Category Archives: Tech News

Dell reports Q4 revenue down 11% YoY to $22.3B vs. $22.2B est., Client revenue down 12% to $11.7B, and Infrastructure revenue down 6% to $9.3B; DELL jumps 15%+ (Larry Dignan/Constellation Research)

Larry Dignan / Constellation Research: Dell reports Q4 revenue down 11% YoY to $22.3B vs. [...]

29
Feb
Gemini agrees to return over $1B to customers and pay a $37M fine in a settlement with the New York Department of Financial Services related to Gemini Earn (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)

Leo Schwartz / Fortune: Gemini agrees to return over $1B to customers and pay a [...]

28
Feb
eBay reports Q4 revenue up 2% YoY to $2.56B, vs. $2.51B est., GMV up 2% to $18.6B, and net income up 8% to $728M, and announces an additional $2B stock buyback (Jon Swartz/MarketWatch)

Jon Swartz / MarketWatch: eBay reports Q4 revenue up 2% YoY to $2.56B, vs. $2.51B [...]

27
Feb
Unity reports Q4 revenue up 35% YoY to $609M, vs. $551M est., but down 2% YoY to $510M excluding a Wētā FX deal, Q1 sales guidance far below est.; U drops 15%+ (Emily Bary/MarketWatch)

Emily Bary / MarketWatch: Unity reports Q4 revenue up 35% YoY to $609M, vs. $551M [...]

26
Feb
A year after EU governments moved to restrict TikTok over security concerns, politicians are flocking to the app to attract the youth vote in upcoming elections (Clothilde Goujard/Politico)

Clothilde Goujard / Politico: A year after EU governments moved to restrict TikTok over security [...]

25
Feb
Sources: Broadcom is nearing a $3.8B deal to sell its end-user computing unit to private equity firm KKR (Milana Vinn/Reuters)

Milana Vinn / Reuters: Sources: Broadcom is nearing a $3.8B deal to sell its end-user [...]

24
Feb
X starts rolling out audio and video calling to all users, after previously limiting the feature to Premium subscribers; users can disable calling in settings (Filipe Espósito/9to5Mac)

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: X starts rolling out audio and video calling to all users, [...]

23
Feb
S-1: Sam Altman has an 8.7% stake in Reddit, making him the third-largest shareholder, behind Advance Magazine Publishers, with 30.1%, and Tencent, with 11% (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: S-1: Sam Altman has an 8.7% stake in Reddit, [...]

22
Feb
Researchers warn that a high-risk vulnerability under attack in remote access tool ConnectWise ScreenConnect is "trivial and embarrassingly easy" to exploit (Carly Page/TechCrunch)

Carly Page / TechCrunch: Researchers warn that a high-risk vulnerability under attack in remote access [...]

21
Feb
NSA Cybersecurity Director Rob Joyce will retire at the end of March after taking the position in 2021; Deputy Director David Luber will assume the role (David DiMolfetta/Nextgov/FCW)

David DiMolfetta / Nextgov/FCW: NSA Cybersecurity Director Rob Joyce will retire at the end of [...]

20
Feb