Adobe beats earnings expectations as AI tools drive double-digit revenue growth

Duncan Riley / siliconangle - Adobe Inc. reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue in its fiscal 2025 fourth quarter today and also impressed with a forecast ahead of analyst expectations. For the quarter that ended on Nov. 28, Adobe reported adjusted earnings per share of $5…

Stevie Bonifield / theverge - A new beta feature on Spotify takes the idea behind the Discover Weekly playlist and puts the control in users' hands through AI prompts. Prompted Playlists, which are initially launching in New Zealand on Thursday, let users type out exactly what they wa…

#ai #innovation #mobile #streaming #apps #music #technology #spotify #algorithm

Spotify Launches ‘Prompted Playlists’ to Let Users Control Algorithms with AI

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Spotify’s latest feature hands you control of its algorithm

2 months / digitaltrends

Spotify is testing a new prompt-powered playlist feature

2 months / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

A Spotify Beta Feature Lets Users Make Custom Playlists by Writing AI Prompts

2 months / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Spotify’s Prompted Playlists use AI to control your algorithm

2 months / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Spotify's new playlist feature gives users more control over their recommendation algorithm

2 months / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Spotify tests more personalized, AI-powered ‘Prompted Playlists’

2 months / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

Foreign tourists required to disclose 5 years of social media activity in US proposal

2 months / reddit / /u/BreakfastTop6899

Amazon to Let Authors Remove DRM From eBooks on Kindle

Paul Thurrott / thurrott - Amazon quietly revealed that it will allow authors to publish their books on Kindle in DRM-free EPUB and PDF formats.The post Amazon to Let Authors Remove DRM From eBooks on Kindle appeared first on Thurrott.com.

#software #ecommerce #digitaltransformation #amazon #privacy #technology #drm #copyright

You’ll soon be able to access your Kindle eBooks on other e-readers

2 months / digitaltrends

Amazon to Let Authors Remove DRM From eBooks on Kindle

2 months / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

Amazon is changing how its Kindle DRM works, but only for these titles

2 months / pocket-lint / Craig Donaldson

Amazon Changes How Copyright Protection is Applied To Kindle Direct's Self-Published Ebooks

2 months / slashdot / msmash

Amazon changes how copyright protection is applied to Kindle Direct’s self-published ebooks

2 months / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

Meta is reportedly working on a new AI model called 'Avocado' and it might not be open source

Karissa Bell / engadget - Mark Zuckerberg has for months publicly hinted that he is backing away from open-source AI models. Now, Meta's latest AI pivot is starting to come into focus. The company is reportedly working on a new model, known inside of Meta as "Avocado," which could…

#ai #ml #opensource #meta #openai #aiethics #business #zuckerberg #privacy #technology

AI race: Meta reported to use Alibaba’s Qwen for ‘Avocado’ model in likely win for China

2 months / scmp

Meta is reportedly working on a new AI model called 'Avocado' and it might not be open source

2 months / engadget / Karissa Bell

Meta is reportedly ditching open Llama models for Avocado, a closed model built for direct sales

2 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Meta Moves From Open-Source to Paid ‘Avocado’ AI

2 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Oracle Reports $16.1 Billion in Revenue, Narrowly Missing Forecasts

Sebastian Herrera / wsj - The software giant is spending heavily to become a major cloud provider for the AI era.

#ai #cloud #aiethics #stockmarket #earnings #business #datacenter #technology #oracle

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OpenAI's influence sparks competitive tension around Oracle's earnings. (1)
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Massive AI spending raises risk pointers on future profitability.

Oracle raises AI spending estimate, spooks investors

2 months / theregister / Thomas Claburn

Oracle Credit Risk Gauge Deteriorates After Earnings Report

2 months / bloomberg / Caleb Mutua

Oracle shares slide as data centre spending mounts

2 months / ft

OpenAI's influence sparks competitive tension around Oracle's earnings.

Oracle Can’t Escape OpenAI’s Shadow

2 months / wsj / Dan Gallagher

Revenue miss triggers steep share declines, fueling market concerns.

