Microsoft Q4 earnings, Spotify’s subscribers rise, and Instagram walks back its changes

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce. and Alex Cranz discuss the quarterly tech earnings from Apple, Microsoft, Spotify, and more. 

Further reading:

• Meta and Apple in ‘deep’ competition to build the metaverse, Zuckerberg tells staff
• Yes, it’s weird for the two-year-old Meta Quest 2 to go up in price
• Meta might let anti-vax posts back onto Facebook and Instagram 
• Instagram walks back its changes
• Microsoft Q4 2022 earnings: Windows and Xbox fall in $51.9 billion quarter
• Meta reports revenue decline for the first time in Q2 earnings
• Here’s where to buy the Meta Quest 2 before it costs $100 more
• Alphabet Q2 2022 earnings show profits dropped compared to last year
• Comcast’s broadband business stopped growing for the first time ever
• Spotify’s subscribers rise to 188M amid podcasting setbacks
• Spotify amps up fiction podcasts with new leader of scripted content
• Spotify paid $123 million for audiobook company Findaway
• Spotify has stopped making its Car Thing dashboard accessory
• Apple’s latest iOS 16 beta ensures you can’t hide your mistakes with an edit
• Apple’s new Home app in iOS 16 is better but still half-baked
• SpaceX says Dish’s 5G plan would be ‘detrimental’ to millions of Starlink users
• You can re-watch Game of Thrones in 4K on HBO Max next month
• President Biden’s awesome video conferencing setup starts with a $7,000 Zoom gadget
• Asus’ compact Zenfone 9 comes with incredible gimbal-like camera stabilization

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