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Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
Instacart reports Q1 revenue up 9% YoY to $897M and gross transaction volume up 10% to $9.1B, and forecasts Q2 revenue ... Continue Reading »
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku reports Q1 revenue up 16% YoY to $1.02B vs. $1.01B est., a net loss of $27.4M, compared to $50.9M a ... Continue Reading »
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple reports Q2 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music, up 12% YoY to $26.65B, ... Continue Reading »
Apple Inc.:
Apple reports Q2 revenue up 5% YoY to $95.4B, vs. $94.66B est., net income up 5% to $24.78B, China net sales down 2% ... Continue Reading »
Samantha Subin / CNBC:
Airbnb reports Q1 revenue up 6% YoY to $2.27B, vs. $2.26B est., Gross Booking Value up 7% YoY to $24.5B, in ... Continue Reading »
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Reddit reports Q1 revenue up 61% YoY to $392M, vs. $370M est., global daily active uniques up 31% to 108.1M, Q2 ... Continue Reading »
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Amazon reports Q1 ad revenue up 18% YoY to $13.92B, vs. $13.74B est., and subscription services revenue up 9% YoY to ... Continue Reading »
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon reports Q1 AWS revenue up 17% YoY to $29.3B, vs. $29.42B est., and AWS operating income up 23% YoY to ... Continue Reading »
Amazon.com, Inc.:
Amazon reports Q1 revenue up 9% YoY to $155.7B, operating income of $18.4B, up from $15.3B in Q1 2024, and net income of ... Continue Reading »
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Uber and autonomous vehicle operator May Mobility partner to deploy “thousands” of robotaxis across the US, starting in Arlington, ... Continue Reading »
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
In a case related to its Activision acquisition, Microsoft dropped a law firm that settled with President Trump in ... Continue Reading »
Kevin McLaughlin / The Information:
Sources: AWS is developing an AI-assisted coding service that offers features like Cursor and goes further than its current coding ... Continue Reading »
Rachel Kaser / VentureBeat:
Game developer Scopely says Monopoly Go! crossed $5B in gross bookings in just 24 months, significantly ahead of the previous benchmark ... Continue Reading »
Rebecca Szkutak / TechCrunch:
Data integration company Fivetran acquires Census, which helps companies move data out of databases and into operational tools and was valued ... Continue Reading »