Friday, November 1, 2024

Satellite services provider Globalstar says Apple took a 20% ownership stake worth ~$400M, and has committed another $1.1B to expand satellite service capacity (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac)

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Satellite services provider Globalstar says Apple took a 20% ownership stake worth ~$400M, and has committed another $1.1B to expand satellite service capacity  —  Satellite services provider GlobalStar today disclosed an expansion of its deal with Apple.  Apple will commit an additional $1.1 billion …



The capital expenditures of Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft are set to total over $200B in 2024 as companies accelerate spending chasing AI (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
The capital expenditures of Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft are set to total over $200B in 2024 as companies accelerate spending chasing AI  —  - Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft all accelerated spending  — Mixed results from the big tech won't slow 2025 investment



Canalys: global smartphone shipments grew 5% YoY in Q3 to reach 309.9M units, the strongest Q3 performance since 2021; Samsung led with 57.5M units, Apple 54.5M (Canalys)

Canalys:
Canalys: global smartphone shipments grew 5% YoY in Q3 to reach 309.9M units, the strongest Q3 performance since 2021; Samsung led with 57.5M units, Apple 54.5M  —  According to Canalys research, global smartphone shipments grew 5% year on year in Q3 2024, reaching 309.9 million units, the strongest Q3 performance since 2021.



Crypto firm Immutable says it received a Wells notice from the SEC related to the sale of its IMX tokens in 2021, accuses the SEC of "regulation by enforcement" (Callan Quinn/CoinDesk)

Callan Quinn / CoinDesk:
Crypto firm Immutable says it received a Wells notice from the SEC related to the sale of its IMX tokens in 2021, accuses the SEC of “regulation by enforcement”  —  The firm's IMX token is down over 13% at $1.16 following the announcement.  — Immutable said that it received …



Sunday, October 27, 2024

Online influencers are earning thousands for a single post on behalf of groups backing Harris or Trump, with scant regulatory oversight or public transparency (Cat Zakrzewski/Washington Post)

Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Online influencers are earning thousands for a single post on behalf of groups backing Harris or Trump, with scant regulatory oversight or public transparency  —  On TikTok, Instagram and X, freelance creators profit from the murky practice of persuading their large followings to back Trump or Harris.



FTX agrees to drop its litigation against Bybit in a deal worth about $228M that will allow FTX to withdraw assets from Bybit's cryptocurrency exchange (Alex Wolf/Bloomberg Law)

Alex Wolf / Bloomberg Law:
FTX agrees to drop its litigation against Bybit in a deal worth about $228M that will allow FTX to withdraw assets from Bybit's cryptocurrency exchange  —  Search by Law Firm Search by Topic  —  FTX Trading Ltd. agreed to drop sprawling litigation against Bybit Fintech Ltd. and related entities …



A closer look at M4 Macs coming this week; sources: Apple's home smart display will have an iMac G3-like base and a square screen the size of about two iPhones (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
A closer look at M4 Macs coming this week; sources: Apple's home smart display will have an iMac G3-like base and a square screen the size of about two iPhones  —  Also: fresh details on the company's upcoming smart home device.  —  Apple kicks off a Mac overhaul this week that centers on new M4 chips.



Samsung says it sent the first commercial HBM4 shipments to customers, as it seeks to supply Nvidia and compete with memory rivals like SK Hynix and Micron (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)

Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg : Samsung says it sent the first commercial HBM4 shipments to customers, as it seeks to supply Nvidia and compete ...