Monthly Archives: October 2022

Meta posts another revenue decline as investors voice metaverse concerns

Earlier this year, Meta posted its first quarterly revenue decline. Once again, Meta’s financials aren’t inspiring much faith in its investors this quarter. Meta’s revenue declined 4% year over year to hit $27.7 billion; but Meta CFO David Wehner pointed out on the earnings call today that some of this decline is owed to inflation….

Ford takes $2.7B hit on Argo shutdown, shifts its bet to driver assist tech

As the third-quarter earnings drumbeat continues, we learned more about the state of global supply chains, global consumer appetite for big-ticket items and the future of self-driving technology. After the bell this afternoon, Ford beat Wall Street analyst revenue estimates of $36.25 billion, per Yahoo Finance, with automotive Q3 2022 top line of $37.2 billion,…

Microsoft cloud success helps push revenue, offsets Windows and PC drops

Microsoft has announced strong Q1 2023 financial results thanks largely to the success of its cloud services, despite losses in its flagship Windows PC vector.  The company’s Microsoft Cloud division raked in $25.7 billion worth of revenue in the quarter, a 24% increase from the same period last year.  The business now accounts for over…

Mark Zuckerberg vows to spend billions more on the metaverse next year despite burning a whopping $4 billion on it this quarter

Mark Zuckerberg as an avatar during Connect 2022 Facebook/Meta Meta said it might accelerate spending by 15% next year. Meta currently faces a number of headwinds, including a potential recession and a slowdown in the advertising market.  The decision comes just days after a prominent tech investor wrote an open letter urging Mark Zuckerberg to…

Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg just raised a giant middle finger to Wall Street. The company says its metaverse business will lose even more money next year.

Mark Zuckerberg showed full avatar at Meta connect event Facebook Facebook warned that its Reality Labs metaverse business will lose even more money in 2023. This year, the company is on track to burn through more than $10 billion on this endeavor. Shares of the company slumped to their lowest level since 2016. Facebook is…