Uber turns the corner, generates massive pile of free cash flow in Q2

From TechCrunch: The question of whether Uber would be able to self-support was at least partially answered Tuesday with the company’s second quarter earnings report.

In its Q2 digest, the American ride-hailing and food delivery giant reported positive free cash flow, indicating that it can now...

Intel Says It Won’t Hit Arc Discrete Sales Goals, Blames Its Drivers

From ExtremeTech: In last week’s quarterly earnings call, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger mentioned something we all kind of knew was the case: Its Arc drivers are not up to snuff. Because of this, the company will not meet its previous goal of shipping four million Arc GPUs to gamers in 2022. Who could...

Meta sued for violating patient privacy with data tracking tool

From The Verge: Facebook’s parent company Meta and major US hospitals violated medical privacy laws with a tracking tool that sends health information to Facebook, two proposed class-action lawsuits allege.

The lawsuits, filed in the Northern District of California in June and July, focus on the...

AWS revenue jumps 33%, but growth slows

From InfoWorld: Amazon Web Services (AWS) generated total sales of $19.7 billion for its second quarter, up 33% year-over-year, but growth slowed and the big question for the company is how it will fare the rest of the year as enterprise customers face uncertain economic conditions.

Amazon said...

Apple's iOS 15.6: iPhone Update Fixes Bugs, Boosts Security

From CNET: Apple's iOS 15.6 is here. Released on July 20, the follow-up to iOS 15.5 is ready to be downloaded to your iPhone. The software update folds in bug fixes, a lengthy list of security updates and a new feature for watching live sports in the TV app.

With iOS 15.6, the TV app will now let...

Valve Bans Game Awards and Review Scores From Steam Listing Visuals

From ExtremeTech: An upcoming Steam update will prohibit developers from adding award and major review scores to their games’ primary visual assets.

According to Valve, developers have gradually prioritized their titles’ various accolades in Steam banner images (officially referred to as capsule...

Elon Musk-Twitter Trial to Start Oct. 17

From CNET: Twitter and billionaire Elon Musk will go to trial from Oct. 17 to 21, a Delaware Chancery Court schedule confirmed Friday, over the Tesla CEO's attempt to back out of a $44 billion deal to buy the company.

The official schedule comes a week after Twitter partially blamed a revenue...

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