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    • TikTok says its content moderation policies are led by a US-based team and it will not remove content, including posts about Hong Kong, at the behest of China (Ryan Broderick/BuzzFeed News)

    Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News: TikTok says its content moderation policies are led by a US-based team and it will not remove content, including posts about Hong Kong, at the behest of China  —  Short-form video app TikTok can’t shake an air of suspicion that surrounds it in the United States. TikTok says its content

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    • Caffeine hopes celebrities and entertainment can help it beat Twitch (Bijan Stephen/The Verge)

    Bijan Stephen / The Verge: Caffeine hopes celebrities and entertainment can help it beat Twitch … The streaming wars are heating up: corporate content giants like Netflix, Amazon, and Disney are all playing their positions, strengthening their value propositions.  The sheer number of upcoming streaming services available … Caffeine hopes celebrities and entertainment can help

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    • Amazon reports Q3 "other" category revenue, which mostly covers its ad business, of $3.6B, up 44% YoY, and subscriptions services revenue of $5B, up 34% YoY (Emil Protalinski/VentureBeat)

    Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: Amazon reports Q3 “other” category revenue, which mostly covers its ad business, of $3.6B, up 44% YoY, and subscriptions services revenue of $5B, up 34% YoY  —  Amazon today reported earnings for its third fiscal quarter of 2019, including revenue of $70.0 billion … Amazon reports Q3 "other" category revenue, which

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    • Amazon is spending billions on shipping as it makes Prime one-day delivery a reality

    Photo by Michele Doying / The Verge Amazon’s business tends to oscillate between periods of extreme high-spending and extreme profitability, and the company is now fully in the former. Amazon posted third quarter earnings this afternoon, boasting sales of $70 billion and profit of $2.1 billion. While sales blew past analyst expectations, thanks largely to

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    • Intel beats with Q3 revenue of $19.19B, up 6% YoY, vs. $18.05B est., and Client Computing Group revenue of $9.7B, down 5% YoY; stock up 4%+ after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

    Jordan Novet / CNBC: Intel beats with Q3 revenue of $19.19B, up 6% YoY, vs. $18.05B est., and Client Computing Group revenue of $9.7B, down 5% YoY; stock up 4%+ after hours  —  Intel stock jumped 8% in extended trading on Thursday after the chipmaker beat third-quarter earnings expectations and reignited revenue growth. Intel beats

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    Amazon Q3: $70B revenue, up 24% YoY, net income of $2.1B, down from $2.9B in Q3 2018, AWS revenue of $9B, up from $6.7B in Q3 2018; stock down 7%+ after hours (Amazon)

    {$inline_image} Amazon: Amazon Q3: $70B revenue, up 24% YoY, net income of $2.1B, down from $2.9B in Q3 2018, AWS revenue of $9B, up from $6.7B in Q3 2018; stock down 7%+ after hours  —  SEATTLE—(BUSINESS WIRE) October 24, 2019—Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2019.

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