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Cisco beats with Q1 revenue of $11.93B vs. $11.85B est., down 9% YoY, and Infrastructure Platforms revenue of $6.34B, down 16% YoY; stock up 8%+ after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Cisco beats with Q1 revenue of $11.93B vs. $11.85B est., down 9% YoY, and Infrastructure Platforms revenue of $6.34B, down 16% YoY; stock up 8%+ after hours — - Cisco beat expectations while delivering the fourth consecutive quarter of revenue declines on an annualized basis. https://bit.ly/2UmNZY5

Sources: DoorDash, Wish, and Affirm are planning IPOs before the end of the year; DoorDash said in February that it had confidentially filed for an IPO (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: DoorDash, Wish, and Affirm are planning IPOs before the end of the year; DoorDash said in February that it had confidentially filed for an IPO — - Slew of startup filings is expected in next couple of weeks — IPO advisers are expecting record activity in December https://bit.ly/3pmzaD6

Google's free unlimited Photos storage offer is an object lesson in anticompetitive behavior that helped drive startups like Everpix and Loom out of the market (Will Oremus/OneZero )

Will Oremus / OneZero : Google's free unlimited Photos storage offer is an object lesson in anticompetitive behavior that helped drive startups like Everpix and Loom out of the market — A new policy perfectly illustrates a core issue across the industry — After five years of Google Photos offering unlimited … https://bit.ly/3lp5wuD

Claiming they're censored by Twitter and Facebook, some conservatives say they're moving to alternatives like Parler, which has 8M users, up from 4.5M last week (New York Times)

New York Times: Claiming they're censored by Twitter and Facebook, some conservatives say they're moving to alternatives like Parler, which has 8M users, up from 4.5M last week — Since the election, millions have migrated to alternative social media and media sites like Parler, Rumble and Newsmax. https://bit.ly/2IpBxUK

Amazon says Alexa for US English-language users will infer goals implicit in requests, like asking to set a timer after being asked "How long to steep tea?" (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Amazon says Alexa for US English-language users will infer goals implicit in requests, like asking to set a timer after being asked “How long to steep tea?” — Amazon today announced a new Alexa feature for U.S.-based English-language users that enables devices powered … https://bit.ly/3eS9k4U

Joe Biden's transition team of advisors includes employees from Amazon, Airbnb, Uber, and other tech companies, as well as several outspoken tech critics (Lauren Feiner/CNBC)

Lauren Feiner / CNBC: Joe Biden's transition team of advisors includes employees from Amazon, Airbnb, Uber, and other tech companies, as well as several outspoken tech critics — - Biden's transition agency review teams already includes several current and former tech employees from companies … https://bit.ly/35kxB0D

Facebook says political content makes up about 6% of what is seen on its platform and says CrowdTangle measures engagement but doesn't predict reach (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Sara Fischer / Axios: Facebook says political content makes up about 6% of what is seen on its platform and says CrowdTangle measures engagement but doesn't predict reach — Facebook Tuesday said that political content makes up only about 6% of what users actually see on its platform. https://bit.ly/35hAgIb