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The logo of Alphabet Inc's Google outside the company's office in Beijing, China, August 8, 2018.Thomas Peter | ReutersCheck out the companies making headlines after hours.Alphabet — The search engine parent dropped 5.8% after Alphabet missed third-quarter earnings expectations, and reported a decline in YouTube ad revenue. Alphabet earned $1.06 per share on revenue of $69.09 billion. Analysts surveyed by Refinitiv were forecasting $1.25 earnings per share on revenue of $70.58 billion.Microsoft — Shares slipped 2.7% after…

Komplete, Native Instruments' flagship music production bundle, has a little bit of everything. That's always been part of its appeal. It's pricey, but you get monster synths, a top-notch drum sampler, a virtual guitar rig and Kontakt — which is also a sampler, but calling it one seems incredibly reductive. Native Instruments is still one of the biggest names in the music software world, but it's an increasingly crowded and competitive market. And much of it is moving towards a subscription model (even Native…

One of the most powerful and fascinating forces of nature is born of storms: great cracks of light that part the sky, flicking vast amounts of electricity into the surrounding atmosphere, cracking into the ground whenever it reaches it.  Or that's how we typically think of lightning.But the phenomenon has another manifestation, only relatively recently revealed: sometimes, it erupts upwards from the clouds, lashing into the stratosphere in a tremendous blue 'jet' of electricity.Little is known about this phenomenon; it's…

Chipmaker Texas Instruments Inc recently forecasted current-quarter revenue largely above expectations, betting on sustained demand from industrial and automotive customers and an improvement in shipments as supply-chain bottlenecks start to ease. Share of the Dallas, Texas-based company rose 4% in extended trade, with chipmakers Intel Corp and Nvidia Corp seeing gains as well. Some of the bigger chip companies, including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co and Texas Instruments, have weathered the downturn from…

A Chipotle Mexican Grill sign is seen in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesCheck out the companies making headlines in after hours trading.Alphabet – Shares of Alphabet jumped nearly 3% even after the company reported quarterly earnings that fell short of analysts' expectations for revenue and earnings.  Enphase Energy – Enphase gained more than 6% following the company's quarterly earnings release after the bell. Both earnings per share and revenue for…

The latest generation of smartphones, 5G, can interfere with aircraft altitude instruments, the French Civil Aviation Authority warned Tuesday as it recommended they should be turned off during flight."The utilisation of 5G devices onboard aircraft could lead to risks of interference that could potentially result in errors in altitude readings,"  a spokesman for the agency told AFP.The potential phenomenon is due to "signal interference from a close frequency source of a strength that is similar or even superior to that…

, which features "bendable" pitches, offered theLumi Keys ; While clearly inspired by Lumi Keys' illuminated rainbow effects, Popuiano also includes a companion illuminated pad that can be used for triggering chords or percussion.But Joué Play represents the most versatile keyboard controller to hail from crowdfunding. Using technology similar to that of the Sensel Morph connects to its own well-designed companion app via USB or Bluetooth. However, despite the product's $300 asking price, you must pony up an…

For the last 50 years, David Harrington, the founder and artistic director of San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet, has been playing what he calls “pretty athletic music” on a violin made in 1721. I’ve heard him play all kinds of compositions on it, from the galloping notes of Orange Blossom Special to the minimalism of Terry Riley and even the occasional bit of Bach. The instrument made by Carlo Giuseppe Testore in Milan has survived three centuries, providing music for countless audiences, and can be heard on more than 60…

This animation shows the path light will follow as it hits the primary James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) mirror, and is reflected to the secondary, and then in through the aft optics assembly where the tertiary and fine steering mirrors are. The light is then reflected and split and directed to the science instruments by pick-off mirrors. JWST is a three-mirror anastigmat telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)One of the <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt"…

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India's central bank ban on loading non-bank prepaid payment instruments using credit lines has created panic among Indian fintech startups — Fintech startups in India have raised over $15 billion from high-profile foreign investors in the past two years. — For nearly all fintech startups, lending has long been the end game. Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India's central bank ban on loading non-bank prepaid payment instruments using credit lines has created…