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Zachary Boddy / Windows Central: Microsoft Q1: devices revenue down 22% YoY, Windows revenue up 5% YoY, Xbox content and services revenue up 13% YoY, search and news ad revenue up 10% YoY  —  Microsoft’s revenue this quarter was up 13% year-over-year, mostly thanks to the cloud again.  —  What you need to know Lees verder op Tech Meme

Derrek Lee / Android Central: Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon Seamless, a technology integrated in its newest chips to better enable cross-device communication between different OEMs and OSes  —  Qualcomm wants all your devices to work together.  —  What you need to know  — Qualcomm announced Snapdragon Seamless, a technology that aims to better connect devices. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kate Clark / The Information: Sources: VC firm IVP is leading an investment in AI search engine Perplexity at a ~$500M valuation, up from $150M in March 2023; Perplexity generates $3M in ARR  —  Venture capital firm IVP is leading an investment in Perplexity, developer of an artificial intelligence-powered search engine … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Akash Sriram / Reuters: Alphabet reports Google Cloud Q3 revenue up 22.5% YoY to $8.41B, vs. $8.62B est., and Google Cloud operating income of $266M, vs. an operating loss of $440M YoY  —  Google-parent Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) cloud division missed estimates for third-quarter revenue on Tuesday as an uncertain economy … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: Snap reports Q3 revenue up 5% YoY to $1.19B, vs. $1.11B est., net loss up 2% YoY to $368M, DAUs up 12% YoY to 406M, vs. 405.7M est., and won’t give Q4 guidance  —  – As part of Snap’s “internal forecast,” the company said that it expects sales in its fourth quarter to be in the range … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Todd Spangler / Variety: YouTube Q3 ad revenue rose 12.5% YoY to $7.95B, vs. $7.81B est.; in Q3 2022, YouTube’s ad revenue fell short of expectations after falling 1.9%  —  Internet video giant YouTube larded its coffers with $7.95 billion in ad revenue for third quarter of 2023, representing a 12.5% year-over-year increase … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alphabet: Alphabet reports Q3 revenue up 11% YoY to $77B, net income up 42% YoY to $19.7B, and Google advertising revenue up 9% YoY to $59.65B; GOOG drops ~5%  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – October 24, 2023 – Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2023. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jake Piazza / CNBC: Verizon reports Q3 revenue of $33.34B, vs. $33.25B est., 100K postpaid phone net additions, vs. 62K est., and ~10.3M broadband subscribers; VZ closed up 9.24%  —  – Verizon stock closed up more than 9%, making it the communications company’s best day in almost 15 years. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kris Holt / Engadget: Qualcomm unveils a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile 4nm chip, with a 25% more performant GPU, an AI Engine that can make Stable Diffusion images in <1 second, and more  —  Expect better efficiency, improved gaming performance and camera upgrades.  —  At its annual Snapdragon Summit on Tuesday, Qualcomm revealed its latest mobile chipset. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Harry McCracken / Fast Company: Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon X Elite, coming to PCs in mid-2024, claiming to beat M2 Max’s single-threaded performance and up to 2x Intel’s performance-per-watt  —  The smartphone tech company says it’s ready to help Windows laptops keep up with Apple and embrace AI. Lees verder op Tech Meme