Spotify will begin testing a feature that lets a user write a prompt for a playlist and receive a unique set of songs based on the user's earlier behavior (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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Spotify tests more personalized, AI-powered 'Prompted Playlists' | TechCrunch

The playlists can factor in world knowledge, go back to your listening history from day one, and be refreshed daily or weekly.

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Spotify says it will test Prompted Playlist, which lets users describe what they want to hear and receive a unique set of songs based on their listening history

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Internal memo: Google is naming Amin Vahdat, who leads the company's AI and infrastructure team, to the new role of chief technologist for AI infrastructure (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)

Exclusive: Google names new chief of AI infrastructure buildout

Amin Vahdat, a veteran leader at Google, will become chief technologist for AI infrastructure, according to the memo reviewed by Semafor, and repor...

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Memo: Google names Amin Vahdat, who leads the company

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Amazon now offers same-day perishable grocery delivery in 2,300+ US markets and has expanded the service's grocery offerings by 30%+ since its August launch (Peyton Bigora/Grocery Dive) https://www.grocerydive.com/news/amazon-same-day-delivery-grocery-perishables-fresh-food-expansion/807533/

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Amazon now offers same-day perishable grocery delivery in 2,300+ US markets and has expanded the service

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Google rolls out Preferred Sources globally, letting users customize "top stories" in Search, and launches highlighted links from users' news subscriptions (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Land) https://searchengineland.com/google-rolling-out-preferred-sources-globally-and-announces-spotlighting-subscriptions-465975

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Google rolls out Preferred Sources globally, letting users star Top Stories in Search, and Spotlighting, which highlights links from users

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ChatGPT was 2025's most downloaded free app in the US iOS App Store, up from No. 4 in 2024, followed by Threads, Google, TikTok, WhatsApp, and Instagram (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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ChatGPT is Apple's most downloaded app of 2025 in the US | TechCrunch

This is ChatGPT's first year as the No. 1 app on the U.S. App Store by downloads.

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Apple says ChatGPT was 2025

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Adobe reports Q4 revenue up 10% YoY to $6.19B, Digital Media revenue up 11% to $4.62B, and forecasts FY 2026 revenue above estimates (Zaheer Kachwala/Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/adobe-forecasts-annual-revenue-above-estimates-2025-12-10/

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Adobe reports Q4 revenue up 10% YoY to $6.19B, Digital Media revenue up 11% YoY to $4.62B, $7.13B in net income, and forecasts FY 2026 revenue above estimates

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Oracle reports Q2 revenue up 14% YoY to $16.06B vs. $16.21B est., remaining performance obligations up 438% to $523B vs. $502B est.; ORCL drops 5%+ after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

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

Oracle flagged new business from Meta and Nvidia in reporting a 438% increase in remaining performance obligations.

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Oracle reports Q2 revenue up 14% YoY to $16.06B, below $16.21B est., and raises its FY capex forecast to ~$50B, up from $35B as of September; ORCL drops 15%+

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Reddit starts a limited test of verified profiles, an opt-in feature that places a gray checkmark beside the usernames of notable people or businesses (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

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Reddit is testing verification badges | TechCrunch

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

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Reddit starts a limited alpha test of verified profiles, an opt-in feature that places a gray checkmark next to the usernames of notable people or businesses

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Sources: Google is set to be hit with a potentially large EU fine in Q1 2026 if it does not do more to ensure Google Play complies with EU competition rules (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/google-faces-fines-over-google-play-if-it-doesnt-make-more-concessions-sources-2025-12-10/

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Sources: Google is set to be hit with a potentially large EU fine in Q1 2026 if it doesn

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OpenAI says the cyber capabilities of its frontier AI models are accelerating and warns that upcoming models are likely to pose a "high" risk (Ina Fried/Axios) https://www.axios.com/2025/12/10/openai-new-models-cybersecurity-risks

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OpenAI says the cyber capabilities of its frontier AI models are accelerating, and warns that upcoming models are likely to pose a “high” cybersecurity risk

By Ina Fried / Axios. View the full context on Techmeme.