Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Zoom reports Q2 revenue up 2.1% YoY to $1.16B, vs. $1.15B est., enterprise revenue up 3.5% YoY to $682.8M, and a Q3 revenue forecast beating estimates — – Software company gains ground with larger enterprise clients — Consumer unit reported lowest churn rate ever, CEO says
Snowflake reports Q2 revenue up 29% YoY to $868.8M and raises its FY 2025 product revenue forecast, but not its margin forecast; SNOW drops 7%+ after hours (Zaheer Kachwala/Reuters)
Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:
Snowflake reports Q2 revenue up 29% YoY to $868.8M and raises its FY 2025 product revenue forecast, but not its margin forecast; SNOW drops 7%+ after hours — Data cloud analytics firm Snowflake (SNOW.N) on Wednesday raised its forecast for full-year product revenue, as it attracts more clients …
Sources: Apple App Store VP Matt Fischer is leaving in October; App Store group will split into two teams, one for its own store, one for alt app distribution (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple App Store VP Matt Fischer is leaving in October; App Store group will split into two teams, one for its own store, one for alt app distribution — – Longtime App Store vice president Fischer to exit in October — Company makes changes in response to regulatory environment
Microsoft says Recall will be available to Windows Insiders in October; it delayed the launch of the AI feature in June after security concerns were raised (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft says Recall will be available to Windows Insiders in October; it delayed the launch of the AI feature in June after security concerns were raised — Microsoft says it’s planning to allow Windows testers to try out its controversial Recall AI feature in October.
Users in Russia report outages affecting Telegram, WhatsApp, and other services; Roskomnadzor blames a DDoS attack, while activists suspect Kremlin interference (Meduza)
Meduza:
Users in Russia report outages affecting Telegram, WhatsApp, and other services; Roskomnadzor blames a DDoS attack, while activists suspect Kremlin interference — Internet users in Russia reported outages affecting a wide range of online services on Wednesday, including Telegram, WhatsApp, and Skype.
Pixel 9 Pro and 9 Pro XL review: great build quality, brighter screens, faster fingerprint sensors, but the AI features are inconsistent and all over the place (Allison Johnson/The Verge)
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Pixel 9 Pro and 9 Pro XL review: great build quality, brighter screens, faster fingerprint sensors, but the AI features are inconsistent and all over the place — The AI is inconsistent, but the hardware is oh so good. … Google finally got the hardware right.
Microsoft announces the $30 Xbox Adaptive Joystick, a wired companion to other Xbox controllers, for players with limited mobility, launching in early 2025 (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft announces the $30 Xbox Adaptive Joystick, a wired companion to other Xbox controllers, for players with limited mobility, launching in early 2025 — Microsoft is launching a new $29.99 Xbox Adaptive Joystick early next year that’s designed for players with limited mobility.
Interviews with US political campaigns and tech companies: despite 30+ companies offering their AI products, most campaigns are wary and largely not biting (Sheera Frenkel/New York Times)
Sheera Frenkel / New York Times:
Interviews with US political campaigns and tech companies: despite 30+ companies offering their AI products, most campaigns are wary and largely not biting — More than 30 tech companies have pitched A.I. tools to political campaigns for November’s election. The campaigns have been wary.
Public Citizen: crypto companies have spent $119M+ in the 2024 election cycle through Q2, or 48% of all corporate money, an “unprecedented” spending spree (Brendan Pedersen/Punchbowl News)
Brendan Pedersen / Punchbowl News:
Public Citizen: crypto companies have spent $119M+ in the 2024 election cycle through Q2, or 48% of all corporate money, an “unprecedented” spending spree — The crypto industry’s campaign spending in 2024 really is unlike anything we’ve seen in modern politics …
Source: Meta’s Llama struggles to gain traction on AWS, where Claude is most popular; Microsoft pitches Llama to clients with data expertise, per a staffer (The Information)
The Information:
Source: Meta’s Llama struggles to gain traction on AWS, where Claude is most popular; Microsoft pitches Llama to clients with data expertise, per a staffer — Meta Platforms knows how to get brands like Away and Temu to buy advertisements on Facebook and Instagram.
