The UK CMA blocks Microsoft's $68.7B Activision acquisition, citing concerns about competition and innovation in the UK gaming market; Microsoft plans to appeal
The CMA has prevented Microsoft's proposed purchase of Activision over concerns the deal would alter the future …
Alphabet reports Q1 revenue up 3% YoY to $69.8B, net income down 8% YoY to $15.1B, Other Bets revenue down 35% YoY to $288M, and Other Bets loss up 47% YoY
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - April 25, 2023 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023.
A look at the mounting US pressure on Binance: the DOJ's money laundering division leading its criminal investigation, CZ hiring Latham & Watkins, and more
The scrutiny on Binance, the giant cryptocurrency exchange, has sent new tremors through a market that is still bruised by the implosion of FTX.
Microsoft reports Q3 revenue up 7% YoY to $52.9B, net income up 9% YoY to $18.3B, Office Commercial up 13% YoY, Dynamics 365 up 25% YoY, and LinkedIn up 8% YoY
REDMOND, Wash. — April 25, 2023 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 …
Voyager Digital says Binance.US terminated an agreement to acquire the bankrupt crypto broker for $1B, less than a week after the US abandoned stopping the deal
Yueqi Yang / Bloomberg :
Google Cloud turns profitable for the first time on record, with a $191M operating income on $7.45B revenue in Q1 2023, vs. a $706M loss on $5.82B in Q1 2022
There are a few debates currently brewing within … TechRadar : Google Cloud has finally made a profit for the first time Simon Sharwood / The Register : Google Cloud makes its first profit, 15 years a...
Sources: Apple is working on emotion tracking tools, coming to its Health app in 2023, and an AI-powered health coaching subscription service codenamed Quartz
Apple Inc. is working on an artificial intelligence-powered health coaching service and new technology for tracking emotions …
Microsoft reports Q3 Windows OEM revenue down 28% YoY, devices revenue down 30% YoY, overall gaming revenue down 4% YoY, and Xbox hardware revenue down 30% YoY
Tom Warren / The Verge :
Hands-on with Asus' ROG Ally, a handheld Windows gaming machine launching May 11 that can be a strong Steam Deck competitor depending on the price and software
I had a fun time testing this device, but everything's going to come down to price. … Basically everything written about Asus …
Alphabet reports Q1 Google ad revenue of $54.55B, vs. $54.66B YoY, the second straight decline after a 3.6% drop in Q4 2022, and the third since going public
Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal :
Microsoft reports Q3 Intelligent Cloud revenue up 16% YoY to $22.08B, vs. $21.94B est., with Azure and other cloud services revenue up 27% YoY
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
YouTube's advertising revenue declined for the third consecutive quarter, by 2.6% YoY to $6.69B in Q1 2023, slightly beating analyst estimates of $6.6B
Todd Spangler / Variety :
The US Commerce Department outlines plans to boost chip R&D via its new National Semiconductor Technology Center; the CHIPS Act allocated $11B for R&D
The Biden administration announced its strategy for the National Semiconductor Technology Center, a string of facilities aimed at propelling U.S. innovation.
Lenovo announces the Lenovo ThinkPhone by Motorola, available for $699 with ThinkPad-compatible productivity features, coming first to enterprise on April 28
The Lenovo ThinkPhone by Motorola is available in the US starting today for $699, offering a suite of productivity features designed to work with ThinkPad laptops.
A look at the waning crypto hype in Africa, as consumer trust fades, startups shut down, and Web3 workers reconsider their careers after FTX's fallout
Trust is fading, startups are shutting down, and Web3 workers are reconsidering their career choices. — • LAGOS, NIGERIA
Sources: Andy Jassy picks 14-year Amazon veteran Eric Rimling as his technical adviser, a coveted two-year position; Jassy was Bezos' adviser in the early 2000s
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has picked Eric Rimling, a 14-year veteran of the company's fulfillment operation, as his new technical adviser …
Bosch plans to buy US chipmaker TSI Semiconductors and invest $1.5B+ in its Roseville, California foundry, aiming to make silicon carbide chips there by 2026
Robert Bosch GmbH is acquiring US chipmaker TSI Semiconductors and plans to invest more than $1.5 billion in its California foundry …
Inside Meta's scramble to catch up on AI: slow to adopt pricey AI-optimized systems, scrapping a custom AI chip for a more ambitious model in 2025, and more
As the summer of 2022 came to a close, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gathered his top lieutenants for a five-hour dissection …
TikTok Shop is thriving in Indonesia, TikTok's second-biggest market with an estimated 110M users; Data.ai: the Shop seller app has ~5.5M Indonesian downloads
TikTok Shop, the controversial app's ambitious next phase, has caught fire in Indonesia. “This is truly the year of TikTok,” says one seller. Tweets: @juokaz , @shiraovide , and @cengizyar Tweets: @j...
