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Amazon doubles down on AI with a massive $100B spending plan for 2025

Amazon is joining other Big Tech companies by announcing huge AI spending plans for 2025. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Doximity shares soar 21% after company beats on revenue, raises fiscal-year guidance

Doximity reported third-quarter fiscal 2025 results that beat analysts’ expectations for revenue and guidance.

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Amazon Reports 88% Rise in Profits but Says Growth Could Slow

The company’s cloud computing business showed strong growth, while a forecast for the current quarter disappointed investors.

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C. Richard Kramlich, Early Investor in Silicon Valley, Dies at 89

He was among the first backers of Apple Computer and 3Com, earning windfalls, but it was his humaneness that distinguished him from other venture capitalists.

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Government agency removes spoon emoji from work platform amid protests

According to a New York Times report, on Thursday, the U.S. government’s General Services Administration (GSA) removed the spoon emoji as an option that users of its videoconferencing platform can select to express themselves. The move comes a day after … Continue reading

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Early Meta employee sues for sexual harassment, gender discrimination  

One of Meta’s earliest employees is suing the company for sexual harassment, sex discrimination, and retaliation, according to a lawsuit filed this week in the state of Washington. Kelly Stonelake, who spent 15 years at the company and rose to … Continue reading

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USAID Workforce Slashed From 10,000 to Under 300 as Elon Musk’s DOGE Decimates Agency

The US government’s primary foreign aid organization is losing the vast majority of its staff, forcing the agency’s lifesaving work to screech to a halt.

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Affirm shares pop more than 10% on revenue beat

Affirm beats on earnings and revenue in fiscal second quarter.

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Amazon fourth-quarter cloud revenue falls just shy of Wall Street estimates

All three of the top companies providing cloud-based computing and storage delivered less fourth-quarter revenue from this category than expected.

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Pinterest shares surge as much as 20% after company beats on fourth-quarter revenue, shows strong user growth

Pinterest reported fourth-quarter sales of $1.15 billion, ahead of the $1.14 billion that Wall Street was expecting.

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