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Meta reports $727M Reality Labs revenue in Q4, vs. $715.1M est., a $4.28B operating loss, vs. $4.36B est., a $13.72B loss in 2022, and expects a wider 2023 loss (CNBC)

Meta reports $727M Reality Labs revenue in Q4, vs. $715.1M...

CNBC:Meta reports $727M Reality Labs revenue in Q4, vs. $715.1M est., a $4.28B operating...

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Meta took a $4.2B restructuring charge in Q4, which included costs for early office space terminations, data center redesigns, and severance for laid-off staff (Mike Isaac/New York Times)

Meta took a $4.2B restructuring charge in Q4, which included...

Mike Isaac / New York Times:Meta took a $4.2B restructuring charge in Q4, which...

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Meta increases its share repurchase authorization by $40B and says the company bought back $6.91B and $27.93B in stock in Q4 2022 and 2022, respectively (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Meta increases its share repurchase authorization by $40B...

Jordan Novet / CNBC:Meta increases its share repurchase authorization by $40B and...

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Netflix says US password sharing rules haven't been set yet and removes rules from its US help page saying users must connect to a "primary Wi-Fi" every 31 days (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Netflix says US password sharing rules haven't been set...

Emma Roth / The Verge:Netflix says US password sharing rules haven't been set yet...

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Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's management theme for 2023 is the "Year of Efficiency" and emphasizes the company is aiming to "become a leader in generative AI" (Taylor Hatmaker/TechCrunch)

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's management theme for 2023 is...

Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's management theme for 2023...

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Microsoft's Teams Premium hits general availability for $10 per user per month; AI-generated notes powered by OpenAI's GPT-3.5 arrive "in the coming months" (Nicole Herskowitz/Microsoft 365 Blog)

Microsoft's Teams Premium hits general availability for...

Nicole Herskowitz / Microsoft 365 Blog:Microsoft's Teams Premium hits general availability...

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Sources: Netflix told advertisers that sign-ups for its ad tier doubled in January 2023 over December 2022; Netflix predicted 1.75M ad tier subscribers in Q1 (Sahil Patel/The Information)

Sources: Netflix told advertisers that sign-ups for its...

Sahil Patel / The Information:Sources: Netflix told advertisers that sign-ups for...

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Sources: Tiger Global reduced its latest fund's target size from $6B in October 2022 to $5B; Tiger expected to raise roughly $12.7B, its prior fund size in 2021 (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Tiger Global reduced its latest fund's target...

Wall Street Journal:Sources: Tiger Global reduced its latest fund's target size...

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Meta says Facebook had 2B daily active users at the end of Q4, after adding 16M DAUs; WhatsApp crossed 2B daily active users in October 2022 (Karissa Bell/Engadget)

Meta says Facebook had 2B daily active users at the end...

Karissa Bell / Engadget:Meta says Facebook had 2B daily active users at the end...

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Craft, whose data platform helps supply chain, procurement, and risk managers monitor their networks of suppliers, raised a $32M Series B led by BAM Elevate (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

Craft, whose data platform helps supply chain, procurement,...

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE:Craft, whose data platform helps supply chain, procurement,...

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Kiwi Farms, a forum for online harassment campaigns, has managed to stay online after being dropped by Cloudflare, as posters congregate on Telegram and Discord (Ali Breland/Mother Jones)

Kiwi Farms, a forum for online harassment campaigns, has...

Ali Breland / Mother Jones:Kiwi Farms, a forum for online harassment campaigns,...

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EA pulls the plug on Apex Legends Mobile and the planned mobile version of its Battlefield franchise, as mobile remains a hard market to crack for the company (Dan Gallagher/Wall Street Journal)

EA pulls the plug on Apex Legends Mobile and the planned...

Dan Gallagher / Wall Street Journal:EA pulls the plug on Apex Legends Mobile and...

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A US judge dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit accusing Coinbase of selling unregistered securities and failing to register as a broker-dealer (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)

A US judge dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit accusing...

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:A US judge dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit...

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Twitter will end free access to the Twitter API starting February 9, ending support for both v1.1 and v2, and make a paid version available (TechCrunch)

Twitter will end free access to the Twitter API starting...

TechCrunch:Twitter will end free access to the Twitter API starting February 9,...

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UBS study: ChatGPT reached ~100M MAUs with ~13M daily unique visitors in January, two months after launch, becoming the fastest-growing consumer app ever (Krystal Hu/Reuters)

UBS study: ChatGPT reached ~100M MAUs with ~13M daily unique...

Krystal Hu / Reuters:UBS study: ChatGPT reached ~100M MAUs with ~13M daily unique...

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Gautam Adani fails to calm investors over market mayhem that wiped out billions

Gautam Adani fails to calm investors over market mayhem...

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani tried to reassure investors on Thursday after he...