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| Alphabet: |
Alphabet reports Q2 revenue up 14% YoY to $96.43B, vs. $94B est., net income up 19% to $28.2B, operating income up 14% to $31.27B, and Services revenue up 12% — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - July 23, 2025 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025.
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| Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net: |
Alphabet reports YouTube's Q2 ad revenue rose 13% YoY to $9.8B, vs. $9.56B est., and Google's advertising revenue reached $71.3B, up from $64.6B a year ago — Key Points: — YouTube ad revenue rose to $9.8 billion in Q2 2025, up 13% compared to Q2 2024. — Alphabet's total revenue climbed 14% to $96.4 billion.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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| Bloomberg: |
The White House unveils the AI Action Plan, seeking to have tech dominance over China, including proposals to revamp permitting for AI infrastructure projects — President Donald Trump signed executive orders to put in motion a new White House plan to boost artificial intelligence development …
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| Financial Times: |
The Trump administration plans to vet AI models for “ideological bias” and limit government contracts to tech companies whose models offer “objective truth” — Federal government will only do business with tech companies whose models offer ‘objective truth’
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| Deadline: |
At an All-In Podcast summit, President Trump said forcing AI firms to pay for each copyrighted work is “not doable”, calling for “common sense” AI and IP rules — Donald Trump said that AI companies can't be expected to pay for the use of copyrighted content in their systems …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google adds new features to Google Photos, including a Veo 2-powered photo-to-video tool and a Remix tool that applies styles like anime and sketches to photos — Photo-to-video lets you take an existing still image in your library and transform it into a “dynamic” six-second clip … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
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LinkedIn: Vadim Lavrusik, Guohui, and Colin Smith
| Google DeepMind: |
Google DeepMind unveils Aeneas, an AI model for contextualizing ancient Latin inscriptions, to help historians interpret, attribute, and restore text fragments — Introducing the first model for contextualizing ancient inscriptions, designed to help historians better interpret, attribute and restore fragmentary texts.| Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
The Wireless Power Consortium launches faster Qi2 25W wireless charging, with “major Android smartphones” finally adopting the standard alongside the iPhone — But will Android support go further than the magnet-free Qi2 Ready? … The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) … | Hugh Son / CNBC: |
Goldman Sachs and BNY partner to let institutional investors purchase tokenized money market funds, with ownership recorded on Goldman's blockchain platform — Goldman Sachs and Bank of New York Mellon are set to announce that they've created the ability for institutional investors …
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| IGN: |
Circana: Nintendo Switch 2 is the fastest-selling video game device in US history, with 1.6M units sold in June, topping the PS4's 1.1M units in November 2013 — 1.6 million units were sold during its launch month in the U.S., and 82% of buyers also got Mario Kart World.
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
T-Mobile's Starlink-powered satellite service T-Satellite is now generally available as a standalone subscription for US users, not just T-Mobile customers — The service only supports texts and location sharing over satellite for now, but more features are on the way.
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
IBM reports Q2 revenue up 8% YoY to $16.98B, vs. $16.59B est., and software revenue up 10% YoY to $7.39B, vs. $7.49B est.; IBM drops 5%+ after hours — International Business Machines Corp. reported weaker-than-expected sales in its closely watched software segment, disappointing investors …
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| Muvija M / Reuters: |
The UK CMA proposes giving Apple and Google “strategic market status” in mobile platforms after its investigation identifies “opportunities for more innovation” — Britain's competition regulator said it plans to designate Apple (AAPL.O) and Google (GOOGL.O) …
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| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Uber plans to launch a pilot ride type that matches female riders and drivers in LA, San Francisco, and Detroit over the next few weeks, called “Women Drivers” — Uber Technologies Inc. is piloting a new ride type in the US that will match female riders and drivers …
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Meta debuts a prototype wristband to read electrical signals from forearm muscles, letting users control devices without touch, trained on 10K peoples' EMG data — When you write your name in the air, you can see the letters appear on your smartphone. — The prototype looks like a giant rectangular wristwatch.
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| Zach Vallese / CNBC: |
Meta introduces new safety features for teens, including enhanced DM protections, and removed 600K+ Instagram and Facebook accounts linked to predatory behavior — Meta on Wednesday introduced new safety features for teen users, including enhanced direct messaging protections to prevent “exploitative content.”
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| Dylan Butts / CNBC: |
SK Hynix reports Q2 revenue up 35% YoY to ~$16.2B vs. ~$14.9B est., operating profit up 68% to ~$6.7B vs. ~$6.5B est., and expects sustained HBM demand in 2025 — South Korea's SK Hynix on Thursday posted record operating profit and revenue in the second quarter on sustained demand …
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Ukraine arrests the suspected administrator of Russian-speaking hacking forum XSS.is at the Paris public prosecutor's request, with help from France and Europol — The suspected administrator of the Russian-speaking hacking forum XSS.is was arrested by the Ukrainian authorities yesterday …
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| Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg: |
Apple launches AppleCare One, an insurance plan that covers up to three devices for $20 per month, including battery replacements, accidental damage, and more — Apple Inc. is launching a new product-insurance plan that bundles coverage for as many as three devices, part of a broader effort to drum up subscription revenue.
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| Financial Times: |
Amazon shuts down its AWS Shanghai AI research lab, following similar moves by Microsoft, IBM, and other US tech companies to scale back China-based R&D efforts — US ecommerce group follows IBM and Microsoft in China pullback amid geopolitical tensions
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