Led by #Amazon, #Alphabet, #Intel, #Microsoft & #Apple, tech companies spent more on R&D (Research & Development) than any other companies in the S&P 500.

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STAT
⚡️ VPN users are more likely to be young, male, and educated to university level. All of these demographic distinctions fit the profile of early adopters. (Source: Global Web Index)

INSIGHT
✋️ ‘Addictive’ #Facebook may harm children, claim insiders: prs.pctvix.co/2Nr5ulh

OTHER NEWS
🎆 500 #Intel drones to replace fireworks above Travis Air Force base for Fourth of July: t.me/iXNews/28758

🎾 #Snapchat’s new lens lets you play tennis against Serena Williams:
prs.pctvix.co/2NosmSo

🤖 DeepMind’s #AI agents exceed ‘human-level’ gameplay in Quake III: t.me/iXNews/28766

🇪🇺 Wikipedia goes dark in Spanish, Italian ahead of key EU vote on copyright: t.me/iXNews/28764

🕵️‍♂️ #Google tries to calm controversy over app developers having access to your #Gmail: t.me/iXNews/28760

💵 #Netflix tests 'Ultra' tier that could add a higher price option: prs.pctvix.co/2tWDZYE

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📰 Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — Day 1


👉 #Intel unveils 10th-gen desktop CPUs, including 5.3GHz flagship (link)


👉 #Zoom admits it doesn't have 300M DAUs, quietly correcting the claim in its original blog post to 300M “daily Zoom meeting participants (link)


👉 #Telegram postpones the launch of its TON blockchain for a second time, pushing the go-live date to April 2021, and offers to return $1.2B to investors (link)


👉 Andreessen Horowitz raises $515M for its second fund dedicated to #cryptocurrency and #blockchain investments and holdings (link)


👉 #Apple Q2: $58.3B revenue, up 1% YoY; $44.9B from products, $13.35B from services; net income of $11.25B (link)


👉 #Amazon Q1: $75.5B revenue, up 26% YoY; net income of $2.5B, down from $3.6B in Q1 2019; $10.2B from AWS revenue, up from $7.7B YoY (link)


👉 #Twitter Q1: sales up 3% YoY to $808M; net loss of $8M due to COVID-19; mDAUs hit a record 166M, up 24% YoY (link)


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — Day 3


👉 #Intel is in talks to acquire #Moovit for ~$1B (link)


👉 #Uber to require masks or face coverings for drivers and passengers in certain markets (link)


👉 Security lapse at #India’s #Jio exposed #coronavirus symptom checker results (link)


👉 #Amazon, #Flipkart, #Ola and #Uber begin to resume their services in #India (link)


👉 #UberEats exits seven markets (link)


👉 The 13-inch #MacBook Pro gets #Apple’s much-improved keyboard (link)


👉 Poynter Institute’s International Fact-Checking Network launches chatbot on #WhatsApp to debunk thousands of #coronavirus-related hoaxes (link)



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