Annie Palmer / CNBC: Amazon reports Q2 advertising services revenue grew 18% YoY to $8.76B, vs. $8.65B est., and subscription services grew 10% YoY to $8.72B — – Amazon reported second-quarter results on Thursday that beat on the top line. — It also gave upbeat guidance for the third quarter.
Read MoreCredit: Google Game Dashboard, a feature added in Android 12 for Pixel phones, may soon expand to other Android devices. That’s what’s hinted at in a new Google System Updates changelog. It’s not yet clear when this will happen, or on which devices. When Android 12 was released in 2021, it added a new feature,
Read MoreThe $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act wants to jumpstart the domestic semiconductor industry, starting with manufacturing.
Read MoreBusiness Wire: Apple reports record Q3 revenue up 2% YoY to $83B, vs. $82.8B est., net income down 11% to $19.4B, iPhone revenue up 3% to $40.7B, Mac revenue down 10% to $7.4B — iPhone and Services drive June quarter record revenue — Active installed base of devices reaches all-time high for all major product
Read MoreJordan Novet / CNBC: Intel Q2: $15.3B revenue, down 22% YoY vs. $17.92B est., Datacenter and AI Group revenue of $4.6B, down 16% YoY, and $0.5B net loss; stock down 10%+ after hours — – Intel slashed its full-year guidance and turned in worse-than expected quarterly results. — The company launched new chips …
Read MoreKif Leswing / CNBC: Apple reports Services revenue grew 12% YoY to $19.6B in Q3 2022 and it has 816M paying subscribers globally across all its services, down from 825M in Q2 2022 — – Analysts are expecting the company to give fourth-quarter guidance of $1.31 in earnings per share and nearly $90 billion in
Read MoreStephen Totilo / Axios: Sources: Ashraf Ismail, who Ubisoft fired in mid-2020 amid misconduct allegations, was hired by Tencent in 2021 to develop a game at its TiMi Studio Group — Ashraf Ismail, former top developer on Assassin’s Creed games for Ubisoft before his dismissal from the company in mid-2020 …
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Read MoreJoshua Brustein / Bloomberg: Hours before Sky Mavis told users it was hacked, CEO Trung Nguyen moved about $3M worth of Axie Infinity’s main token AXS; Sky Mavis says it was to help users — This spring, Sky Mavis, the startup that makes the video game Axie Infinity, announced it had suffered a devastating hack.
Read MorePhoto by MANDEL NGAN / AFP via Getty Images Democrats are recharging the fight for net neutrality by introducing a new bill on Thursday that would codify the deeply divisive open internet rules. Led by Sens. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), the Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act would reclassify broadband internet service
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: TikTok says it started testing HTML5 minigames with new partners such as Vodoo, Nitro Games, FRVR, Aim Lab, and Lotem, after a test with Zynga in November 2021 — TikTok wants to determine its users’ appetite for mobile gaming with the launch of “mini-games” that can be played inside …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge It might get cheaper and easier to buy popular tech products, like gaming consoles and graphics cards, after Congress approved $52 billion in funding for domestic semiconductor manufacturing. In a 243-187 vote on Thursday, the House passed the $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act to strengthen US science
Read MoreNintendo Switch has tons of awesome games available right now! Plus, there are dozens more in the pipeline.
Read MoreBloomberg: As advertisers struggle with Reels, Meta tries to ease them into the format, including, sources say, by encouraging them to test their video ads on TikTok first — Reels — the short videos that Facebook and Instagram are pushing — are getting more popular, parent company Meta Platforms Inc. says.
Read MoreMakena Kelly / The Verge: The US House passes the Chips and Science Act, which includes $52B+ for US chipmakers and tax credits to encourage investment; Biden now must sign it into law — All that’s left is Biden’s signature — It might get cheaper and easier to buy popular tech products, like gaming consoles
Read MoreIt’s making several changes to the Play Store. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is trying to cut down on annoying, unskippable ads in Android apps and overall bad behavior in the Play Store (via TechCrunch). The company announced wide-ranging policy changes on Wednesday that update rules across several categories to be
Read MoreImage: Outerloop Games The Annapurna Interactive Showcase 2022 took a somewhat different approach to the video game publisher summer showcase format. Instead of a fire hose of trailers, sizzle reels, and gameplay videos, Annapurna slowed it down a bit, doing all of the above while also taking time to show off the people who are
Read MoreMaggie Miller / Politico: US DOJ says it is investigating a data breach of the federal court system that is different from the SolarWinds hack revealed in late 2020 — The Justice Department is investigating a data breach of the U.S. federal courts system dating to early 2020, a top official testified on Capitol Hill
Read MoreCredit: Mukul Sharma Screenshots that reportedly show an upcoming smartwatch, the OnePlus Nord Watch, have been leaked. The name would seem to hint the new watch might be cheaper than 2021’s OnePlus Watch. The design also resembles the square-like Apple Watch. OnePlus launched a smartwatch, simply called the OnePlus Watch, over a year ago
Read MoreBusiness Wire: Amazon.com Announces Second Quarter Results — SEATTLE—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2022. — Operating cash flow decreased 40% to $35.6 billion for the trailing twelve months …
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge After two straight days of afternoon public restocks for the PlayStation 5, Sony is going for the three-peat. The console maker has opened up another public queue to buy PS5 consoles, and you can join in right now. Pending availability after you get through the queue, you may
Read MoreCredit: Joe Hindy / Android Authority A new report claims Blizzard’s new free-to-play game Diablo Immortal brought in $100 million in revenue in its first two months. It’s currently the 13th highest ranked mobile game worldwide in terms of revenue generation. The game may get another boost in money due to its launch in China
Read MoreGoogle’s next generation of true wireless earbuds and they’re going “Pro” for the first time. We’ve been testing the Pixel Buds Pro for a couple of days and we figured it’d be a good idea to give some impressions of Google’s flagship buds. Meet the new look, same as the old look The Google Pixel Buds
Read MoreAs ubiquitous as rubber tires are due to the many practical benefits they offer to cars, trucks, and other conveyances, they do come with a limited lifespan. Over time, the part of the tire that contacts the road surface wears away, until a tire replacement is necessitated. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the material that wears away does
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Switchboard, a collaboration app mixing videoconferencing and digital whiteboarding, raised a $25M Series A at a $200M post-money valuation led by Icon Ventures — Switchboard, a collaboration app that combines features of videoconferencing and digital whiteboarding, today announced …
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