Coinbase asks a US federal court to compel the SEC to respond to a petition the company filed in July 2022 asking 50 questions to help clarify crypto regulation
instead of simply swooping in w/ vague and spotty enforcement actions, which has chilling and hostile effect on the space. When you can't get a clear answer on a narrow question, force their hand 👏👏 h...
PricewaterhouseCoopers plans to invest $1B in generative AI in its US operations over the next three years, working with Microsoft and OpenAI
Multiyear investment in U.S. business includes accessing ChatGPT maker OpenAI's language model, training staff in AI capabilities
Alphabet's board authorizes a $70B buyback of the company's Class A and Class C shares, the same amount the board authorized for repurchase in April 2022
After President Biden's reelection campaign announcement, the Republican National Committee posts an attack ad featuring AI-generated images, including of Biden
OpenAI now lets ChatGPT users turn off their chat histories, excluding them from the company's models, and plans to launch ChatGPT Business in the coming months
here's how to do it Pranav Dixit / Business Today : OpenAI's ChatGPT announces new plan, introduces incognito mode to address privacy concerns Riley Kaminer / Refresh Miami : Lucyd is bringing ChatGPT...
How Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith, a fair use case before SCOTUS, could impact how copyright law is applied to what AI tools can do with human-made works
and all the people, and tools, that turn to it for protection.The Andy Warhol Copyright Case That Could Transform Generative AI https://www.wired.com/... Touradj Ebrahimi / @touradjebrahimi : What War...
Q&A with Lightspark CEO David Marcus on the current crypto winter, Lightning as a Layer 2 protocol, raising ~$175M, Libra, Nostr, Bitcoin, regulations, and more
Crypto has a lot of haters these days. The former Facebook exec is trying to prove them wrong with his Bitcoin startup. Tweets: @rjcc , @rjcc , and @davidmarcus Tweets: Richard Lawler / @rjcc : Don't...
Experts say China's mostly government-led metaverse efforts are less about consumer activities and more about supporting the country's economy and industry
The government wants the metaverse to be less about having fun and shopping and more about health care and industry.
TikTok appears to be working on a feature that will let users create AI-generated profile pictures similar to Prisma Labs' Lensa app
Jay Peters / The Verge :
US agency officials, including the FTC's Lina Kahn and the EEOC's Charlotte Burrows, commit to enforcing civil rights laws against AI systems perpetuating bias
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post :
In the latest macOS Ventura beta, Apple removes the Virtual Scanner II app that included Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin whitepaper and shipped with Mojave and newer
Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac :
SK Hynix reports a ~$2.5B operating loss in Q1 2023, its biggest quarterly loss yet, surpassing the ~$1.4B loss in Q4 2022, and revenue down 58.1% YoY to ~$3.8B
Kim Jaewon / Nikkei Asia :
Experts say 5G's next iteration, 5.5G, could help autonomous cars, drones, and more, but everyday users may not see many applications beyond faster speeds
Dan Strumpf / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @adrianweckler and @tcrawford Tweets: Adrian Weckler / @adrianweckler : 5G was a huge disappointment. 5.5G will be here in 18 months. And experts are alrea...
News sharing app Artifact adds an AI tool to generate article summaries, while noting users should still read the full articles due to occasional errors
very slick! Tweets: @artifact_news : Now available on Artifact: Summaries Tool. Use AI to summarize articles before diving in and reading. For fun we even added different summary styles (emoji-only, G...
Twitter says governments globally made ~53K content removal requests in H1 2022, and the company had users remove 6.5M+ pieces of content, up 29% from H2 2021
Sheila Dang / Reuters :
Nick Clegg says TikTok operating in the US, while China bars Meta, isn't “a level playing field”, and new tech like AI shouldn't be based on “autocratic values”
Bloomberg :
India's commerce minister urges e-commerce companies to use their marquee apps to join the Open Network for Digital Commerce or the network will exclude them
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
Sources: Tencent is boosting investment in gaming studios abroad, primarily in Europe, to diversify away from China despite the improving regulatory conditions
Financial Times :
Apple took 49% of the global refurbished smartphone market in 2022, as refurbished iPhone sales grew 16% YoY; Samsung had 26%, Oppo 3%, Vivo 3%, and Huawei 2%
Glen Cardoza / Counterpoint Research :
Alibaba Cloud plans to cut its core product costs by 15% to 50% on May 7; Alibaba has 200K+ requests from businesses for the beta of its Tongyi Qianwen AI model
Bloomberg :
GM's Cruise expands its “small” fleet of driverless robotaxis in San Francisco to daylight hours, now operating 24/7; the unit lost $561M in Q1 2023, up 73% YoY
Replit, which offers AI-powered collaborative coding tools, raised $97.4M at a $1.2B valuation and says its IDE has 22.5M users, up from 10M+ in December 2021
Yelp announces a series of updates, including AI-powered search suggestions and review highlights and the ability to upload short videos up to 12 seconds long
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch :
CCData: Coinbase's trading volume falls to $26.8B in April 2023 so far, on track for its lowest monthly level in 16 months, despite bitcoin and ether rallies
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