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Alphabet reports Q4 revenue rose 13% YoY to $86B, net income rose 52% to $20.7B, Google Cloud revenue rose 26% to $9.2B, and headcount dropped 4%+ to 182,502 (Alphabet)

    Alphabet: Alphabet reports Q4 revenue rose 13% YoY to $86B, net income rose 52% to $20.7B, Google Cloud revenue rose 26% to $9.2B, and headcount dropped 4%+ to 182,502  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – January 30, 2024 – Alphabet Inc.… Read More »Alphabet reports Q4 revenue rose 13% YoY to $86B, net income rose 52% to $20.7B, Google Cloud revenue rose 26% to $9.2B, and headcount dropped 4%+ to 182,502 (Alphabet)

    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 (Microsoft)

      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… Read More »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 (Microsoft)

      Block begins layoffs under a previously disclosed plan to cut staff by up to 10%, by imposing an “absolute cap” of a 12,000 headcount, which was 13,000 in Q3’23 (Sam Kessler/CoinDesk)

        Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: Block begins layoffs under a previously disclosed plan to cut staff by up to 10%, by imposing an “absolute cap” of a 12,000 headcount, which was 13,000 in Q3’23  —  The company plans to drastically reduce… Read More »Block begins layoffs under a previously disclosed plan to cut staff by up to 10%, by imposing an “absolute cap” of a 12,000 headcount, which was 13,000 in Q3’23 (Sam Kessler/CoinDesk)

        In a letter to employees, PayPal says it plans to lay off around 2,500 employees, or about 9% of its workforce, and will cut back on open roles (Paige Smith/Bloomberg)

          Paige Smith / Bloomberg: In a letter to employees, PayPal says it plans to lay off around 2,500 employees, or about 9% of its workforce, and will cut back on open roles  —  – CEO Alex Chriss has vowed to… Read More »In a letter to employees, PayPal says it plans to lay off around 2,500 employees, or about 9% of its workforce, and will cut back on open roles (Paige Smith/Bloomberg)

          Adobe says it has “no plans to further invest” in its XD web-design product, which it put in “maintenance mode” at the outset of its now-scrapped Figma deal (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

            Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Adobe says it has “no plans to further invest” in its XD web-design product, which it put in “maintenance mode” at the outset of its now-scrapped Figma deal  —  – “No plans to further invest” in… Read More »Adobe says it has “no plans to further invest” in its XD web-design product, which it put in “maintenance mode” at the outset of its now-scrapped Figma deal (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

            A Microsoft engineer tells WA’s AG he found ways to exploit DALL-E 3 to make explicit images, reported it, but was then told to take down a public post about it (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

              Todd Bishop / GeekWire: A Microsoft engineer tells WA’s AG he found ways to exploit DALL-E 3 to make explicit images, reported it, but was then told to take down a public post about it  —  A Microsoft AI engineering… Read More »A Microsoft engineer tells WA’s AG he found ways to exploit DALL-E 3 to make explicit images, reported it, but was then told to take down a public post about it (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

              Apple’s visionOS doesn’t let users rearrange home screen icons or pin web apps to the home screen, particularly limiting as Netflix and YouTube lack native apps (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

                Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple’s visionOS doesn’t let users rearrange home screen icons or pin web apps to the home screen, particularly limiting as Netflix and YouTube lack native apps  —  In addition to not letting you rearrange home screen… Read More »Apple’s visionOS doesn’t let users rearrange home screen icons or pin web apps to the home screen, particularly limiting as Netflix and YouTube lack native apps (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

                Apple says Apple Card now has 12M+ customers, over 1M are sharing their card via Apple Card Family, and users earned $1B+ in Daily Cash rewards in the past year (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

                  Juli Clover / MacRumors: Apple says Apple Card now has 12M+ customers, over 1M are sharing their card via Apple Card Family, and users earned $1B+ in Daily Cash rewards in the past year  —  Apple Card has over 12… Read More »Apple says Apple Card now has 12M+ customers, over 1M are sharing their card via Apple Card Family, and users earned $1B+ in Daily Cash rewards in the past year (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

                  Codeium, whose AI tools help companies write code, raised a $65M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins, a source says at a $500M valuation, and reports 300K+ users (Katie Roof/Bloomberg)

                    Katie Roof / Bloomberg: Codeium, whose AI tools help companies write code, raised a $65M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins, a source says at a $500M valuation, and reports 300K+ users  —  – Kleiner Perkins led $65 million investment… Read More »Codeium, whose AI tools help companies write code, raised a $65M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins, a source says at a $500M valuation, and reports 300K+ users (Katie Roof/Bloomberg)

                    GM plans to cut Cruise spending by half in 2024, or by ~$1B, but remains committed to the self-driving unit and will “soon” give a timeline to resume operations (Reuters)

                      Reuters: GM plans to cut Cruise spending by half in 2024, or by ~$1B, but remains committed to the self-driving unit and will “soon” give a timeline to resume operations  —  General Motors (GM.N) said Tuesday it is cutting spending… Read More »GM plans to cut Cruise spending by half in 2024, or by ~$1B, but remains committed to the self-driving unit and will “soon” give a timeline to resume operations (Reuters)

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