Month: April 2022
Amazon’s growth continues to slow after surging in pandemic
Amazon made a boatload of money during the first quarter of 2022. But investors, having grown used to Amazon’s rocket-like trajectory during the pandemic, haven’t quite adapted to the fact that it’s no longer accelerating quite so fast. Despite notching $116.4 billion in sales from January through March of this…
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7 Good Wayfair ‘Way Day’ Deals on Robot Vacs, Pet Gear, and More
The retailer’s annual sale has some good discounts, but they’re slated to expire tonight. Source
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Apple had a huge quarter, but revenue growth is slowing
All eyes are on Apple today, after a tumultuous series of earnings reports dropped this week. Google parent company Alphabet missed revenue expectations, while Meta (formerly Facebook) recorded a higher profit than expected this quarter. Apple just released its results and the company has performed respectably in its second quarter…
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Yuji Naka says Square Enix doesn’t ‘value games’ after Balan Wonderworld mess
In a candid Twitter thread, celebrated video game developer Yuji Naka revealed details about a lawsuit he filed against Square Enix and his struggle to make the ambitious but ultimately atrocious Balan Wonderworld a better game. In the thread, written in Japanese and translated by The Verge, Naka wrote that…
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Apple reports best March quarter ever with new records for iPhone and Mac
Even as it deals with continued supply constraints and consumers wary of inflation, Apple today reported the best March quarter in its history. The company tallied $97.3 billion in revenue in Q2, up 9 percent over the year-ago quarter. That amounted to a profit of $25 billion, with earnings per…
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Researchers find Amazon uses Alexa voice data to target you with ads
A report released last week contends that Amazon uses voice data from its Echo devices to serve targeted ads on its own platforms and the web. The report, produced by researchers affiliated with the University of Washington, UC Davis, UC Irvine, and Northeastern University, said the ways Amazon does this…
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