Sarah Jacob / Bloomberg:
Adyen reports Q3 revenue up 20% YoY to €498.3M, vs. €503.3M est., and processed volume growth slowed to 32% from 45% in H1 2024; ADYEN falls 9%+ in Amsterdam — The Amsterdam-based company’s processed volume expansion missed estimates in the period, slowing to 32% in the period from 45% in the first half.
Malaysia’s Johor state has drawn ~50 data center projects in the last three years, creating 40,000 jobs but raising concerns about power and water shortages (Rest of World)
Rest of World:
Malaysia’s Johor state has drawn ~50 data center projects in the last three years, creating 40,000 jobs but raising concerns about power and water shortages — Data centers for companies like Google, Amazon, and Nvidia are transforming Johor state, with locals bracing for higher real estate costs and resource shortages.
Experts say President-elect Donald Trump will likely uphold the CHIPS Act, despite his campaign rhetoric, with some modifications to its implementation (Dylan Butts/CNBC)
Dylan Butts / CNBC:
Experts say President-elect Donald Trump will likely uphold the CHIPS Act, despite his campaign rhetoric, with some modifications to its implementation — President-elect Donald Trump is unlikely to roll back the Biden administration’s CHIPS and Science Act, despite his campaign rhetoric on the bill, experts say.
Truecaller co-founders Alan Mamedi and Nami Zarringhalam plan to hand over day-to-day company operations to product chief Rishit Jhunjhunwala in January 2025 (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Truecaller co-founders Alan Mamedi and Nami Zarringhalam plan to hand over day-to-day company operations to product chief Rishit Jhunjhunwala in January 2025 — The co-founders of Swedish caller identification app Truecaller are stepping back from day-to-day operations …
The US SEC’s crypto-related enforcement is slated for a major rollback under President Trump, who has pledged to fire Gary Gensler on the first day in office (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
The US SEC’s crypto-related enforcement is slated for a major rollback under President Trump, who has pledged to fire Gary Gensler on the first day in office — – Trump has pledged to fire Gensler on the first day in office — Next SEC chair is expected to push forward new regulations
Streams Charts: Election Day livestreams generated ~84M hours of watch time, with 80.6% on YouTube, where Fox News had 1.14M peak viewers, beating other outlets (Amanda Gerut/Fortune)
Amanda Gerut / Fortune:
Streams Charts: Election Day livestreams generated ~84M hours of watch time, with 80.6% on YouTube, where Fox News had 1.14M peak viewers, beating other outlets — A man seen watching the broadcasting of the U.S. election results at the restaurant in Bangkok.
Qualcomm and Arm’s earnings results show the smartphone industry making an uneven comeback, with both companies seeing a stronger demand for high-end models (Ian King/Bloomberg)
Ian King / Bloomberg:
Qualcomm and Arm’s earnings results show the smartphone industry making an uneven comeback, with both companies seeing a stronger demand for high-end models — – Both companies are seeing stronger demand for high-end models — Qualcomm results outshine Arm’s in dueling reports Wednesday
Roblox plans to stop kids under 13 from accessing experiences with “certain types of interactive features”, including “social hangouts”, starting November 18 (Jay Peters/The Verge)
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Roblox plans to stop kids under 13 from accessing experiences with “certain types of interactive features”, including “social hangouts”, starting November 18 — Roblox is going to block kids from accessing certain types of experiences following reports alleging that the platform has enabled child abuse.
Sources: TSMC and GlobalFoundries have finished negotiating agreements for billions of dollars in grants and loans under the CHIPS Act to support US factories (Mackenzie Hawkins/Bloomberg)
Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg:
Sources: TSMC and GlobalFoundries have finished negotiating agreements for billions of dollars in grants and loans under the CHIPS Act to support US factories — – US officials look to announce agreements in coming weeks — Biden team is racing to get Chips Act money out the door
CRM software maker Freshworks plans to cut 13% of its workforce, or 660 employees, after reporting Q3 revenue up 22% YoY to $186.6M, vs. $181.6M average est. (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters)
Jaspreet Singh / Reuters:
CRM software maker Freshworks plans to cut 13% of its workforce, or 660 employees, after reporting Q3 revenue up 22% YoY to $186.6M, vs. $181.6M average est. — Freshworks (FRSH.O) raised its annual revenue and profit forecasts on Wednesday after upbeat third-quarter results …