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Alphabet reports Google Cloud annual revenue increased to $13B, up 46% YoY, on losses of $5.6B, up 21%, in FY 2020 (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Alphabet reports Google Cloud annual revenue increased to $13B, up 46% YoY, on losses of $5.6B, up 21%, in FY 2020  —  Google continues to bet heavily on Google Cloud and while it is seeing accelerated revenue growth, its losses are also increasing.  For the first time today … Alphabet reports

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Facebook rolls out Messenger for Oculus Quest users, as well as App Lab, letting devs distribute apps outside the Oculus Store without needing to sideload (Kris Holt/Engadget)

Kris Holt / Engadget: Facebook rolls out Messenger for Oculus Quest users, as well as App Lab, letting devs distribute apps outside the Oculus Store without needing to sideload  —  Facebook is continuing to stitch its services more closely together — it’s now rolling out Messenger on Oculus. Facebook rolls out Messenger for Oculus Quest

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Amazon.com Announces Financial Results and CEO Transition (Amazon Investor Relations)

Amazon Investor Relations: Amazon.com Announces Financial Results and CEO Transition  —  Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos will transition to role of Executive Chair in Q3, Andy Jassy to become Chief Executive Officer of Amazon at that time  —  SEATTLE—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) … Amazon.com Announces Financial Results and CEO Transition (Amazon Investor Relations)

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AM/FM Radio Gets Bluetooth Upgrade

For many commercial broadcast radio has lost its luster, leaving an unknowable number of perfectly serviceable AM/FM radios to lie dormant. But they don’t have to. As [Dan Gebhardt] shows in his recent hack, integrating a Bluetooth audio receiver into portable radio may be easier than you think. For this project, [Dan] wanted to make

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Five current and former Robinhood employees describe CEO Vlad Tenev as someone who has moved quickly to new projects without fixing existing problems (New York Times)

New York Times: Five current and former Robinhood employees describe CEO Vlad Tenev as someone who has moved quickly to new projects without fixing existing problems  —  Vlad Tenev has incited the fury of the trading app’s fans amid a stock market frenzy.  His lack of preparedness on nuts-and-bolts issues … Five current and former

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