Instacart’s dynamic pricing experiment is now off the menu
Shannon Carroll / qz - Instacart says it’s done testing grocery prices after criticism that shoppers were unknowingly charged different amounts for the same items
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Imprint becomes latest Irish-founded unicorn with $150m Series D raise
Ann O’Dea / siliconrepublic - New York-based fintech Imprint, co-founded by Irishman Daragh Murphy, has hit a $1.2bn valuation with its latest $150m Series D raise.Read more: Imprint becomes latest Irish-founded unicorn with $150m Series D raise
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Instagram Debuts Dedicated Television App for Amazon Fire TV
Kurt Wagner / bloomberg - Meta Platforms Inc.’s Instagram unveiled its first dedicated TV app, which lets users watch the short-form video feature Reels on a larger screen.
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Bungie’s Marathon to launch in March 2026
Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - Bungie has confirmed that Marathon will release sometime in March 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC. The first-person extraction shooter was first announced in May 2023 and serves as a brand-new entry in Bungie’s original sci-fi Marathon games…
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How ‘slop’ became the defining word of 2025
Grace Snelling / fastcompany - It’s official: 2025 was the year of slop.Merriam-Webster just announced in a post that its “human editors” have chosen “slop” as the 2025 Word of the Year.The dictionary’s official definition of the word is “digital content of low quality that is produced…
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Back to Top / Monday, December 15, 2025, 1:21 pm / permalink 16977 / 16 stories in 2 months
New York’s new law forces advertisers to say when they’re using AI avatars
Mia Sato / theverge - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill Thursday that will require advertisers to identify if an ad includes AI-generated people. Hochul's announcement said the bill, S.8420-A/A.8887-B, was the first of its kind in the US, describing it as a "common sens…
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YouTube TV to launch genre-based subscription plans in 2026
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - The new packages will give consumers more flexibility over the content that they want to pay for.
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Back to Top / Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 1:20 pm / permalink 16793 / 15 stories in 2 months
AI Slop Ad Backfires For McDonald's
msmash / slashdot - McDonald's has pulled an AI-generated Christmas commercial from YouTube after viewers pushed back on what they called a distasteful, "AI slop"-filled take on the holidays. The 45-second ad, titled "It's the most terrible time of the year," was a satirical…
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Algori Secures €3.6M To Expand Its AI-Powered Shopper Insights Platform Worldwide
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Madrid-based Algori, a purchase and behavioral data platform for the FMCG industry, has raised an additional €3.6 million in growth capital, bringing total funding to €7.5 million. The round included new investors Red Bull Ventures, Tech Transfer Agrifood…
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Adobe Premiere Mobile now has a YouTube Shorts space for easier and faster editing
Adam Vjestica / theshortcut - Create, edit and upload YouTube Shorts directly from Adobe Premiere Mobile
Back to Top / Monday, December 8, 2025, 10:20 am / permalink 16694 / 4 stories in 2 months
It’s Not Just You. Users Struggle With the Instagram Repost Button.
Hannah Ziegler / nytimes - The new repost option, sandwiched between comment and share, has led to consternation and accidental reposts by some users.
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Spotify Wrapped 2025 Wraps Up More Than 200 Million Listeners
Meara Isenberg / cnet - Spotify's latest listener recap is a year-end hit.
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Apple Lights Up Battersea Power Station With iPad-Designed Christmas Trees
iclarified - Apple is brightening the London skyline this month with a set of iPad-created Christmas trees now being projected onto the facade of Battersea Power Station. The display marks the reveal of the 24 winners of Your Tree on Battersea, a public creativity com…
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2025 Spotify Wrapped is Here With Three Unique Features Compared to Apple Music Replay
Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Spotify Wrapped has returned for 2025, and it offers three particularly unique features compared to this year's edition of Apple Music Replay.First, there is a new top song quiz that allows you to guess which track you listened to the most on Spotify this…
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YouTube Takes on Spotify With Its New Recap Feature
Ty Pendlebury / cnet - YouTube fans can now view a summary of their watching habits from the past year.
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2025 was filled with rage bait. Why Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year makes total sense
Grace Snelling / fastcompany - Oxford Dictionary just revealed its official word of 2025. It’s “rage bait.”According to an official announcement post, Oxford Dictionary’s team of lexicographers choose a shortlist of potential words each year by analyzing data and trends to “identify ne…
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Adcities Raises Over €3M in Seed Funding
FinSMEs / finsmes - Adcities, a Madrid, Spain-based adtech startup, raised over €3m in seed funding. The round was led by Adara Ventures with participation from PlusPartners and Bynd, and angels including Albert Nieto (co-founder of Seedtag) and Scott Painter (global mobilit…
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Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out
Mayank Parmar / bleepingcomputer - OpenAI is now internally testing 'ads' inside ChatGPT that could redefine the web economy. [...]
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Ranketta Raises €1M To Boost E-commerce Brand Visibility In AI Search
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Czech startup Ranketta, an AI platform that helps brands track and enhance their visibility in AI-powered search and shopping results, has secured €1 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by Lighthouse Ventures, with additional participation from…
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ChatGPT Shopping Research Drops In Time For Black Friday With Nearly Unlimited Usage
bgr - OpenAI just launched a new model in time for the holidays: ChatGPT Shopping Research is available to all users, with almost unlimited access.
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