Reuters: Shopify reports Q2 revenue up 31% YoY to $1.7B, vs. $1.62B est., a $146M operating income, vs. a $42M loss YoY, and GMV up 17% YoY to $55B, vs. $53.34B est. — Canada’s Shopify (SHOP.TO), beat Wall Street estimates for revenue in the second quarter on Wednesday, as more merchants used … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Reuters: PayPal reports Q2 revenue up 7% YoY to $7.3B, total payment volume up 11% YoY to $376.5B, and a 21.4% operating margin, below its 22% forecast; PYPL drops 7%+ — Payments firm PayPal Holdings (PYPL.O) forecast third-quarter revenue above estimates on Wednesday, expecting consumers to remain resilient in the face of a tough economy. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Nelson Wang / CoinDesk: Robinhood reports Q2 revenue up 10% QoQ to $486M, crypto trading revenue of $31M, down 18% QoQ, and ~$11.5M worth of crypto in assets under custody, same as Q1 — In June, the trading platform ended support for all tokens named as securities in the SEC lawsuits against crypto exchanges Binance and Coinbase. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jay Peters / The Verge: Roblox CEO David Baszucki says Roblox’s open beta on Meta’s Quest headsets, launched on July 27, has already been downloaded “well over” 1M times — Roblox just launched in open beta on Meta’s Quest VR headsets last week, and it’s already been downloaded “well over” 1 million times, according to Roblox CEO David Baszucki. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Wisselvallig, vrij koel en soms veel wind Verwachting voor vandaag en morgen Waarschuwingen Er zijn geen waarschuwingen. Komende nacht zijn er buien. Plaatselijk kan veel regen vallen en aan de kust is ook onweer mogelijk. De minimumtemperatuur ligt rond 16°C. Er staat een matige zuidwestenwind. In het zuiden is de wind (vrij) krachtig, windkracht 5 tot 6, aan de zuidwestkust af en toe hard, windkracht 7. Morgenochtend is het half tot zwaar bewolkt met buien. De wind is westelijk, matig, aan de westkust krachtig tot hard, windkracht 6 tot 7. Aan de zuidwestkust zijn zware windstoten tot 80 km/uur mogelijk.Morgenmiddag… Lees verder »Wisselvallig, vrij koel en soms veel wind KNMI : 02-08-2023
Rest of World: Interviews with people at Worldcoin sign-up booths in Nairobi, Bengaluru, and Hong Kong find many scanned their irises to receive the WLD bonuses, an “easy $50” — In Nairobi, Bengaluru, and Hong Kong, our reporters found lots of people were eager to take the deal. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft lets Xbox Insiders stream gameplay from their console to Discord users, available to all Xbox Series X, Series S, and One owners in the coming months — Microsoft is improving its Xbox and Discord integration with a new streaming gameplay feature. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Reed Albergotti / Semafor: Sources: US DOJ officials are weighing fraud charges against Binance but worry that an indictment could cause a run on the exchange like the one that befell FTX — U.S. Department of Justice officials are considering fraud charges against crypto exchange Binance, but are concerned about the cost … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Reuters: Senegal blocks TikTok amid protests over dissolving the main opposition party and detaining its leader, after restricting access to internet services on July 31 — Senegalese authorities on Wednesday blocked access to social media app TikTok, widening a clampdown on dissent days … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Charlotte Hughes-Morgan / Bloomberg: Uber paid £386M, or $490M, to UK tax authorities as part of a dispute over how its ride hailing app applies VAT to UK trips, but plans to appeal the decision — – HMRC is challenging Uber’s use of Tour Operators Margin Scheme — Uber said it will appeal the VAT assessment in UK Court Lees verder op Tech Meme