Internet/e-commerce

Sources: GameStop is preparing to make an offer for eBay after quietly building a stake; GameStop had a market cap of ~$11B as of May 1, while eBay had ~$45B (www.wsj.com)
2026-5-2 eBay

Microsoft tests modern Windows Run, says it's faster than legacy dialog (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-2 Microsoft

Microsoft's Xbox Mode Is Now Available For All Windows 11 PCs (games.slashdot.org)
2026-5-2 Microsoft Xbox

“Podslop” is flooding listening platforms like Spotify; Podcast Index: of ~11K new podcast feeds in a recent 9-day span, ~39% were likely for AI content shows (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-2 AI Spotify

Pushing back on AI job loss fears, AWS CEO Matt Garman says Amazon plans to hire 11,000 software engineering interns in 2026, a figure in line with recent years (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-5-2 Amazon AI

Spotify Adds 'Verified' Badges To Distinguish Human Artists From AI (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-5-2 AI Spotify

Microsoft fixes Remote Desktop warnings displaying incorrectly (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-1 Microsoft

Amazon launches “Join the chat”, an AI-powered feature that allows users to ask questions about products and receive conversational audio responses in real time (techcrunch.com)
2026-5-1 Amazon AI

Sources: the US DOD strikes agreements with Nvidia, Microsoft, Reflection AI, and AWS to use their AI tools on classified military networks for “lawful” use (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-1 Microsoft AI Nvidia

Microsoft now lets admins choose pre-installed Store apps to uninstall (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-1 Microsoft

Intel shares jumped 114% in April, hitting a record on April 24 and lifting its market cap past $470B, closing out the chipmaker's best month on record (www.cnbc.com)
2026-5-1 Intel

Reddit reports Q1 revenue up 69% YoY to $663M, vs. $611M est., DAUq up 17% to 126.8M, vs. 125.9M est., and forecasts Q2 revenue above estimates (www.cnbc.com)
2026-5-1 Reddit

Google is rolling out Gemini to cars that have Google built-in, replacing Google Assistant, starting with English in the US (www.theverge.com)
2026-5-1 Google

Microsoft Open-Sources 'Earliest DOS Source Code Discovered To Date' (news.slashdot.org)
2026-5-1 Microsoft

Sources: the NSA has been testing Anthropic's Mythos model to find vulnerabilities in Microsoft products and widely used software from other companies (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-1 Microsoft

Spotify rolls out a Verified by Spotify badge to identify human artists; criteria include artist presence on and off platform and consistent listener activity (techcrunch.com)
2026-4-30 Spotify

Netflix starts rolling out its new Clips vertical video feed as a separate tab in the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, India, and four other countries (www.theverge.com)
2026-4-30 Australia India Netflix Canada

Digital advertising is booming for Google and Meta, helped by AI tools used for creating ads, translating copy, targeting, bidding, measuring results, and more (www.nytimes.com)
2026-4-30 Google AI

Memo: Google told employees that it “proudly” works with the US military and will continue to do so, amid opposition from some staff over US DOD contracts (www.ft.com)
2026-4-30 Google

Analysis: Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon's combined capex hit a record $130B in Q1 and is projected to reach $725B in 2026, up 77% from $410B in 2025 (giftarticle.ft.com)
2026-4-30 Amazon Microsoft Alphabet

How US schools' overreliance on YouTube for educational content encourages students to drift into endless video scrolling on school-issued devices (www.wsj.com)
2026-4-30 YouTube

The Quad should share intel on critical-mineral supply risks (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2026-4-30 Intel

Digital advertising is booming for Google and Meta, helped by AI tools used for language translation, real-time changes to ad copy, and easier ad targeting (www.nytimes.com)
2026-4-30 Google AI

Alphabet reports Q1 revenue up 22% YoY to $109.9B, vs. $107.2B est., and Google Cloud revenue up 63% to $20B, vs. $18.05B est.; GOOG jumps 6%+ after hours (s206.q4cdn.com)
2026-4-30 Google Alphabet

Google says paid subscriptions reached 350M in Q1, up 25M QoQ, driven by YouTube and Google One, while Gemini Enterprise paid MAUs grew 40% QoQ (techcrunch.com)
2026-4-30 Google YouTube

eBay reports Q1 revenue up 19% YoY to $3.09B, vs. $3.04B est., net income up 2% to $512M, GMV up 18% to $22.2B, and forecasts Q2 revenue above estimates (www.wsj.com)
2026-4-30 eBay

Microsoft's Q3 Intelligent Cloud revenue was $34.68B vs. $34.27B est., with Azure and other cloud services surging 40% YoY; Microsoft 365 Copilot has 20M+ seats (www.cnbc.com)
2026-4-30 Microsoft

Amazon reports Q1 ad revenue up 24% YoY to $17.24B, vs. $16.87B est., and subscription services revenue up 15% to $13.43B (www.cnbc.com)
2026-4-30 Amazon

Google has told employees in a memo that it “proudly” works with the US military and will continue to do so, amid opposition from some staff over DOD contracts (www.ft.com)
2026-4-30 Google

Microsoft reports Q3 Xbox hardware revenue fell 33% YoY and Xbox content and services revenue, which includes Game Pass, dropped 5% YoY (www.theverge.com)
2026-4-30 Microsoft Xbox

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