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Oracle reports Q2 revenue up 14% YoY to $16.06B, vs. $16.21B est., raises FY capex forecast to ~$50B, up from $35B as of September; ORCL drops 11%+ after hours — Oracle shares sank 11% in extended trading on Wednesday after the database software maker reported lower quarterly revenue …
More: Oracle, Agence France-Presse, Benzinga, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, Constellation Research, BBC, Financial Times, The Information, The Register, Blockchain.News, SiliconANGLE, Investor's Business Daily, Wall Street Journal, Proactive, and Forbes
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Blue Origin has worked for over a year on tech for orbital AI data centers; SpaceX plans to use upgraded Starlink satellites for AI computing payloads — Space companies backed by tech billionaires hope to move AI data centers off Earth — Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have raced …
More: TheStreet, Fast Company, Semafor, Blockchain.News, The Verge, Reuters, and Gizmodo
Forums: r/BlueOrigin and r/ASTSpaceMobile
| Courtney Rozen / Reuters: |
A group of state AGs sent a letter to Meta, Microsoft, Google, Apple, and others warning their chatbots' “delusional outputs” could be violating state laws — Microsoft, Meta, Google and Apple were among the 13 companies that received a warning from a bipartisan group of state attorneys general … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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 — Apple on Wednesday released its annual list of the most downloaded apps and games for the year. For the U.S. market …
More: Moneycontrol, App Store, UPI, Stevivor, MacRumors, MobileSyrup, MacTech.com, Lifewire, GameSpot, and 9to5Mac
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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 — Spotify announced on Wednesday that, for the first time, it's giving users more control over the streaming service's algorithm.
More: Spotify, Gizmodo, Android Authority, Engadget, The Verge, Bloomberg, How-To Geek, and Billboard
LinkedIn: Anna Lundström and Rasmus Zwickson
| Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
Operation Bluebird, a Virginia-based startup planning a “Twitter.new” social network, has petitioned the USPTO to cancel X Corp.'s “abandoned” trademarks — A Virginia startup calling itself “Operation Bluebird” announced this week that it has filed a formal petition …
More: San Francisco Business Times, Reuters, The Verge, Digit, Baller Alert, and Decrypt
| Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk: |
Sei partners with Xiaomi to pre-install its crypto wallet and discovery app on all new Xiaomi phones sold outside mainland China and the US, starting in 2026 — The app will enable peer-to-peer payments, access to decentralized apps, and Web3 exploration, as well as stablecoin payments in retail stores.| Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters: |
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 — Adobe (ADBE.O) forecast fiscal 2026 revenue above Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, signaling strong demand for the Photoshop maker's design tools …
More: Adobe, Reuters, Bloomberg, PYMNTS.com, SiliconANGLE, Adobe, and PetaPixel
| Megan Morrone / Axios: |
A Microsoft analysis of 37.5M Copilot conversations from January-September 2025 finds health-related topics dominated users' questions, and more — People are increasingly turning to Microsoft's Copilot chatbot for advice about their health, careers and relationships, according to data Microsoft first shared with Axios.
More: Microsoft AI, The Indian Express, Thurrott, Implicator.ai, and GeekWire
| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
Google rolls out Preferred Sources globally, letting users customize “top stories” in Search, and launches highlighted links from users' news subscriptions — Google is rolling out Preferred Sources globally after launching it in the US and India last August.
More: The Keyword, Android Police, Android Central, Search Engine Journal, 9to5Google, and The Information. Bluesky: @glenngabe
| Peyton Bigora / Grocery Dive: |
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 — The company has expanded the service to 2,300 markets and said customers who buy perishables through the offering shop twice as often as those who don't.
More: About Amazon, PYMNTS.com, Yahoo Finance, Dow Jones Newswires, Engadget, Retail TouchPoints, and GeekWire
| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Google releases fully managed, remote MCP servers to help developers connect AI agents to services such as Maps, BigQuery, Compute Engine, and Kubernetes Engine — AI agents are being sold as the solution for planning trips, answering business questions, and solving problems of all kinds …
More: Google Cloud Blog, Digit, eeNews Europe, CIO Dive, The New Stack, SiliconANGLE, and Security Boulevard
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| Bloomberg: |
Tim Cook met with US lawmakers in a closed-door meeting to lobby against provisions in pending legislation that would require app stores to verify users' ages — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook met with US lawmakers on Wednesday to lobby against provisions in pending children's …
More: Reuters, Now + Next, iClarified, MacTech.com, Punchbowl News, AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, and CNBC
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| Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
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 — THE SCOOP — With the rapid buildout of infrastructure taking center stage in the tight AI race between tech giants …
More: Business Today, Reuters, and TechCrunch
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
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 — Reddit is starting a limited test of verified profiles, which places a grey checkmark beside the username of a notable person or business.
