• Filing: SpaceX reports 2025 revenue of $18.7B, up 33% YoY, a $4.9B loss, vs. a $791M profit in 2024, and $20.7B in capital expenditures, up from $11.2B (New York Times)
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• Ubisoft reports a record operating loss of $1.40B for the year to March and says sales in 2026-27 will fall by about 8% to 9%; UBI falls 6%+ (Reuters)
• Internal memo: Xbox hires game industry analyst Matthew Ball as chief strategy officer, and names Scott Van Vliet, who led Azure AI infrastructure, as Xbox CTO (Tom Warren/The Verge)
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