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Twitter plans to end free access to its API starting February 9, shuttering support for both v1.1 and v2, and will launch a “paid basic tier” instead  —  Twitter will discontinue offering free access to the Twitter API starting February 9 and will launch a paid version …
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Subrat Patnaik / Bloomberg:
After a big decline in 2022, Meta's stock has risen 72%+ since November 3, one of the S&P 500 Index's best-performing stocks, adding $200B+ to its market cap  —  A spectacular turnaround in Meta Platforms Inc.'s stock is bringing back flashes of Big Tech heydays.
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Q&A with ad expert Eric Seufert on Meta's Q4 report, rising ad load, ATT, Reels, the Google-Facebook duopoly, Amazon, EU regulation, Google's DOJ case, and more  —  An interview with Eric Seufert about Meta's earnings, the ATT recession, new European regulations, and the DOJ-Google antitrust case.
Meta:
Meta reports Q4 revenue down 4% YoY to $32.2B, net income down 55% YoY to $4.7B, and family daily active people up 5% YoY to 2.96B; stock jumps 24%+  —  Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022.
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's management theme for 2023 is the “Year of Efficiency” and emphasizes the company is aiming to “become a leader in generative AI”
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
Meta says Facebook had 2B daily active users at the end of Q4, after adding 16M DAUs; WhatsApp crossed 2B daily active users in October 2022
CNBC:
Meta reports $727M Reality Labs revenue in Q4, vs. $715.1M est., a $4.28B operating loss, vs. $4.36B est., a $13.72B loss in 2022, and expects a wider 2023 loss
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Meta increases its share repurchase authorization by $40B and says the company bought back $6.91B and $27.93B in stock in Q4 2022 and 2022, respectively
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Sony announces a beta version of Discord for the PlayStation 5 in the US, Canada, Japan, and the UK, adds Variable Refresh Rate support for 1440p, and more  —  Beta testers will be able to join Discord voice calls on a PS5 console in the US, Canada, Japan, and UK starting today.
Bloomberg:
Sony reports Q3 sales rose 13% YoY to ~$26.4B as operating profit drops 8% YoY to ~$3.3B, beating analyst estimates; PS5 sales were 7.1M, up from 4M YoY  —  Sony Group Corp. revised up its full-year profit outlook after earnings beat estimates and the company had its best quarter of PlayStation 5 sales.
Krystal Hu / Reuters:
UBS study: ChatGPT reached ~100M MAUs with ~13M daily unique visitors in January, two months after launch, becoming the fastest-growing consumer app ever  —  ChatGPT, the popular chatbot from OpenAI, is estimated to have reached 100 million monthly active users in January, just two months after launch …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Plus, a pilot plan with access in peak times, faster response times, and priority access to new features, in the US for $20 per month
Marissa Newman / Bloomberg:
Legal documents: Meta paid Bright Data to scrape data from other websites for years while publicly condemning the practice and suing companies over scraping  —  Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. for years paid a contractor to scrape data from other websites while publicly condemning …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has decided not to replace its VP of Industrial Design Evans Hankey; its core group of ~20 industrial designers will report to COO Jeff Williams  —  Apple Inc. has decided against naming a new executive to replace its departing top product designer, marking a stark shift …
Nicole Herskowitz / Microsoft 365 Blog:
Microsoft's Teams Premium hits general availability for $10 per user per month; AI-generated notes by OpenAI's GPT-3.5 are set to arrive “in the coming months”  —  As we face economic uncertainties and changes to work patterns, organizations are searching for ways to optimize …
Wall Street Journal:
TikTok's recent charm offensive, including the tour of its LA-based Transparency and Accountability Center, echoes Huawei's unsuccessful strategy in Europe  —  Chinese-owned app is taking steps that are similar to largely unsuccessful tactics used by the telecom giant  —  How TikTok Could Become a U.S. Company
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
Chainalysis plans to cut under 5% of its staff as part of a reorganization; in January, its CEO said the company plans to grow staff by 11% and expand globally  —  Chainalysis Inc., a company that specializes in tracking crypto transactions and the entities behind them, said it's made layoffs affecting less than 5% of staff.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Netflix says US password sharing rules haven't been set yet, removes rules from its US help page that said users must connect to a “primary Wi-Fi” every 31 days  —  Based on info sourced from Netflix's support pages, The Streamable reported on Tuesday details about its upcoming anti-password sharing efforts.
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A US judge dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit accusing Coinbase of selling unregistered securities and failing to register as a broker-dealer  —  A U.S. judge on Wednesday dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit by Coinbase Global Inc (COIN.O) customers who accused the cryptocurrency exchange …
Ali Breland / Mother Jones:
Kiwi Farms, a forum for online harassment campaigns, has managed to stay online after being dropped by Cloudflare, as posters congregate on Telegram and Discord  —  If you or someone you care about may be at risk of suicide, call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline …

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New York Times:
Court docs detail a smear campaign against actor Blake Lively via media articles and social media posts after she accused director Justin Baldoni of misconduct

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Jack Dunn / Variety:
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