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Emil Protalinski

@epro.social
83 posts
2024-02-02
$AAPL Q1 2024  —  Revenue up 2% to $119.6 billion  —  Net income up 13% to $33.9 billion  —  iPhone revenue up 6%  —  Mac revenue up 1%  —  iPad revenue down 25%  —  Wearables/Home/Accessories revenue down 11%  —  Services revenue up 11% [embedded post]
2024-02-02 View on X
Apple

Apple reports Q1 revenue up 2% YoY to $119.6B, net income up 13% to $33.9B, Americas net sales up 2% to $50.4B, and Europe net sales up 10% to $30.4B

Services revenue reaches new all-time record EPS up 16 percent to new all-time high  —  Apple® today announced financial results …

$AMZN Q4 2023:  —  Revenue up 14% to $170.0 billion  —  Net income up 3433% to $10.6 billion  —  AWS up 13%  —  Subscriptions up 14%  —  Advertising services up 27%  —  North American sales up 13%  —  International sales up 17%  —  Employees down 1% to 1,525,000 [embedded post]
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Amazon

Amazon Q4: revenue up 14% YoY to $170B, net income of $10.6B vs. $0.3B YoY, operating income of $13.2B, and subscription revenue up 14% to $10.5B; AMZN up 5%+

Revenue up 14% to $170.0 billion  —  Net income up 3433% to $10.6 billion  —  AWS up 13%  —  Subscriptions up 14%  —  Advertising services up 27%  —  North American sales up 13%  —...

$META Q4 2023  —  Revenue up 25% to $40.1B  —  Net income up 201% to $14.0B  —  Family of Apps revenue up 24%  —  Reality Labs revenue up 47%  —  Reality Labs loss up 9%  —  Family DAP up 8% to 3.19B  —  Family MAP up 6% to 3.98B  —  Facebook DAUs up 6% to 2.11B  —  Facebook MAUs up 6% to 3.07B …
2024-02-02 View on X
Meta

Meta reports Q4 revenue up 25% YoY to $40.1B, net income up 201% YoY to $14B, and family daily active people up 8% YoY to 3.19B for December 2023

Meta Platforms (META Quick Quote META - Free Report) … Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal : Facebook Parent Meta Initiates Dividend as Growth Continues Jonathan Vanian / CNBC...

2024-01-31
$MSFT Q2 2024  —  Revenue up 18% to $62.0 billion  —  Net income up 33% to $21.9 billion  —  Azure up 30%  —  Office Commercial up 15%  —  Office 365 Commercial up 17%  —  Office Consumer up 5%  —  LinkedIn up 9%  —  Windows OEM up 11%  —  Windows Commercial up 9%  —  Devices down 9% …
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Microsoft

Microsoft reports Q2 revenue up 18% YoY to $62B, net income up 33% YoY to $21.9B, Office Commercial revenue up 15% YoY, and LinkedIn revenue up 9% YoY

REDMOND, Wash. — January 30, 2024 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended December 31, 2023 …

$GOOG Q4 2023  —  Revenue up 13% to $86.3 billion  —  Net income up 52% to $20.7 billion  —  Google Cloud up 26%  —  YouTube up 16%  —  Other Bets up 191%  —  Other Bets losses down 30%  —  Traffic Acquisitions Costs up 8%  —  Employees down 4% to 182,502 [embedded post]
2024-01-31 View on X
Alphabet

Alphabet reports Q4 revenue up 13% YoY to $86B, net income up 52% to $20.7B, Google Cloud revenue up 26% to $9.2B, and headcount down 4%+; GOOG drops 5%+

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - January 30, 2024 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

2024-01-05
The Windows key is useful not just because it can open the Start menu, but because you can use it as part of a key combo for shortcuts to Windows features and functions.  If the Copilot key is going to stick around, Microsoft better have plans for it do more than just launch Copilot.  [embedded post]
2024-01-05 View on X
The Verge

Microsoft unveils a Copilot keyboard key, shipping in new PCs and laptops from its partners, the first major change to the PC keyboard layout in nearly 30 years

adds dedicated AI Copilot key to all future PCs Lily Polanco / New.blicio.us : Windows PCs Get Dedicated AI Key as Microsoft Bakes Copilot into Hardware Sharon Goldman / VentureBea...