Oracle shares plummet 11% in premarket, dragging down AI stocks

2 months / cnbc

US stock futures slip after Oracle results disappoint

2 months / ft

Oracle plummets 11% on weak revenue, pushing down AI stocks like Nvidia and CoreWeave

2 months / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

Oracle’s mixed earnings fail to dispel AI fears, and the stock falls trib.al/HI6KXX2

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Shares in AI giant Oracle fall after revenue miss

2 months / bbc

Shares of Oracle slide 10% on revenue miss and rising capital expenditures

2 months / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Oracle’s stock falls as mixed earnings report fails to dispel AI fears trib.al/IfsjJHB

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Oracle Reports $16.1 Billion in Revenue, Narrowly Missing Forecasts

2 months / wsj / Sebastian Herrera

Strong cloud and AI growth boosts stock outlook upbeat.

Oracle Corporation (ORCL) Stock: Soars Following Strong Q2 Performance and Growth in Cloud and AI Services

2 months / parameter / Yasmin Werner

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Oracle slightly living down to investor worries over AI: higher than expected capex, lower than expected revenues. Shares down in afterhours, @rafeuddin.ft.com reports www.ft.com/content/3633...

2 months / bsky / @iankmsmith.ft.com / iankmsmith.ft.com

Apple TV and Apple Music are down for some users

Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - Apple Music and Apple TV are experiencing an outage, according to Apple’s System Status page. The outage was logged on Apple’s own system at around 2:53PM ET, and is currently affecting both of the company’s streaming services, along with Apple TV’s Chann…

#gaming #apple #streaming #techsupport #ios #technology #applemusic

Apple TV and Apple Music are down for some users

2 months / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Minor outages hit Apple Music, Apple TV, and Game Center

2 months / appleinsider

Apple Services Experiencing Outage

2 months / ycombinator

Apple Music and Apple TV Experiencing Outage

2 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

Reddit is testing verification

Jay Peters / theverge - Reddit is starting to test verified profiles, the company announced today. Users who are verified as part of this "limited alpha test" will have a gray checkmark next to their username "across profiles, communities, feeds, post detail pages, and search re…

#cybersecurity #techpolicy #internet #apps #reddit #privacy #technology #contentmoderation #digitalid

Verified users will actually be notable figures, not just people who paid for the checkmark.

2 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Reddit is testing verification

2 months / theverge / Jay Peters

Reddit is testing verification badges

2 months / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Reddit is starting to verify public figures

2 months / engadget / Karissa Bell

Petco Files Data Breach Reports and Blames Inadvertent Software Setting

PYMNTS / pymnts - Petco has reported that a setting within one of its software applications made customers’ personal information accessible online. The retailer filed data breach reports in California, Massachusetts and Texas. The disclosures were flagged by PCMag in a Tue…

#cybersecurity #software #dataprivacy #infosec #business #cybercrime #security #scam #privacy #technology

Petco Files Data Breach Reports and Blames Inadvertent Software Setting

2 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Petco accidentally exposed heaps of customer information

2 months / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

Petco takes down Vetco website after exposing customers’ personal information

2 months / techcrunch / Zack Whittaker

Amazon Grows Same-Day Fresh Grocery Delivery to 2,300 Communities

PYMNTS / pymnts - Amazon says its same-day perishable grocery delivery service has reached 2,300-plus communities. Now, Amazon is planning additional growth in 2026 as it finds itself on track to deliver at its fastest speeds ever for Prime members worldwide for the third …

#ecommerce #amazon #business #us #food #technology #delivery #prime

Amazon Grows Same-Day Fresh Grocery Delivery to 2,300 Communities

2 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Amazon brings same-day deliveries of perishable food items to 1,300 new areas

2 months / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

Amazon now offers same-day delivery of perishable groceries in 2,300 US cities

2 months / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

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.

#digitalmarketing #streaming #youtube #business #alphabet #media #technology #tv

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Google Launches Android Emergency Live Video in the US

Laurent Giret / thurrott - Google is launching today a new Emergency Live Video feature that lets Android users in the US share a live video feed with first responders during an emergency situation.The post Google Launches Android Emergency Live Video in the US appeared first on Th…

#mobile #google #android #streaming #us #privacy #technology #emergencyservices #smartphone #safety

Google launches Android Emergency Live Video to assist 911 calls

2 months / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Android users can now share a live video on 911 calls | Emergency Live Video is rolling out today on phones running Android 8 or later.

