Samsung Q3: operating profit down 31%+ YoY to $7.65B, revenue up ~4% YoY to $54.1B, semiconductor sales down 14% YoY; first quarterly profit decline in ~3 years (Steven Musil/CNET)

Steven Musil / CNET:
Google discontinues Google Translate in mainland China, one of the last remaining services the company provides in the country, citing “low usage”  —  The service was one of Google’s last remaining offerings in the country.  —  Steven Musil  —  Steven Musil is the night news editor at CNET News.

Steven Musil / CNET:
An ex-Apple employee, Dhirendra Prasad, pleaded guilty to mail and wire fraud charges after defrauding Apple of $17M+, including via kickbacks, starting in 2011  —  Former parts buyer engaged in theft, taking kickbacks and inflating invoices, prosecutors say.  —  Steven Musil

IDC:
Global wearables shipments declined 6.9% YoY to 107.4M units in Q2 2022, weighed down by rising inflation and other factors; Apple’s share declined to 25%  —  The wearables market faced another challenging period in the second quarter of 2022 (2Q22) as global shipments declined 6.9% year …

Andrew Orr / AppleInsider:
Apple reports a record $11.5B in Mac revenue for Q4, up 25% YoY, and sets “a quarterly record for upgraders”, but expects a YoY decline in Q1 2023  —  Mac sales were strong during Apple’s September quarter amid a declining PC market, but the company expects Mac revenue to slow down in Q4 compared to the same period in 2021.

Eli Blumenthal / CNET:
Small US carriers say Apple making eSIM the only option for iPhone 14 models in the US “democratizes connectivity” by letting users switch networks easily  —  Mint Mobile, Boost Mobile and US Mobile see room for growth as eSIM technology could make switching networks even easier.

Stephen Shankland / CNET:
Nvidia announces Drive Thor processors with 77B transistors for self-driving vehicles, arriving in 2024 for cars coming in 2025  —  The AI chip is due to arrive in cars in 2025, Nvidia says at its GTC event to showcase its GPU technology.  —  Stephen Shankland