The US FTC's DNC Registry data shows the agency received ~1.1M consumer complaints about robocalls in FY 2024, down from ~1.2M in FY 2023 and 3.4M+ in FY 2021
FTC releases annual Do Not Call Registry Data Book showing total reports about unwanted calls decreased further in 2024
In a rare admission of ad fraud, Yahoo Japan plans to waive $189M in charges, or ~1.6% of parent company LY's FY 2023 revenue, after detecting fraudulent clicks
Admits it's not sure some clicks from from humans, points to bettter quality as sign not all is rotten
Monzo alters its financial year and reports FY 2024 revenue of £880M, 9.7M customers, £11.2B in deposits, and a pretax profit of £15.4M, vs. a loss in FY 2023
- British digital bank now has almost 10 million customers — Monzo is opening a new office in Ireland to grow in the EU
Sony reports Q4 revenue up 14% YoY to ~$22.4B, above ~$18.5B est., operating profit up 57% YoY to ~$1.5B, and 20.8M PS5 units sold in FY 2023, below guidance
Sony on Tuesday reported a 7% drop in annual profits in the fiscal year 2023, dragged down by a decline in its financial services division.
Sources: Cisco plans to lay off thousands of workers as part of a restructuring, as it seeks to focus on high-growth areas; Cisco had 84,900 staffers in FY 2023
Cisco is set to layoff thousands of employees, a move that is part of a restructuring plan, as it looks to focus on high growth areas, sources say. … Forums: r/technology : Exclusive: Cisco to cut tho...
Texas Instruments reports Q4 revenue down 13% YoY to $4.08B, vs. $4.13B est., and FY 2023 sales down ~13% YoY, the company's biggest fall in over a decade
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Embracer reports Q2 net sales up 13% YoY to ~$1B, layoffs that impacted ~900 staff, or 5% of its workforce, and 36 fewer games in development than in Q2 2022
and Warns of More to Come Derek Strickland / TweakTown : Embracer likely to cancel more games to reduce expenses, may shy away from external projects X: Rim / @rim_aj : An estimated 7,100 layoffs this...
PayPal reports Q3 revenue up 9% YoY to $7.4B, vs. $7.38B est., total payment volume up 13% YoY to $387.7B, vs. $377.9B, and forecasts FY 2023 profit above est.
A look at Microsoft's Surface business as device revenue plunged in FY 2023 after growing steadily since FY 2014, as a major correction hits the wider PC market
Ed Bott / ZDNet : X: @edbott and @mukund . Forums: r/Surface X: Ed Bott / @edbott : I had some thoughts after Microsoft's Surface event this week. https://www.zdnet.com/... Mukund Mohan / @mukund : W...
A look at Microsoft's Surface business as device revenue plunged in FY 2023 after growing steadily since FY 2014, as a major correction hits the wider PC market
Ed Bott / ZDNet :