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Deezer launched its version of Spotify Wrapped to give listeners an overview of their top tracks and artists. Source link

The $2 billion investment in Synopsys, which makes software and components for designing semiconductor chips, deepens their existing partnership at a time when analysts scrutinize circular AI-industry deals and warn of a potential bubble. Source link

On Black Friday, Amazon sessions that resulted in a sale were up 100% in the U.S. when the AI chatbot Rufus was used. They only increased by 20% when Rufus wasn’t used. Source link

Adam Joseph was shocked when Mark Cuban replied to his email with an inquisition full of questions. Source link

Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the VC-backed startups that became unicorns so far this year. Source link

The round was co-led by Salesforce Ventures and Anjney Midha (AMP), and saw participation from a16z, NVIDIA, Northzone, Creandum, Earlybird VC, BroadLight Capital, General Catalyst, Temasek, Bain Capital Ventures, Air Street Capital, Visionaries Club, Canva and Figma Ventures. Source link

E-commerce company Coupang has confirmed a massive data breach affecting 33.7 million customer accounts in South Korea. Source link

CEO Will Bruey says people often get Varda wrong. The company isn’t “in the space industry; we’re in-space industry,” he said. Space is “just another place to ship to.” Source link

James Cameron’s movies are often at the cutting edge of visual effects technology, but that doesn’t make him a fan of generative AI. Source link

David Sacks’ role as President Donald Trump’s artificial intelligence and crypto czar could work out very well for his investments, according to a new report. However, Sacks fired back, calling the story a “nothing burger.” Source link