Apple to acquire the majority of Intel's smartphone modem business in a transaction valued at $1B
Cupertino and Santa Clara, California — Apple and Intel have signed an agreement for Apple to acquire the majority of Intel's smartphone modem business. Approximately 2,200 Intel employees …
Senate Intelligence Committee report acknowledges that Russia targeted election systems in all 50 states in 2016, but key lessons for 2020 were redacted
WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee concluded Thursday that election systems in all 50 states were targeted by Russia in 2016 …
Trump says Apple will not be given tariff waivers or relief for Mac Pro parts made in China, calls on Apple to build products in the US instead
KEY POINTS — President Trump said his administration will not provide waivers or relief for Apple products built in China.
Alphabet reports Q2 revenue of $38.9B, up 19% YoY, net income of $9.9B, up from $3.2B YoY, and a stock buyback of $25B; stock up 9%+
Alphabet Announces Second Quarter 2019 Results MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - July 25, 2019 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2019.
DOJ approves T-Mobile/Sprint merger; Dish will acquire Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Sprint's prepaid business, and “certain” spectrum assets as part of the deal
After over a year of waiting in regulatory limbo — The United States Justice Department has approved …
Source: Apple and Goldman Sachs's credit card is targeted to launch as early as the first half of August
- Card aims to bolster Apple services, push consumers to Goldman — The corporate pairing was ambitious, and at times awkward — Apple and Goldman Sachs's hotly anticipated …
SoftBank announces Vision Fund 2, will commit $38B to it with the goal of raising $108B; Apple, Microsoft, and others are expected to contribute
SoftBank Group Corp.'s founder Masayoshi Son launched a second Vision Fund, seeking to extend his reign as the world's most influential technology investor.
WhatsApp to roll out its payments service in India this year, after developing a system that stores data locally to comply with Reserve Bank of India's policy
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard sues Google for briefly suspending her Ads account after the first Democratic debate; Google says unusual activity triggered the suspension
Representative Tulsi Gabbard, the long-shot presidential candidate from Hawaii, said in a federal lawsuit that Google infringed …
Two antitrust academics say Chris Hughes joined them in meetings with the FTC, the DOJ, and state AGs to lay out a potential antitrust case against Facebook
Chris Hughes used to huddle with Mark Zuckerberg in a Harvard dorm room building Facebook from scratch.
Amazon reports Q2 revenue of $63.4B, up 20% YoY, net income of $2.6B, up from $2.5B in Q2 2018, and AWS revenue of $8.4B, up from $6.1B in Q2 2018
Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the provision … Tweets: @jeffersongraham : How to account for a $63.4B quarter? Amazon CEO chalks it up to faster delivery. ""Customers are responding to Prime's move to on...
In its Q2 earnings call, Google said its cloud business now has an $8B annual revenue run rate, up from the $4B the company reported in early 2018
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
Twitter Q2 earnings beat estimates with revenues of $841M, up 18% YoY, and 139M monetizable daily active users (mDAUs), up 14% YoY; stock up 10%+
KEY POINTS — Its the first quarterly report with a new measurement of engagement — monetizable daily active users (mDAUs).
Google says overall Pixel unit sales in Q2 doubled YoY, following the launch of the Pixel 3a in May
it's the magnitude https://twitter.com/...
Long Island Iced Tea Corp's pivot to blockchain in 2017 is being investigated by the FBI for insider trading and securities fraud, according to search warrants
Even during the heady days of the epic bitcoin bubble in 2017, Long Island Iced Tea Corp.'s pivot to blockchain was a particularly brash ploy to latch onto the crypto hype.
WhatsApp confirms it has more than 400M MAUs in India, its biggest market; according to research firm Counterpoint, India has about 450M smartphone users
WhatsApp has amassed more than 400 million users in India, the instant messaging app confirmed today, reaffirming its gigantic reach in its biggest market.