More: Reddit Upvoted, Engadget, WeRSM, Social Media Today, Tech Times, Android Police, and Reuters. Forums: r/redditstock
| Reuters: |
Sources: ByteDance and Alibaba have asked Nvidia about placing large orders for H200 chips after Trump's export approval, as they remain concerned about supply — ByteDance and Alibaba (9988.HK) have asked Nvidia (NVDA.O) about buying its powerful H200 AI chip after U.S. President Donald Trump …
More: Ars Technica, New York Times, DigiTimes, Atlantic Council, Tom's Hardware, Stratechery, and The Information. Forums: r/NVDA_Stock
| Daniel Kuhn / The Block: |
The US CFTC grants crypto exchange Gemini a DCM license, allowing it to launch its prediction markets platform Gemini Titan — Partner offers — Quick Take — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission granted Gemini a Designated Contract Market license that will support …
More: Decrypt, Gemini, CoinGape, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, and Dow Jones Newswires
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
YouTube TV plans to launch over 10 genre-specific, cheaper YouTube TV Plans in early 2026, including a Sports Plan featuring ESPN Unlimited and Fox Sports 1 — YouTube TV's base package currently costs $82.99 per month. But early next year, the streaming service will roll out a range …
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| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Nvidia says that it hasn't seen “substantiation or received tips” about chip smuggling via data centers outside of China, after The Information's DeepSeek story — Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has relied on Nvidia Corp. chips that are banned in the country … | The Information: |
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Bluesky: @karlbode.com and @migueldeicaza
Forums: r/technology and r/geopolitics
| Stevie Bonifield / The Verge: |
Google unveils Emergency Live Video, similar to iOS' Emergency SOS Live Video, letting US users on Android 8 or later to share live video with 911 responders — Emergency Live Video is rolling out today on phones running Android 8 or later. … A new feature coming to Android … | Wall Street Journal: |
US investors are boosting Chinese AI-related tech stocks and adding cash to ETFs tracking China's tech sector, as US lawmakers push for tighter capital curbs — Lawmakers' push to restrict funding runs into Wall Street's hope of making money from the boom — U.S. investors are plowing money …
More: Barchart.com
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
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 — Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google is set to be hit with a potentially large EU fine early next year if it does not do more to ensure … | Ben Elgin / Bloomberg: |
Uber discontinues monthly EV bonuses as it scales back key climate efforts after embracing Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, which slashed clean-energy incentives — After long pushing for government policies to speed adoption of electric cars, Uber embraced Trump's EV-battering legislation.
More: San Francisco Business Times, CleanTechnica, Yahoo Finance, and Benzinga
| The Economic Times: |
Uber launches its B2B logistics service Uber Direct in India with ONDC integration, starting in Bengaluru with grocery deliveries for Zepto and KPN Farm Fresh — Uber is broadening its B2B logistics portfolio in India with the introduction of Uber Direct, in partnership with ONDC.
More: Moneycontrol, Times of India, Inc42 Media, MediaBrief, Entrackr, and The Week
| Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times: |
Google DeepMind plans to open its “first automated science laboratory” in the UK in 2026, focused on using AI tools to develop new materials for chips and more — Big Tech group will work with Sir Keir Starmer's government to enhance AI use across public sector
More: Livemint, ComputerWeekly.com, COINOTAG, GOV.UK, Fortune, and Google DeepMind. Bluesky: @prietschka
| Peter Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: EU competition watchdogs raided Temu's European headquarters in Dublin last week, amid suspicions Temu may have received unfair subsidies from Beijing — Temu's European headquarters in Dublin have been hit by raids by European Union competition watchdogs, amid suspicions …
More: Financial Times and Reuters
| Reuters: |
Shares of JD.com's JingDong Industrials, a supply chain tech and services provider, opened down 7.8% after the company raised ~$383M in its Hong Kong IPO — Shares of Jingdong Industrials Inc (7618.HK), a unit of Chinese online retailer JD.com (9618.HK), opened down 7.8% …
More: Dow Jones Newswires, South China Morning Post, and Bloomberg
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