Google’s subscriptions rise in Q4 as YouTube pulls $60B in yearly revenue

Alphabet-owned YouTube’s subscription and advertising revenues are trending upward. The company said Wednesday it now has 325 million paying users on Google One and YouTube Premium, up from 300 million three months ago. YouTube reported fourth-quarter advertising revenue rose 9% to $11.38 billion, but missed analysts’ average estimate of $11.84 billion. YouTube’s revenue, including advertising…

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Watch live: Jayapal targets Trump immigration crackdown, detention centers

Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) speaks to reporters Wednesday afternoon about President Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts and his opposition to for-profit detention centers. “Trump’s treatment of immigrants is beyond inhumane,” Jayapal wrote in a post on the social platform X, sharing a Newsweek story. “That’s why today, I am showing my dignity… Source link

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What most VCs won’t tell you about raising capital

Venture capitalists Ross Fubini (XYZ Ventures) and Leslie Feinzag (Graham & Walker Ventures) lift the curtain on how VCs create their own go-to-market strategies – not only how they evaluate startups, but also how they win over LPs and founders. In this episode of Build Mode, they share their hard-won lessons from raising their first…

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Verily is closing its medical device program as Alphabet shifts more resources to AI

The life science hand of the alphabet really put the employees and ended their entire equipment program on Monday. CEO Stephen Gillett announces “difficult decisions” to air the program Staff memoAccording to Business Insider. “Over the years, Worli has created a heritage in developing world -class, innovative medical devices,” Gillett has written that “Path forward…

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Boebert says she's voting for Epstein bill

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) said Wednesday she will vote for a discharge petition that, if passed by the Senate and signed by President Trump, would help release the Department of Justice (DOJ) information on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Boebert told reporters she would not remove her name. Source link

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