2 months / reddit / /u/ControlCAD

This feature could help give emergency dispatchers context in circumstances like car accidents, fires, or medical crises.

2 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Google rolling out Android Emergency Live Video sharing

2 months / reddit / /u/hunterd189

You can now share live video with emergency services on Android

2 months / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Google Launches Android Emergency Live Video in the US

2 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

New Android Feature Lets You Beam Live Video to Emergency Services

2 months / cnet / Abrar Al-Heeti

Android Has A New Safety Feature You'll Pray You Never Need, But You Should Be Aware Of It

2 months / bgr

Android users can now share a live video on 911 calls

2 months / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Android’s new Emergency Live Video feature helps responders see exactly what you’re facing

2 months / digitaltrends

Meta’s New A.I. Superstars Are Chafing Against the Rest of the Company

Eli Tan / nytimes - An us-versus-them mentality has emerged between Meta’s top artificial intelligence team and longtime lieutenants to Mark Zuckerberg.

#ai #innovation #ml #techpolicy #meta #aiethics #business #jobs #culture #technology

Meta's New AI Superstars Are Chafing Against the Rest of the Company

2 months / slashdot / msmash

Meta’s New A.I. Superstars Are Chafing Against the Rest of the Company

2 months / nytimes / nytimes.com

Meta’s New A.I. Superstars Are Chafing Against the Rest of the Company

2 months / nytimes / Eli Tan

Nvidia develops software-based tracking for AI GPUs to quash smuggling concerns — solution devised to prevent shipments to nations with export controls in place

tomshardware - Nvidia has quietly developed a software-based location-verification system for its Blackwell-generation GPUs that can approximate where the hardware is operating, which could prevent smuggling of AI GPUs to China.

#ai #cybersecurity #hardware #chips #nvidia #aiethics #semiconductor #technology #regulation

Nvidia’s new software could help trace where its AI chips end up

2 months / cnbc

Nvidia builds location verification tech that could help fight chip smuggling

2 months / scmp

Nvidia's unreleased infrastructure management service isn't for tracking GPUs, but it can

2 months / theregister / Tobias Mann

Nvidia is reportedly testing tracking software as chip-smuggling rumors swirl

2 months / techcrunch / Rebecca Szkutak

NVIDIA Reportedly Designs Location Verification Technology to Track GPU Smugglers

2 months / techpowerup

Nvidia Builds Location Verification Tech That Could Track Where Its AI Chips End Up https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/12/10/1448224/nvidia-builds-location-verification-tech-that-could-track-where-its-ai-chips-end-up?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&ut

2 months / bsky / @slashdot.org / slashdot.org

Nvidia builds location verification tech that could help fight chip smuggling

2 months / reddit / /u/MetaKnowing

Nvidia develops software-based tracking for AI GPUs to quash smuggling concerns — solution devised to prevent shipments to nations with export controls in place

2 months / tomshardware

Nvidia Builds Location Verification Tech That Could Track Where Its AI Chips End Up

2 months / slashdot / msmash

Nvidia develops location tracking for AI chips

2 months / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Nvidia has developed location verification technology that could reveal which country its chips are operating in.

2 months / reddit / /u/GasBond

OpenAI hires Slack’s CEO as its chief revenue officer

Emma Roth / theverge - OpenAI is bringing Slack CEO Denise Dresser on board to serve as the AI giant's chief revenue officer. In an announcement on Tuesday, OpenAI says Dresser will oversee the company's global revenue strategy, while helping "more businesses put AI to work in …

#ai #openai #business #chatgpt #jobs #technology

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OpenAI hires Slack’s CEO as its chief revenue officer

2 months / theverge / Emma Roth

OpenAI hires Slack CEO Denise Dresser as Chief Revenue Officer

2 months / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

OpenAI Appoints Former Slack CEO Denise Dresser as Chief Revenue Officer

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Germany’s Amplifold Secures €5M To Advance Rapid, Affordable DNA-Origami Diagnostics