2024-01-04
I've always found it odd, and frustrating, that I can get internet service from more companies than I can get cell service.  I support anything that could break the mobile carrier monopoly.  It seems wild to go to space for more internet and cell service competition, but I'm open to whatever it takes. …
2024-01-04 View on X
Bloomberg

SpaceX launches its first six Starlink satellites capable of offering mobile phone service as part of its Direct to Cell service in partnership with T-Mobile US

On Tuesday, January 2 at 7:44 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 21 Starlink satellites … T-Mobile : First SpaceX Satellites Launch for Breakthrough Direct to Cell Service with T-Mobile Je...

Here's something you don't see every day: Layoffs followed by the stock falling.  [embedded post]
2024-01-04 View on X
CNBC

Xerox plans to cut 15% of its workforce as part of a restructuring; the company had ~20,500 employees as of December 31, 2022, per an SEC filing; XRX drops 12%+

Xerox has been shrinking for years so this may not be a surprise to many.  —  https://www.cnbc.com/... Bluesky: Emil Protalinski / @epro.social : Here's something you don't see eve...

2024-01-02
It doesn't matter if someone isn't in the driver's seat or even in the car: the owner is responsible.  This legal approach should be standardized across borders if we're ever going to have driverless cars replace human drivers.  [embedded post]
2024-01-02 View on X
NBC News

California laws leave driverless vehicles immune from traffic tickets, while Texas and Arizona rewrote traffic laws to issue tickets to AV owners for violations

even if they crash: report Christianna Silva / Mashable : California self-driving cars exempt from traffic tickets Bluesky: Emil Protalinski / @epro.social : It doesn't matter if s...

2023-12-29
Microsoft is going to hurt the Surface brand with AI gimmicks.  I understand the desire to hype up a device's neural processing unit but until the NPU can do something that truly makes a device stand out, this is a waste of marketing dollars.  Every laptop can run ChatGPT—you're not fooling anyone. …
2023-12-29 View on X
Windows Central

Sources: Microsoft readies a Surface Pro 10 and a Surface Laptop 6 for spring 2024, with Intel and ARM variants, improved designs, and next-gen AI PC marketing

https://www.windowscentral.com/ ...  [image] Bluesky: Emil Protalinski / @epro.social : Microsoft is going to hurt the Surface brand with AI gimmicks.  I understand the desire to h...

2023-12-28
This is more than just a simple copyright case.  Sure, there is money that can be potentially won, but this is a strategic lawsuit more than a cash grab.  The New York Times is likely trying to gain leverage and create precedent for itself and media organizations everywhere.  [embedded post]
2023-12-28 View on X
New York Times

The NYT sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, alleging they used millions of its articles to train AI, the first major US media outlet to sue

community responds Gaurav Girotra / Tech in Asia : NYT files copyright suit against OpenAI, Microsoft Jacob Oliver / CryptoSlate : New York Times sues Microsoft, OpenAI for alleged...

2023-12-27
Microsoft Copilot for Android and iOS gives users access to GPT-4 and DALL-E 3 for free, which undercuts ChatGPT Plus.  As OpenAI's biggest investor, Microsoft benefits from more ChatGPT Plus subscribers.  —  What's the strategy here... make OpenAI the default base AI layer, regardless of the costs? [embedded post]
2023-12-27 View on X
Windows Latest

Microsoft launches Microsoft Copilot for Android, a free ChatGPT-like app that supports GPT-4 and DALL-E 3; sources say an iOS version should arrive soon

What's the strategy here... make OpenAI the default base AI layer, regardless of the costs? [embedded post] X: Parker Ortolani / @parkerortolani : rare instance of an app coming to...

