Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: Snap reports Q2 revenue rose 52% YoY to $679M, vs $555.9 est., DAUs were up ~18% YoY to 249M, average number of daily Snaps up 25% YoY; Snap up 23%+ after hours — – Snap’s stock price soared more than 15% after hours on Tuesday as the company posted an unexpected,
Read MoreThe company had 249 million daily active users in the third quarter. Snap grows revenue and users amid coronavirus pandemic – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Escape Hybrid will also serve Ford’s future autonomous ride-hailing service. Ford Escape Hybrid becomes company's latest self-driving car prototype – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read More5G support, a new striking design, improved cameras and four different models all add up to make the iPhone 12 an absolute unit. iPhone 12 review: One of our highest rated phones of all time – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft might be struggling to get its cloud-streaming service onto iOS devices, but at least you can now play your Xbox One games remotely on an iPhone or iPad. All you need to do it is the latest version of the Xbox app. While cloud streaming is the cooler idea, this new remote-streaming feature provides
Read More{$inline_image} Featured Deal: Sid Meier’s Civilization VI | $13 Read more… Grab Your Plumber’s Cap for Today's Top Nintendo Switch Deals Source: Life Hacker
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Read MoreLauren Feiner / CNBC: Netflix reports Q3 revenue of $6.44B, up 22.7% YoY, vs $6.38B est., and 2.2M paid net adds in Q3 vs 6.8M in Q3’19 and 10.1M in Q2’20; stock down ~5% after hours — – It’s the first report since longtime Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos was promoted to co-CEO. Netflix reports
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Netflix’s business soared during the pandemic, but as it heads into 2021 and faces a potential shortage of films and movies, the company will have to prove it can continue performing. Netflix reported its third quarter earnings today, and although Netflix is acknowledging slower growth, the company is
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Netflix is planning to host a two-day promotional event in December, allowing non-members to access the streaming giant’s robust catalog of movies and TV shows, Protocol reports. Code in the latest version of Netflix’s Android app, uncovered by XDA-Developers editor-in-chief Mishaal Rahman, indicates that the streaming giant
Read MoreYou’d be forgiven for assuming that a Tesla coil is some absurdly complex piece of high-voltage trickery. Clarke’s third law states that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”, and lighting up a neon tube from across the room sure looks a lot like magic. But in his latest Plasma Channel video, [Jay Bowles] tries
Read MoreTuesday’s Best Deals | Kinja Deals Read more… The 10 Best Deals of October 20, 2020 Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: From today until “at least” the end of election week, Twitter will show the Quote Tweet composer when you click or tap the retweet icon, discouraging basic RTs — The changes will be in place until ‘at least’ the end of election week — Twitter is temporarily changing … From
Read MoreSalesforce has upgraded Work.com to help employees and businesses grow and thrive in the new normal. Salesforce delivers comprehensive Work.com upgrade Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreI used to listen to an unreasonable number of podcasts—usually while commuting from Brooklyn to Manhattan and back each day, a process that involved a lot of walking and a lot of waiting for trains. But the pandemic changed all that. I’ve been working from home since March, and my daily commute is currently only
Read MoreTrickBot survived an initial takedown attempt, but Microsoft and its partners are countering TrickBot operators after every move, taking down any new infrastructure the group is attempting to bring up online. Microsoft says it took down 94% of TrickBot's command and control servers Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreMark Bergen / Bloomberg: The DOJ’s anti-trust complaint against Google alleges it paid US mobile carriers $1B+ last year in search advertising revenue sharing deals to box out rivals — – Justice Department targets Google’s search distribution deals — Company says the deals are common across the software industry The DOJ's anti-trust complaint against Google
Read MoreMicrosoft is releasing its promised first preview of its new Edge browser for Linux. Here’s how to kick the tires. Microsoft releases Chromium-based Edge preview for Linux Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThere’s a laundry list of ways that humans are polluting the earth, and even though it might not look like it from the surface, the oceans seem to bear the brunt of our waste. Some research suggests that plastic doesn’t fully degrade as it ages, but instead breaks down into smaller and smaller bits that
Read MoreThe suit is the first antitrust action against the company to result from investigations by American regulators. The DOJ's Google Antitrust Lawsuit: What To Know Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreGoogling something was all we once did with Google. Now we spend hours a day using its maps, videos, security cameras, email, smartphones and more. It’s Google’s World. We Just Live In It. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe joy of coding Python should be in seeing short, concise, readable classes that express a lot of action in a small amount of clear code — not in reams of trivial code that bores the reader to death. – Guido van Rossum Python is one of the most used programming languages in the world, and that can
Read MoreChris Welch / The Verge: Beats Flex review: the basics of the earbuds are done right, with improved battery life, USB-C connector, easy to use controls, but it lacks sweat resistance — Beats’ first earbuds with a USB-C connector are only $50 — The new $50 Beats Flex are a very smart play from Apple’s
Read MoreLook, I know we’re all desperate to salvage something, anything, for our kids this year. They have been dealt one crushing disappointment after another for so many months now that I’ve stopped counting. And I know we’ve all had our moments of temporary (or prolonged) insanity during this pandemic. But friends, let’s… Read more… Don't
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Researcher discovers address bar spoofing bugs in Safari, Opera, and Yandex, all now fixed, but other popular browsers, like UC Browser, have not issued a patch — Year after year, phishing remains one of the most popular and effective ways for attackers to steal your passwords. Researcher discovers address bar spoofing
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