year:
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Microsoft misses Q4 estimates with $51.87B in revenue, vs. $52.44B estimated, citing changing exchange rates plus challenges in the advertising and PC markets  —  - Microsoft's revenue and income fell short, as did the company's revenue from Azure and other cloud services.
Ian Hamilton / UploadVR:
Meta plans to increase the prices of its Quest 2 headsets to $400 for 128GB and $500 for 256GB on August 1, and bundle Beat Saber for free through December 31  —  The price for a new Quest 2 is jumping to $399 as Meta says “the costs to make and ship our products have been on the rise.”
Alphabet - Investor Relations:
Alphabet reports Q2 revenue up 13% YoY to $69.69B, net income of $16B, down from $18.53B YoY, and Google Cloud revenue of $6.28B, up from $4.63B YoY  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - July 26, 2022 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Responding to criticism, Adam Mosseri says Instagram's full-screen feed is “a test” that is “not yet good” and that the app has to lean into the shift to video  —  - Instagram head Adam Mosseri shared a video on Twitter Tuesday explaining recent changes to the social media platform.
Travis Clark / Insider:
New York Times:
Sources: the US Treasury Department has been investigating US-based crypto exchange Kraken since 2019 for potentially violating US sanctions on Iran and more  —  The Treasury Department is investigating whether the crypto exchange allowed users in Iran to buy and sell digital tokens, said people with knowledge of the matter.
Emily Baker-White / BuzzFeed News:
Four former ByteDance employees say the company promoted pro-China content to Americans in its now-defunct news app TopBuzz; ByteDance denies the claims  —  Former employees claim the company placed pieces of pro-China content in its now-defunct US news app, TopBuzz, and censored negative stories about the Chinese government.
The Verge:
As Mark Zuckerberg says “there are probably a bunch of people at the company who shouldn't be here” during a weekly Meta Q&A, a survey suggests staff anxiety  —  As Meta's growth slows, Mark Zuckerberg is pushing even harder.  Will his employees melt under the pressure?
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Unit 42: hackers typically scan for vulnerabilities within 15 minutes of a new CVE disclosure with the first active exploitation attempts observed within hours  —  System administrators have even less time to patch disclosed security vulnerabilities than previously thought …
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
A researcher finds messaging and calling app JusTalk left exposed a database with millions of users' conversations and call logs in plaintext since January 2022  —  Millions of conversations and call logs were stored in plaintext  —  Popular messaging app JusTalk left a huge database …
Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk:
Senators Toomey and Sinema introduce a bill to exempt crypto users from being taxed on transactions of under $50, similar to a bipartisan bill in the House  —  The top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee joined Democrat Kyrsten Sinema in legislation to exempt transactions of less than $50.
Vipal Monga / Wall Street Journal:
Memo: Shopify plans to cut ~1,000 workers, or 10% of its global workforce, citing consumers pulling back on online shopping; SHOP drops 15%+  —  CEO Tobi Lütke says company made wrong bet on pandemic-fueled boom in e-commerce growth lasting  —  Shopify Inc. SHOP -16.29%▼ …

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