2023-12-23
What if Beeper breaks Apple's iMessage dam?  —  Either Apple keeps plugging these tiny holes and Beeper Mini turns out to be a big nothingburger, or Beeper becomes the company that accidentally led to Apple making a slew of changes for one of the iPhone's biggest differentiators.  [embedded post]
2023-12-23 View on X
New York Times

Sources: the US DOJ, which has an ongoing four-year-old probe into Apple's alleged anticompetitive behavior, has taken interest in Apple blocking Beeper Mini

Beeper Mini is officially giving up Federal Trade Commission : Interoperability, Privacy, & Security Beeper Blog : Beeper - Moving Forward Lauren Goode / Wired : A number of activi...

2023-12-22
It always comes down to money.  If the Nazi content was not helpful to Substack's bottom line, Substack would suddenly find the moral high ground.  —  This won't change until:  —  platforming and monetizing Nazis stops being lucrative  —  OR  —  Substack becomes incredibly profitable and discovers it has a backbone [embedded post]
2023-12-22 View on X
The Verge

Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie doubles down on not moderating Nazi content, after 200+ authors criticize the company for “platforming and monetizing Nazis”

More than 200 Substack authors asked the platform to explain why it's “platforming and monetizing Nazis,” …

2023-12-18
Studios have softened their do-not-sell-to-Netflix stances.  They are holding back their most popular content, but Netflix doesn't care.  —  Look at what Netflix did with Suits, which topped Nielsen ratings charts for a record 12 weeks and became Netflix's “most-watched acquired series in a single week.” …
2023-12-18 View on X
Bloomberg

Streaming TV appears to have entered its franchise era; Netflix plans spinoffs of the Addams Family, Peaky Blinders, and action movie Extraction, among others

Sequels and prequels have already taken over the movie business.  Now they're coming for TV.  —  Good afternoon from Los Angeles …

Studios have softened their do-not-sell-to-Netflix stances.  They are holding back their most popular content, but Netflix doesn't care.  —  Look at what Netflix did with Suits, which topped Nielsen ratings charts for a record 12 weeks and became Netflix's “most-watched acquired series in a single week.” …
2023-12-18 View on X
New York Times

Disney, WBD, and other studios are licensing more content to Netflix in return for much-needed cash, but are holding back their most popular movies and shows

2023-12-15
Whoa, looks like Google just beat OpenAI to an LLM that does math.  —  Google's announcement is going to put pressure on OpenAI to talk about Q*, its new model that was reportedly “able to solve math problems that it hadn't seen before.”  [embedded post]
2023-12-15 View on X
MIT Technology Review

Google DeepMind's FunSearch model cracks the unsolved cap set problem in pure mathematics, the first time an LLM has solved a long-standing scientific puzzle

outsmarting humans Maximilian Schreiner / The Decoder : Google DeepMind's FunSearch cracks mathematical puzzles with a LLM Davide Castelvecchi / Nature : DeepMind AI outdoes human ...

Hell yeah Google, give me Pixie.  This is one of the reasons I have a Pixel phone: to try new Google features before Google inevitably kills them.  [embedded post]
2023-12-15 View on X
The Information

Sources: Google plans to use Gemini across nearly its entire line of products and in Pixie, an upcoming AI assistant that will be exclusive to its Pixel devices

2023-12-13
I hope these smart glasses are available to test at CES.  I'll never forgive Meta for the News Feed, which screwed up Facebook, then social media, and then society.  —  But this is cool sci-fi shit that I want to try:  —  “Hey, Meta.  Take a look at this and tell me which of these teas is caffeine-free.” …
2023-12-13 View on X
CNET

Meta adds multimodal AI to its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses as an early access beta in the US, letting Meta AI answer voice queries by taking and analyzing photos

I tried these Ray-Ban AI glasses, and they're pretty wild.  Here's how the experimental feature works.  —  “Hey, Meta.

2023-12-11
How many will leave X as a result of this latest move?  Nowhere near 29.9%.  [embedded post]
2023-12-11 View on X
Associated Press

X lifts the permanent ban on Infowars host Alex Jones, after Elon Musk conducted a 24-hour poll, resulting in 70.1% voting in favor of restoring Jones' account

the InfoWars host, and Sandy Hook families' menace.  Critics of Elon Musk's X, Tesla and auto industry bloggers including software developer Travis Brown, Plainsite founder Aaron G...