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…

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

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

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

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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.

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Massive AI spending raises risk pointers on future profitability. (3)
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Massive AI spending raises risk pointers on future profitability.

Oracle raises AI spending estimate, spooks investors

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Oracle Credit Risk Gauge Deteriorates After Earnings Report

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Oracle shares slide as data centre spending mounts

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

Oracle Can’t Escape OpenAI’s Shadow

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Revenue miss triggers steep share declines, fueling market concerns.

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

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US stock futures slip after Oracle results disappoint

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

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

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Shares in AI giant Oracle fall after revenue miss

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

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

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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

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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...

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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…

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Petco Files Data Breach Reports and Blames Inadvertent Software Setting

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Petco accidentally exposed heaps of customer information

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Petco takes down Vetco website after exposing customers’ personal information

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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 …

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

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

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

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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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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.

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

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

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

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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 …

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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

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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GPT-5 Gets a Danger Label

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

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

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

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McDonald's pulls AI-generated Christmas advert following backlash

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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

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

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McDonald's pulls AI Christmas ad after backlash

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McDonald's pulls AI Christmas ad after backlash

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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…

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IPO Launch Details

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

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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

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

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

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

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SpaceX to IPO in 2026?

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Market Reaction & Influences

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

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

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Operational & Safety Reports

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

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OSHA investigating new crane accident at SpaceX’s Starbase facility

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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.

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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

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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...

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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…

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

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

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

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

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

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Nu Quantum Raises $60M in Series A Funding

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

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Mondu Secures €100M Funding And Strategic Partnership With J.P. Morgan Payments

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Berlin-based Mondu, a B2B payment solutions provider, has secured a €100 million debt facility from J.P. Morgan Payments to scale its services and support its expansion across European markets. Founded in 2021 by Malte Huffmann, Philipp Povel, and Gil Dan…

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Can Mondu fix Europe’s late payment problem? J.P. Morgan bets €100M on B2B payments startup

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J.P. Morgan Payments provides €100 million facility to support Mondu’s European expansion in B2B payments

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Mondu Secures €100M Funding And Strategic Partnership With J.P. Morgan Payments

2 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Mondu secures €100M debt facility and partnership from J.P. Morgan Payments

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Mondu Receives €100M Debt Facility from J.P. Morgan Payments

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Amazon Unveils $35B India Investment Plan as Hyperscalers Race for AI Capacity

Newton Kitonga / parameter - TLDRs; Amazon commits $35B to expand India’s AI, cloud, and digital infrastructure. Company targets 1 million jobs and major export growth by 2030. AI training programs to reach millions of students and small businesses nationwide. Hyperscalers accelerate…

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India Draws $52 Billion From Amazon, Microsoft in Tech Expansion

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Over $50 billion in under 24 hours: Why Big Tech is doubling down on investing in India

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Amazon to invest $35B in India by 2030 with focus on AI, logistics

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Amazon to Invest $35 Billion to Enhance AI and Logistics in India

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The e-commerce giant said the new investment will support its efforts to digitize small businesses and strengthen its logistics and operations footprint in India.

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Amazon (AMZN) Stock: Tech Giant Makes Massive $35 Billion India Power Play

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Amazon to invest additional $35B in India by 2030, taking total planned spending to $75B

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Amazon To Invest $35 Bn In India To Boost Exports

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Amazon Unveils $35B India Investment Plan as Hyperscalers Race for AI Capacity

2 months / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Amazon pledges a massive $35 billion worth of investments in India’s AI space through 2030

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Amazon announces $35 billion investment in India

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Earlybird-X spin-off U2V launches €60 million fund to back DeepTech startups from European tech universities

Rahul Raj / eu-startups - European venture capital firm U2V (University2Ventures) has announced the first closing of its €60 million Fund I. With this fund, the spin-off from Earlybird-X aims to back early-stage DeepTech startups from European tech universities. It will invest in …