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Apple Music’s Replay 2025 is here
2 Dec 2025, 2:00 pm by Aisha Malik
This year, Apple Music Replay includes even more listening habits, including the “Discovery” section, which highlights new artists users listened to, and “Loyalty,” which spotlights artists that users have kept coming back to each year.
Amazon Music’s 2025 Delivered is now here to compete with Spotify Wrapped
2 Dec 2025, 1:00 pm by Lauren Forristal
Amazon Music’s 2025 Delivered introduced new badges for listeners to show off. For example, the “Headliner” badge recognizes fans who fall in the top percentage of an artist’s listeners.
India plans to verify and record every smartphone in circulation
2 Dec 2025, 12:39 pm by Jagmeet Singh
The Indian government has ordered smartphone makers to preinstall its Sanchar Saathi app on all devices, a move that is raising fresh privacy concerns.
Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium nabs $70M seed
2 Dec 2025, 12:00 pm by Julie Bort
Gradium, a startup spawned out of French AI lab Kyutai (backed by French telecom billionaire Xavier Niel), launched out of stealth on Tuesday.
What does it mean when Uncle Sam is one of your biggest shareholders? Chip startup xLight is about to find out
2 Dec 2025, 4:03 am by Connie Loizos
You can imagine how this is all going over in Silicon Valley, where the libertarian ethos runs deep.
Apple just named a new AI chief with Google and Microsoft expertise, as John Giannandrea steps down
2 Dec 2025, 1:34 am by Connie Loizos
His replacement is Amar Subramanya, a highly regarded Microsoft executive who spent 16 years at Google, most recently leading engineering for the Gemini Assistant. It’s a savvy hire, given that Subramanya knows the competition intimately.
One of Google’s biggest AI advantages is what it already knows about you
2 Dec 2025, 12:17 am by Sarah Perez
The promise is AI that’s uniquely helpful because it knows you. But the risk is AI that feels more like surveillance than service.
End of today’s TechCrunch roundup.
