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A look at the economics of Anthropic's data center leases as analysts estimate a 245 MW site could yield ~$1.3B/mo; sources say it signed a cloud deal with IREN (Ann Davis Vaughan/The Information)

Ann Davis Vaughan / The Information : A look at the economics of Anthropic's data center leases as analysts estimate a 245 MW site co...

31 October 2024

An investigation finds eight deceptive operations on Meta's platforms that collectively controlled 340+ Pages and placed 160K ads to collect users' information (ProPublica)

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An investigation finds eight deceptive operations on Meta's platforms that collectively controlled 340+ Pages and placed 160K ads to collect users' information  —  Co-published with Tow Center for Digital Journalism  — Deceptive Political Ads: Eight deceptive advertising networks …

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Roblox reports Q3 revenue up 29% YoY to $919M, bookings up 34% YoY to $1.1B, above $1B est., and DAUs up 27% YoY to 88.9M; RBLX jumps 20%+ pre-market (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg)

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Roblox reports Q3 revenue up 29% YoY to $919M, bookings up 34% YoY to $1.1B, above $1B est., and DAUs up 27% YoY to 88.9M; RBLX jumps 20%+ pre-market  —  On Thursday, the San Mateo-based company reported $1.1 billion in bookings, a measure of sales, that were 34% higher than a year earlier.

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A look at VMware one year after Broadcom's acquisition: some customers say costs have risen 300%, Broadcom stopped selling perpetual VMware licenses, and more (Scharon Harding/Ars Technica)

Scharon Harding / Ars Technica:
A look at VMware one year after Broadcom's acquisition: some customers say costs have risen 300%, Broadcom stopped selling perpetual VMware licenses, and more  —  Ars speaks with users and partners unhappy with Broadcom's changes. … After closing a $69 billion deal to buy virtualization …

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Media Matters: from May to August 2024, the top 30 conservative YouTube channels posted 286 videos containing US election misinformation, racking up 47M+ views (Nico Grant/New York Times)

Nico Grant / New York Times:
Media Matters: from May to August 2024, the top 30 conservative YouTube channels posted 286 videos containing US election misinformation, racking up 47M+ views  —  In June 2023, YouTube decided to stop fighting the most persistent strain of election misinformation in the United States …

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Huawei reports Q3 revenue up 15.6% YoY to ~$23.7B and net profit down 70.5% YoY to ~$1.1B, a sign that the company may be struggling with its chipmaking yield (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Huawei reports Q3 revenue up 15.6% YoY to ~$23.7B and net profit down 70.5% YoY to ~$1.1B, a sign that the company may be struggling with its chipmaking yield  —  - The firm's phone shipments grew 42% in the past quarter  — China has asked local firms to use AI chips from Huawei

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