Technology
Comcast fails to add broadband subscribers for first time ever as economy slows
NBCUniversal kicks off it’s new Peacock streaming service. Todd Williamson | Peacock | NBCUniversal | Getty Images Comcast reported second-quarter revenue and earnings that topped analyst estimates, but the cable provider didn’t add broadband customers in a quarter for the first time ever. Comcast’s high-speed internet customers in the quarter were flat, trailing the 84,000 average […]
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Self-driving start-up Pony.ai plans to mass produce robotrucks in China
Self-driving tech start-up Pony.ai announced Thursday it plans to mass produce autonomous driving trucks with equipment manufacturing giant Sany Heavy Industry. Pony.ai BEIJING — Self-driving tech start-up Pony.ai announced Thursday it plans to mass produce autonomous driving trucks in China with equipment manufacturing giant Sany Heavy Industry. Annual production is set to reach about 10,000 […]
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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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Mark Zuckerberg says economic downturn is here, so Meta must do more with less
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Georgetown University in Washington on Oct. 17, 2019. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on the company’s second-quarter earnings call Wednesday that the economy seems to be in a downturn that will hurt digital advertising, so the Facebook parent company must […]
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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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Etsy shares pop as company beats on top and bottom lines
Josh Silverman, CEO of Etsy Adam Jeffery | CNBC Etsy shares jumped more than 8% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after the company’s second quarter earnings beat on top and bottom lines. Here’s how the company did: Earnings per share: $0.51 vs. $0.31 estimated, according to Refinitiv Revenue: $585 million vs. $556 million estimated, according […]
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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 gets new CFO as David Wehner moves to chief strategy officer role
David Wehner, CFO at Meta Harriet Taylor | CNBC Meta CFO David Wehner will take on a new role as the company’s first chief strategy officer, starting Nov. 1, according to the company’s second-quarter earnings report. Susan Li, Meta’s current vice president of finance, will be the Facebook parent’s new chief financial officer Shares of […]
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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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Google delays cookie-cutting to 2024
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 09: Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at a panel at the CEO Summit of the Americas hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on June 09, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. The CEO Summit entered its second day of events with a formal signing for the “International Coalition to Connect […]
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