Journals

Jon Swartz / MarketWatch: eBay reports Q4 revenue up 2% YoY to $2.56B, vs. $2.51B est., GMV up 2% to $18.6B, and net income up 8% to $728M, and announces an additional $2B stock buyback  —  EBay Inc.’s stock was… Read More »eBay reports Q4 revenue up 2% YoY to $2.56B, vs. $2.51B est., GMV up 2% to $18.6B, and net income up 8% to $728M, and announces an additional $2B stock buyback (Jon Swartz/MarketWatch)

Jem Aswad / Variety: TikTok removes all songs published by Universal Music Publishing Group, expanding a licensing spat; at first only songs owned or distributed by UMG were removed  —  The bruising battle over royalties between Universal Music Group and… Read More »TikTok removes all songs published by Universal Music Publishing Group, expanding a licensing spat; at first only songs owned or distributed by UMG were removed (Jem Aswad/Variety)

Paul Alcorn / Tom’s Hardware: Leaked presentation: Intel’s 14A process is slated for production in 2026, and its previously unannounced Intel 10A, its first 1nm chip, is set for late 2027  —  Single-digit nanometer chips to arrive in late 2027. … Read More »Leaked presentation: Intel’s 14A process is slated for production in 2026, and its previously unannounced Intel 10A, its first 1nm chip, is set for late 2027 (Paul Alcorn/Tom’s Hardware)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is winding down Project Titan, its decade-long effort to make an electric car; employees on some car teams will move to Apple’s AI division  —  – Executives tell staff to wind down work on… Read More »Sources: Apple is winding down Project Titan, its decade-long effort to make an electric car; employees on some car teams will move to Apple’s AI division (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Samantha Cole / 404 Media: Internal docs: Tumblr staff compiled users’ data in preparation for deals where Automattic would sell the data to OpenAI and Midjourney to train AI tools  —  Internal documents obtained by 404 Media show that Tumblr… Read More »Internal docs: Tumblr staff compiled users’ data in preparation for deals where Automattic would sell the data to OpenAI and Midjourney to train AI tools (Samantha Cole/404 Media)

Mark Stenberg / Adweek: Docs: Google is paying a handful of independent publishers a five-figure sum for one year to use an unreleased suite of generative AI tools to post stories  —  In exchange for a five-figure sum, publishers must… Read More »Docs: Google is paying a handful of independent publishers a five-figure sum for one year to use an unreleased suite of generative AI tools to post stories (Mark Stenberg/Adweek)

Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal: Cox Enterprises is buying OpenGov in a deal valuing the company, which provides cloud software for cities and state agencies, at $1.8B  —  Cable giant is buying OpenGov, a provider of software for cities… Read More »Cox Enterprises is buying OpenGov in a deal valuing the company, which provides cloud software for cities and state agencies, at $1.8B (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Sonos delays its launch of $449 headphones to June, a month later than previously hoped, after hitting software snags, and aims to make up to 1M units  —  – Company anticipates shipping $449 product in… Read More »Sources: Sonos delays its launch of $449 headphones to June, a month later than previously hoped, after hitting software snags, and aims to make up to 1M units (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Blake Brittain / Reuters: Filing: OpenAI asks a US federal judge to dismiss parts of NYT’s copyright suit, alleging it “paid someone to hack OpenAI’s products” and violated OpenAI’s TOS  —  OpenAI has asked a federal judge to dismiss parts… Read More »Filing: OpenAI asks a US federal judge to dismiss parts of NYT’s copyright suit, alleging it “paid someone to hack OpenAI’s products” and violated OpenAI’s TOS (Blake Brittain/Reuters)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Appfigures: Threads sees triple the daily downloads of X on iOS globally and over double the number of installs on Google Play, widening the gap late last year  —  Although an app’s downloads aren’t an exact… Read More »Appfigures: Threads sees triple the daily downloads of X on iOS globally and over double the number of installs on Google Play, widening the gap late last year (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)