Meta’s earnings say, hey, let’s just forget the last two years even happened. Is the next iPhone about to get an “action” button? What does it mean if Waymo is basically hitting pause on self driving trucks? Checking in on SBF. And a super fast new version of 5G.

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Links:

• Meta’s Improved Ad Sales Buy Time for Zuckerberg’s Metaverse (Bloomberg)
• Microsoft Faces European Antitrust Investigation Over Bundling of Teams Software (WSJ)
• iPhone 15 Pro Action Button Options Potentially Revealed in iOS 17 Code: Flashlight, Shortcuts, Voice Memos, and More (MacRumors)
• Alphabet’s Waymo Self-Driving Unit Slows Autonomous Trucking (Bloomberg)
• Sony has sold 40 million PS5s (The Verge)
• Prosecutors want Sam Bankman-Fried sent to jail after witness-tampering allegations. Judge issues gag order (CNN)
• T-Mobile says its ultrafast 5G capable of up to 3.3Gbps is rolling out now (The Verge)

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