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Amazon Reports Steady First Quarter Results, Including 9% Sales Growth

May 1, 2025 · 1:39pm PDT
The company also added new language to the financial guidance section of its earnings release, noting that “tariff and trade policies” could materially affect its performance.
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Roku Buys Live TV Subscription Streaming Service

May 1, 2025 · 1:38pm PDT
Roku is aiming to grow the part of its business where it generates revenue from subscriptions purchased by users from their Roku accounts.
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Microsoft Prepares to Host xAI’s Grok Model on Azure

May 1, 2025 · 11:13am PDT
Meanwhile, Microsoft AI developers have been testing out ways to swap out OpenAI’s models in its Copilot chatbot for xAI models in recent months.
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Microsoft Raises Xbox Prices 20% as Tariffs Drive Up Cost of Development

May 1, 2025 · 6:51am PDT
Microsoft said the increases are are due to “market conditions and the rising cost of development."
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Tesla Chair Denies Report on Plans to Look for New CEO

Apr 30, 2025 · 8:45pm PDT
The board contacted several executive search firms about possibly replacing the Tesla CEO.
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Judge Blasts Apple For Violating Antitrust Ruling

Apr 30, 2025 · 6:01pm PDT
The ruling was the latest twist in the longrunning Epic Games lawsuit against Apple over its App Store policies.
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Exclusive: Glean Nears $7 Billion Valuation in Wellington-Led Round

Apr 30, 2025 · 2:54pm PDT
The deal would indicate investors are still willing to pay high prices for fast-growing artificial intelligence startups despite stock volatility that threatened to cool dealmaking.
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Glean Nears $7 Billion Valuation in Wellington-Led Round

Apr 30, 2025 · 2:53pm PDT
The deal would indicate investors are still willing to pay high prices for fast-growing artificial intelligence startups despite stock volatility that threatened to cool dealmaking.
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Amazon to Open Dozens of Warehouses in Rural Expansion

Apr 30, 2025 · 2:51pm PDT
The announcement comes one day after United Parcel Service said it planned to lay off 20,000 employees and close 73 facilities as it handles fewer Amazon packages.
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Ripple Had Offered to Buy Circle

Apr 30, 2025 · 2:04pm PDT
Ripple’s bid to buy Circle for $4 billion to $5 billion was rejected, Bloomberg reports.
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Exclusive: Tesla’s Head of Battery Architecture Departs

Apr 30, 2025 · 2:03pm PDT
Vineet Mehta is the latest senior battery executive to leave Elon Musk's EV maker as the company pivots away from EVs and to robots and Robotaxis.
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Meta’s Revenue Rises 16% in the First Quarter

Apr 30, 2025 · 1:36pm PDT
Meta also increased its estimate for capital expenditures this year to $64 billion to $72 billion.
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Microsoft Reports 13% Revenue Growth, Faster Cloud Growth Than Expected

Apr 30, 2025 · 1:19pm PDT
The company’s capital expenditures were $21.4 billion in the most recent quarter, slightly down from $22.3 billion in the quarter prior.
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Visa Launches AI Agent Payments Tools

Apr 30, 2025 · 12:49pm PDT
The launch follows a similar release by Mastercard earlier this week.
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Meta Delayed Reasoning Version of Llama 4

Apr 30, 2025 · 10:35am PDT
Meta previously delayed other versions of Llama 4 over performance problems during its development.
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Sundar Pichai and Tim Cook Talked About Gemini Deal, Pichai Says

Apr 30, 2025 · 8:06am PDT
Cook wanted to understand Google’s AI roadmap, Pichai testified, and as part of that the two discussed Google’s plans for distributing Gemini’s app.
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Waymo and Toyota Explore Autonomous Car Partnership

Apr 30, 2025 · 1:16am PDT
The partnership could result in Toyotas in Waymo's fleet of self-driving cars.
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Google Security Executive Says Google Can Best Safeguard Chrome

Apr 29, 2025 · 2:29pm PDT · 1 comment
A senior Google executive testified that forcing Google to share data or spin off its Chrome browser, as the Justice Department has proposed, would jeopardize user security.
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Snap Shares Fall on Q2 ‘Headwinds’

Apr 29, 2025 · 1:59pm PDT
Snapchat grew revenue, but couldn’t provide second-quarter guidance due to macroeconomic uncertainty.
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Thrive Capital Launches Vehicle to Buy and Hold Businesses

Apr 29, 2025 · 12:57pm PDT
Venture firms, such as General Catalyst and 8VC, have pursued a similar strategy of investing services that usually don't get VC backing.