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Amazon to Put Ads on Prime Video, Charge $3 For Ad-Free Tier

Sep 22, 2023 · 6:58am PDT
Amazon already displays ads during Prime Video broadcasts such as Thursday Night Football, and even customers who pay the extra $3 per month will still see ads during those programs. 
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Snapchat’s Subscription Product Has 5 Million Paying Users

Sep 21, 2023 · 3:12pm PDT
Snapchat+ now has 5 million paying subscribers, up by 1 million since June.
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Apple Pushes Back In-House Designed 5G Modem to 2025

Sep 21, 2023 · 3:08pm PDT
The news comes after Apple and Qualcomm extended an agreement for Qualcomm to continue supply modem chips for the iPhone through 2025.
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Broadcom Shares Slide After Google Considers Taking AI Chips In-House

Sep 21, 2023 · 3:00pm PDT
If Google succeeds in taking TPU development fully in-house, it might ultimately save the company billions of dollars a year and would hurt Broadcom’s business of making specialized chips for customers.
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TikTok Shop Plans Expansion in Seattle, Grows Order Volume

Sep 21, 2023 · 2:56pm PDT
TikTok is requiring new U.S. e-commerce employees to be based in Seattle, encouraging employees to move there and looking for new office locations in the area.
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ByteDance Retaliated after Racism Complaints, Black Ex-Employees Allege

Sep 21, 2023 · 2:55pm PDT
The employees filed a class action charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Thursday, alleging that the discrimination and retaliation they faced is part of a pattern within the company.
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Microsoft to Release AI Features For Windows Users Next Week

Sep 21, 2023 · 11:38am PDT
Microsoft’s 365 Copilot will be broadly available on November 1.
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Cisco to Buy Splunk in $28 Billion Cybersecurity Deal

Sep 21, 2023 · 10:32am PDT
Boutique advisory firm Tidal Partners, founded by former Centerview bankers David Handler and David Neequay, represented Cisco in the deal.
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Rupert Murdoch Steps Down as Chair of Fox and News Corp.

Sep 21, 2023 · 7:26am PDT
Murdoch, 92, will assume a chairman emeritus role at his two media companies, Fox Corp. and News Corp.
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Instacart Shares Lose Nearly All IPO Gains

Sep 20, 2023 · 10:03pm PDT
The decline deflates some hopes for the IPO market.
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Klaviyo Shares Rise 9% in Public Debut

Sep 20, 2023 · 2:28pm PDT
The marketing software company is the third tech firm to go public in the past week.
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Apple, Goldman Scuttled Stock-Trading App

Sep 20, 2023 · 1:35pm PDT
Apple and Goldman Sachs were working on a stock-trading app for iPhones until markets soured last year.
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U.S. Commerce Chief: There Is No Evidence That China Can Make Advanced Chips at Scale

Sep 19, 2023 · 9:35pm PDT
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo's comments come amid questions about whether Washington's efforts to limit China's access to advanced chips are working.
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Instacart Shares Gain 12% in IPO Debut

Sep 19, 2023 · 8:45pm PDT
The long awaited offering is stirring the dormant IPO market.
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YouTube Cuts Off Russell Brand’s Account From Making Money

Sep 19, 2023 · 6:55pm PDT · 1 comment
YouTube blocked actor Russell Brand's account from earning money after accusations from multiple women of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse.
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Klaviyo Prices IPO Above Range for $9.2 Billion Valuation

Sep 19, 2023 · 6:28pm PDT
The marketing software reportedly priced its IPO at $30 per share.
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Google Boosts Bard Chatbot with Gmail, Docs Features

Sep 19, 2023 · 4:59pm PDT
The latest updates to Bard show how Google hopes to compete with ChatGPT and Microsoft.
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Elon Musk and Tesla Probed in Federal Criminal Investigation

Sep 19, 2023 · 1:30pm PDT
Federal prosecutors are looking back as far as 2017.
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Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max Service to Add Live Sports Tier

Sep 19, 2023 · 11:44am PDT
The new Bleacher Report-branded streaming tier will be free for Max subscribers until early next year, when it will cost $10 extra per month.
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Leaked Microsoft Documents Detail New Xbox Console, Possible Acquisitions

Sep 19, 2023 · 10:47am PDT
Microsoft has subsidized its Xbox unit to make the console competitive with Sony’s Playstation on price.