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Alphabet jumps 3% as search, advertising units show resilient growth
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai during the Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, on May 10, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alphabet‘s stock gained 3% Friday after signaling strong growth in its search and advertising businesses amid a competitive artificial intelligence environment and uncertain macro backdrop. “GOOGL’s pace of GenAI […]
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Meta lays off employees working on virtual reality in Reality Labs division
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg presents Orion AR Glasses as he makes a keynote speech during the Meta Connect annual event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Meta has laid off employees in its Reality Labs division that is tasked with developing virtual reality, augmented reality […]
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Discord names new CEO ahead of potential IPO as co-founder steps down
Headphones are seen in front of displayed Discord app logo in this illustration taken March 29, 2021. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Discord co-founder and CEO Jason Citron is stepping down from the gaming-focused social messaging service, the startup said Wednesday. Citron will be replaced by former Activision Blizzard Vice Chairman Humam Sakhnini, who will assume […]
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Meta makes ads on Threads available to all eligible advertisers
This photo illustration created in Washington, DC, on July 6, 2023, shows the logo for Threads, an Instagram app, reflected in its opening page. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Meta has opened up its Threads microblogging service to all advertisers. The social networking giant said Wednesday in a blog post that all “eligible […]
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YouTube turns 20 and is on track to be the biggest media company by revenue
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Twenty years ago today when Jawed Karim uploaded a grainy 19-second clip titled “Me at the Zoo” to his new platform, YouTube, he ushered in a new era in online video. The video of Karim visiting the San Diego Zoo was the first to appear on YouTube, the video […]
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Apple fined $571 million and Meta $228 million for breaching European Union antitrust rules
Facebook and Instagram icons are seen displayed on an iPhone. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images The European Union on Wednesday fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros each for breaching the bloc’s digital competition laws. The European Commission, which is the executive body of the EU, said it was fining Apple […]
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Here’s what Elon Musk said about tariffs and their potential effect on Tesla
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to the media, next to Tesla CEO Elon Musk with his son X Æ A-12, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 11, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Elon Musk said on Tuesday that he doesn’t like high or unpredictable tariffs, but any decision on what happens with […]
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Meta could take a $7 billion hit this year because of Trump’s tough China tariffs
This photo illustration created on Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington, D.C., shows an image of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and an image of the Meta logo. Drew Angerer | AFP | Getty Images Meta’s core online advertising business could take a $7 billion hit this year due to President Donald Trump’s tough China tariffs […]
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Tesla short sellers have made $11.5 billion from this year’s selloff
It’s been a brutal year for Tesla shareholders so far, and a hugely profitable one for short sellers, who bet on a decline in the company’s stock price. Tesla shorts have generated $11.5 billion in mark-to-market profits in 2025, according to data from S3 Partners. The data reflected Monday’s closing price of $227.50, at which […]
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Instagram launches Edits app for video, rivaling TikTok
Instagram Edits app. Courtesy: Instagram Instagram on Tuesday launched its standalone Edits video creation app that offers features similar to those already available from TikTok parent Bytedance. The new app allows creators to organize project ideas, shoot and edit video, and access insights about content. Edits includes background replacement, automatic captioning and artificial intelligence tools […]
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