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Amazon Q3: revenue up 13% YoY to $143.1B, net income up 244% to $9.9B, operating income up 343% to $11.2B, subscription revenue up 14% to $10.2B; AMZN jumps 6%+ — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2023.| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon Q3: ad services revenue up 26% YoY to $12.1B, vs. $11.6B est., North American sales up 11% YoY to $87.9B, and International sales up 16% YoY to $32.1B — - Amazon blew past analyst expectations for revenue and earnings in the third quarter. — Revenue climbed 13% in the third quarter …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
AWS Q3: sales up 12% YoY to $23.06B, vs. $23.2B est., operating income up 29% YoY to $6.98B, vs. $5.63B est., operating margin of 30.3%, the widest in two years — - Amazon Web Services widened its operating profit margin, delivering higher operating income than expected, but revenue came in a bit light.
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Microsoft publishes a profile of Octo Tempest, a “dangerous” hacking group targeting organizations across tech, gaming, financial services, and other sectors — Microsoft has published a detailed profile of a native English-speaking threat actor with advanced social engineering capabilities …
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In a testimony without the jury present, SBF says he followed the counsel of lawyers to make critical decisions around passing FTX customer money to Alameda — Former crypto billionaire blames lawyers as court hears first snippets of testimony without jury present
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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Cruise pauses all driverless operations two days after the California DMV suspended its permits, but will continue operating supervised autonomous vehicles — Cruise said Thursday evening it has paused all driverless operations, a decision that comes just two days after the California Department …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI forms Preparedness, a new team to assess, evaluate, and probe AI models to protect against “catastrophic risks”, including biological and nuclear threats — OpenAI today announced that it's created a new team to assess, evaluate and probe AI models to protect against what it describes as “catastrophic risks.”
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| Casey Hall / Reuters: |
Documents: Shein and PDD's Temu file joint declarations in the US to end their legal fights, asking judges to dismiss the cases “without prejudice” — Fierce rivals Shein and PDD Holdings-owned (PDD.O) Temu have applied to end their legal fights with each other in the U.S. …
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| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Businesses are using SEO-driven names like Thai Food Near Me and Dentist Near Me to optimize for Google Search, but the scheme is likely technically ineffective — Thai Food Near Me, Dentist Near Me, Notary Near Me, Plumber Near Me — businesses across the country picked names meant to outsmart Google Search.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Filing: Tata Group acquires the India unit of Apple manufacturer Wistron for $125M; an Indian IT minister says Tata will make iPhones for the global market — Tata Group will start making iPhones in India for the local and global markets, India's Deputy IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Friday … | Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters: |
The UN creates a 39-member body, including tech executives, government officials, and academics, to examine issues in the international governance of AI — The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday announced the creation of a 39-member advisory body to address issues … | Counterpoint Research: |
Chinese smartphones sales fell 3% YoY in Q3; Honor leads with 18.3%, Huawei grew the most, up 37% YoY, after the Mate 60's launch, and Apple dropped 10% YoY — - In Q3 2023, smartphone sales in China declined 3% YoY in a sign the market could be closer to bottoming out.
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| Chavi Mehta / Reuters: |
Intel Q3: revenue down 8% YoY to $14.2B, Data Center and AI Group revenue down 10% YoY to $3.8B, and forecasts Q4 revenue above estimates; INTC jumps 10%+ — Intel (INTC.O) forecast fourth-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Thursday, optimistic of a healthy rebound in client orders …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
What to expect from Apple's “Scary Fast” event on Monday: high-end MacBook Pros with M3 Pro and M3 Max, new 24-inch iMac with M3, and USB-C accessories — The company is poised to introduce computers with speedier chips. — Apple Inc.'s last product unveiling of the year kicks off on Monday …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources detail the rushed timeline for the UK's AI Summit, its expanded scope, which now covers everything from healthcare to deepfakes, and more — Global political leaders and tech executives will gather in UK next week to discuss risks of new technology| Evelyn Cheng / CNBC: |
Huawei reports Q3 revenue up 1% YoY to ~$19.9B, revenue for Q1 to Q3 2023 up 2.4% YoY to ~$62.3B, and a 16% profit margin in Q1 to Q3, up from 15% in H1 2023 — - Chinese tech giant Huawei reported revenue figures Friday that showed only a 1% increase in the third quarter from a year ago, according to CNBC calculations.
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