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Roku shares crater after company misses on earnings and warns of ‘recessionary fears’
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Roku shares crater after company misses on earnings and warns of ‘recessionary fears’

A video sign displays the logo for Roku Inc, a Fox-backed video streaming firm, in Times Square after the company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market in New York, September 28, 2017. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Roku shares plummeted more than 25% in extended trading on Thursday after the company missed expectations on the top and […]

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Instagram rolling back changes after Kardashians slammed the app for being like TikTok
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Instagram rolling back changes after Kardashians slammed the app for being like TikTok

Kris Jenner, Kendall Jenner, Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian on May 8, 2018 in New York City. Dimitrios Kambouris | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Meta is ending a test version of its Instagram app that earned the ire of many people, including celebrity sisters Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian. Instagram chief Adam Mosseri […]

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Facebook lawsuit delivers on FTC chair Lina Khan’s progressive agenda
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Facebook lawsuit delivers on FTC chair Lina Khan’s progressive agenda

FTC Commissioner nominee Lina M. Khan testifies during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 21, 2021. Graeme Jennings | AFP | Getty Images Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan’s lofty vision of bringing challenging cases to expand the bounds of antitrust enforcement is no […]

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Qualcomm sales rise 37% despite ‘challenging macroeconomic environment’
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Qualcomm sales rise 37% despite ‘challenging macroeconomic environment’

Qualcomm president and CEO Cristiano Amon speaks about Qualcomm’s technology for automakers at a news conference during CES 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 4, 2022. Steve Marcus | Reuters Qualcomm reported third-quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday, slightly beating Wall Street expectations, but guidance for the current quarter was short of consensus expectations. […]

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Meta lost .8 billion on its virtual reality ambitions during Q2
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Meta lost $2.8 billion on its virtual reality ambitions during Q2

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, speaks during the virtual Facebook Connect event, where the company announced its rebranding as Meta, in New York on Oct. 28, 2021. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Facebook parent Meta lost $2.81 billion on $452 million in revenue from its virtual reality division, Reality Labs, during the quarter […]

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Meta reports earnings miss and forecasts second consecutive quarter of declining revenue
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Meta reports earnings miss and forecasts second consecutive quarter of declining revenue

People take photos of the new “Meta” sign at the One Hacker Way in Menlo Park, as Facebook changes its company name to Meta in California, on October 28, 2021. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Facebook parent Meta reported a steeper-than-expected drop in revenue, missed on earnings and issued a surprisingly weak […]

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FTC sues to block Facebook owner Meta from buying VR fitness app maker
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FTC sues to block Facebook owner Meta from buying VR fitness app maker

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee during An Examination of Facebook and Its Impact on the Financial Services and Housing Sectors hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 23, 2019. Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission is suing to block Facebook-owner Meta from buying […]

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Twitter says it significantly slowed hiring during the second quarter
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Twitter says it significantly slowed hiring during the second quarter

The Twitter logo and trading information is displayed as a trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., May 3, 2022. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Twitter said on Tuesday that the company “significantly slowed hiring” in the second quarter. The company disclosed the hiring slowdown in […]

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Apple’s earnings will give a peek into the mindset of the high-end consumer
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Apple’s earnings will give a peek into the mindset of the high-end consumer

Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., speaks during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, US, on Monday, June 6, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple reports earnings on Thursday for the quarter ended in June. The third quarter of Apple’s fiscal year is […]

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Facebook parent Meta raises price of its Quest 2 VR headset by 0
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Facebook parent Meta raises price of its Quest 2 VR headset by $100

Facebook parent Meta has raised the price of its Quest 2 virtual reality headset by $100, as the company reckons with inflationary pressures. Meta announced the price increase on Tuesday via a Twitter post. Starting Aug. 1, the 128 GB version of the Quest 2 will cost $399, while the 256 GB model will cost […]

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