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Amplifold, a Munich-based biotech startup developing rapid diagnostic tests powered by DNA-origami nanotechnology, has closed an oversubscribed €5 million seed round. The LMU spin-off will use the funding to industrialise its DNA-origami signal amplificat…

#startups #vc #innovation #biotech #digitalhealth #europe #technology #medicine #research

Nvidia decries 'far-fetched' reports of smuggling in face of DeepSeek training reports — unnamed sources claim Chinese company is involved in Blackwell smuggling ring

2 months / tomshardware

Amplifold raises €5M to supercharge lateral flow tests with DNA origami

2 months / techfundingnews / Vignesh R

Germany’s Amplifold Secures €5M To Advance Rapid, Affordable DNA-Origami Diagnostics

2 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Germany’s Amplifold raises €5 million to unfold rapid, affordable diagnostics using DNA-origami nanotechnology

2 months / eu-startups / Rahul Raj

Instagram will let you control which topics its algorithm recommends

Steve Dent / engadget - For the first time, Instagram will start letting you control the topics its algorithm recommends, much as you now can on TikTok. The new feature is starting with the Reels tab but will eventually come to Explore and other areas of the app. Like much of wh…

#mobile #meta #apps #ux #technology #instagram #algorithm #digitalprivacy

Meta is giving all US Instagram users control over the Reels algorithm

2 months / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

In the battle for your attention, Instagram is betting that more control over the algorithm could keep you scrolling on Reels. www.wired.com/story/instag...

2 months / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

You can select which topics you want to see more or less of, and your recommendations will adapt accordingly.

2 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Instagram users given new algorithm controls

2 months / techxplore

Exclusive: Instagram’s new feature finally gives you (a little) more control of your algorithm

2 months / fastcompany / Yasmin Gagne

Instagram will let you control which topics its algorithm recommends

2 months / engadget / Steve Dent

Instagram Will Start Letting You Pick What Shows Up in Your Reels

2 months / wired / Reece Rogers

Instagram gives you more control over your Reels algorithm

2 months / theverge / Jess Weatherbed

Instagram’s new ‘Your Algorithm’ tool gives you more control over the Reels you see

2 months / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

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…

#ai #digitalmarketing #aiethics #business #creativity #technology #ads #advertising

GPT-5 Gets a Danger Label

2 months / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

Not ready? McDonald’s AI-generated ad taken down after public backlash

2 months / siliconangle / James Farrell

McDonalds Netherlands released an AI holiday commercial, and people are not lovin it

2 months / mashable

McDonalds and Coca-Cola Made AI Slop Holiday Commercials, and I'm Not Lovin' It

2 months / cnet / Katelyn Chedraoui

McDonald's pulls AI-generated Christmas advert following backlash

2 months / reddit / /u/MetaKnowing

Why McDonald’s Pulled This AI Christmas Ad After an AI Slop Backlash and Consumer Mockery

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

McDonald's pulled a widely mocked 'AI slop' Christmas ad

2 months / qz / Alex Daniel

AI Slop Ad Backfires For McDonald's

2 months / slashdot / msmash

Watch the AI-generated Christmas ad McDonald's pulled after massive backlash

2 months / techspot

McDonald's pulls AI Christmas ad after backlash

2 months / ycombinator

McDonald's pulls AI Christmas ad after backlash

2 months / bbc

SpaceX plans $30B IPO in 2026 at $1.5T valuation

Aytun Çelebi / dataconomy - SpaceX plans to launch an initial public offering in mid-to-late 2026, aiming to raise $30 billion at a valuation of approximately $1.5 trillion, according to Bloomberg News sources. Bloomberg’s report, based on multiple unidentified sources, positions th…

#space #stockmarket #investment #business #finance #aerospace #technology #elonmusk

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IPO Launch Details

SpaceX is eyeing a $1.5 trillion valuation. That’s good news for Google. trib.al/Mgr6H0i

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

After years of resisting it, SpaceX now plans to go public. Why?