Inside Chris Hughes's campaign to break up Facebook, including meetings with a dozen lawmakers and regulators, sometimes on his own
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Q2 AWS sales grew 37% YoY, the first sub-40% growth rate since Amazon started sharing AWS figures; “other” revenue, mostly its ad business, was $3B, up 37% YoY
Amazon today reported earnings for its second fiscal quarter of 2019, including revenue of $63.4 billion …
Rather than directly engage in controversial contracts, Google continues to invest in military and police AI tech by funding companies through Gradient Ventures
Last year,Google faced internal revolt from many employees over its handling of Project Maven, a secretive contract between …
Australia's ACCC releases final report on anti-competitive behavior and market power of tech giants, offers 23 recommendations including a stronger Privacy Act
here's what it means for Google and Facebook Chris Pash / AdNews : ACCC makes 23 recommendations to protect consumers from Google and Facebook Byron Kaye / Reuters : Australia to set out proposals to ...
T-Mobile says it will not carry Samsung's Galaxy Fold when it is released in September; AT&T says it is still working with Samsung
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Study of YouTube channels with 250K+ subs in early 2019: a small share produce most of the content, kids videos do very well, and most videos aren't in English
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Uber is talking to a number of the major supermarkets around Europe, including Sainsbury's in the UK, about launching a grocery delivery service
Bloomberg :
Unity announces it is raising $525M from D1 Capital Partners, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Light Street Capital, others, doubling its valuation to $6B
Lucas Matney / TechCrunch :
Monotype, the font and imaging company, says it is being acquired by PE firm HGGC for $825M in an all-cash deal
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Google rolls out a new, AMP-powered Swipe to Visit feature for Google Images that lets users see a preview of the website header and swipe up to visit the page
Christine Fisher / Engadget :
FOIA docs show Ring required Lakeland, FL, police to advertise its surveillance cameras in exchange for free products and a portal for requesting footage
though I imagine the PDs see the whole program as a win. Public agencies shouldn't be (1) keeping agreements like this confidential and (2) giving a private company veto over any public discussions ab...
Livongo, which makes a platform to help people manage chronic conditions, raises $350M+ in its IPO, closing up 36% at $38.10 and valued at ~$3.6B
Christina Farr / CNBC :
Sources: Nubank, a Brazil-based digital bank, is raising $400M led by TCV in a deal that would value the company at more than $10B
Wall Street Journal :
Waymo and DeepMind say they are collaborating to develop better self-driving AI algorithms, using techniques inspired by evolutionary biology
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Ford's e-scooter rental startup Spin to launch in eight more cities in August, bringing it to 47 US markets in total, and wants to launch in 100 cities by 2020
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
9F, a Beijing-based online consumer lender, files for a US IPO seeking to raise $150M, says it had revenues of $824M for the 12 months ending March 31
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Intel beats with Q2 revenue of $16.5B, down 3% YoY, vs. $15.6B est., and Client Computing Group revenue of $8.84B, up 1% YoY
Jordan Novet / CNBC : Tweets: @markhachman Tweets: Mark Hachman / @markhachman : Intel reports profits of $4.2B (down 17%) on revenue of $16.5B (down 3%). Analysts (Yahoo Finance) expected $15.7 bill...
Health Catalyst, which provides data and analytics tech to healthcare organizations, raises $182M in its IPO, closing up 51% at $39.17 and now valued at ~$1.6B
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @wsj and @bryce Tweets: @wsj : Health-technology firms Livongo and Health Catalyst both priced their IPOs above their already-boosted projections and sold more stock tha...
Analysis: following Trump's “social media summit”, 15 attendees critical of social networks for alleged censorship gained a combined 197,000 Twitter followers
Drew Harwell / Washington Post : Tweets: @chrismegerian , @kimberlyeatkins , and @drewharwell Tweets: Chris Megerian / @chrismegerian : 1) Complain that you're censored by social media 2) Turn your c...
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