2 months / arstechnica / Eric Berger

SpaceX chases a $1.5 trillion liftoff on Wall Street

2 months / qz / Shannon Carroll

SpaceX Hypes 2026 IPO With Predictable Ingredient: AI in Orbit

2 months / gizmodo / Ellyn Lapointe

SpaceX Prepares for Largest IPO in History With $1.5 Trillion Target

2 months / parameter / Trader Edge

SpaceX eyes $1 trillion IPO: Report - https-//www.semafor.com

2 months / google

SpaceX plans $30B IPO in 2026 at $1.5T valuation

2 months / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

SpaceX’s $1.5T IPO at $30B+ valuation: Everything you need to know

2 months / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

SpaceX to IPO in 2026?

2 months / advanced-television / Editor

Market Reaction & Influences

Tesla (TSLA) Stock: SpaceX $1.5 Trillion IPO Could Give TSLA Shareholders Early Access

2 months / parameter / Trader Edge

EchoStar (SATS) Stock Soars as Analysts Boost Targets Following SpaceX News

2 months / parameter / Trader Edge

2 months / fastcompany / Sarah Fielding

Operational & Safety Reports

After the fireworks: The everyday journey of a Falcon 9 space rocket

2 months / digitaltrends

OSHA investigating new crane accident at SpaceX’s Starbase facility

2 months / techcrunch / Sean O'Kane

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The worker was part of a subcontractor that was building one of the many concrete walls going up at the rapidly-expanding rocket facility in Texas. His lawyers sued SpaceX and the subcontractor a few days after the accident.

2 months / bsky / @seanokane.bsky.social / seanokane.bsky.social

OSHA confirmed to @techcrunch.com that SpaceX reported the accident, and the agency said it has opened a "rapid response investigation." That means OSHA is waiting on more information from SpaceX before it decides whether to do an on-site inve

2 months / bsky / @seanokane.bsky.social / seanokane.bsky.social

UPDATE: A new court filing accuses the crane operator (employed by the subcontractor) was using his cell phone at the time of the accident. techcrunch.com/2025/12/10/o...

2 months / bsky / @seanokane.bsky.social / seanokane.bsky.social

Nu Quantum Raises $60M: Nu Quantum $60M Funding

Clinton / ventureburn - Nu Quantum’s $60M Raise Signals New Momentum in Quantum Networking Nu Quantum has raised $60 million in fresh Series A funding. It is a record-breaking milestone for a pure-play quantumThe post Nu Quantum Raises $60M: Nu Quantum $60M Funding appeared firs…

#startups #vc #innovation #networking #quantum #investment #business #deeptech #technology #research

UK quantum networking start-up Nu Quantum raises $60m

2 months / siliconrepublic / Colin Ryan

Nu Quantum Raises $60M Series A In Largest Financing Round For Quantum Computer Networking

2 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Nu Quantum closes largest quantum series A in the UK at £45m

2 months / uktech / Kirstie Pickering

University of Cambridge quantum spinout nets record $60M Series A

2 months / tech / John Reynolds

Nu Quantum Raises $60M: Nu Quantum $60M Funding

2 months / ventureburn / Clinton

Nu Quantum Raises $60M in Series A Funding

2 months / finsmes / FinSMEs

UK’s Nu Quantum Raises $60 Million in Round Led by National Grid

2 months / bloomberg / Isabella Ward

This Cambridge startup is building plug-and-play AI inspectors for global factories, with $14M to scale

Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - London-based Matta, a deep-tech spin-out from the University of Cambridge, has raised $14 million in seed funding to…

#ai #startups #automation #ml #investment #uk #deeptech #manufacturing #technology

Zentio raises €1.4M for AI-native production planning

2 months / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Startup in spotlight: Zentio secures €1.4M for ‘self-learning flywheel’ factory planning

2 months / techfundingnews / Vignesh R

This Cambridge startup is building plug-and-play AI inspectors for global factories, with $14M to scale

2 months / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Matta Secures $14M Funding To Develop “Sentient Factory” Technology

2 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Matta raises $14M to develop “sentient factory” technology

2 months / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

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