Open Links In New Tab
Mobile Archives Advertise Site News Contact Editors
Techmeme
March 11, 2026, 4:05 AM
Mediagazer memeorandum WeSmirch
Home River Leaderboards About Events Newsletter

Top News

Ina Fried / Axios:
Meta acquires AI agent social network Moltbook for an undisclosed sum; its creators, Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr, will join Meta Superintelligence Labs  —  Meta has acquired Moltbook, a viral social network designed for AI agents, Axios has learned. … - Meta did not disclose Moltbook's purchase price.
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Oracle reports Q3 revenue up 22% YoY to $17.19B, above $16.91B est., and cloud revenue up 44% YoY to $8.9B, above $8.85B est.; ORCL jumps 8%+ pre-market  —  Oracle shares rose as much as 10% in extended trading on Tuesday after the software vendor reported quarterly results …
Katherine Doherty / Bloomberg:
Polymarket says it is partnering with Palantir and TWG AI to identify, prevent, and report suspicious activity in Polymarket's sports contracts  —  Polymarket is enlisting firms including Palantir Technologies Inc. to help police its sports contracts as prediction markets face intense scrutiny over insider trading.
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
After social media backlash, Superhuman says authors can now opt out of Grammarly's Expert Review feature by emailing a dedicated address  —  No apology, no overall change in direction. … They did the same to my boss Nilay Patel, my colleagues David Pierce and Tom Warren, and …
Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Filing: Microsoft files an amicus brief in support of Anthropic and advocates for a temporary restraining order to block the DOD's supply chain risk designation  —  Microsoft threw its support behind Anthropic on Tuesday, saying a judge should issue a restraining order that would block …
Washington Post:
Sources: the US Social Security inspector general is probing claims that an ex-DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive to his new private employer  —  The Social Security inspector general's office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data …
Bloomberg:
In a preliminary ruling, a US judge orders Perplexity to stop using its Comet browser for purchases on behalf of users, and to destroy copies of Amazon's data  —  Perplexity AI Inc. must for now stop using its Comet web browser agent to make purchases on behalf of shoppers …
Alex Konrad / Upstarts Media:
Sandbar, which is developing the Stream ring, a $249+ AI-powered wearable that transcribes audio notes, raised a $23M Series A, bringing total funding to $36M  —  Sandbar CEO Mina Fahmi has raised $23M in Series A funding to fuel the launch of his AI note-taking ring, called Stream.
Jaspreet Singh / Reuters:
Applied Materials partners with Micron and SK Hynix to develop next-gen memory chips for AI and HPC at its new EPIC center, part of a planned $5B R&D investment  —  Applied Materials (AMAT.O) said on Tuesday it has partnered with memory chip companies Micron Technology (MU.O) and SK Hynix …
Bloomberg:
Chinese Gen Z day traders, who prefer tech stocks and increasingly use AI chatbots for investment advice, fuel the country's latest tech investment craze  —  This cohort has become an increasingly important driver of investment growth in the world's second-largest economy.  —  By Bloomberg Businessweek
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Mississippi regulators authorize xAI to build a power plant with 41 natural gas-burning turbines in Southaven to power its data centers  —  Elon Musk's xAI scored a victory in Mississippi, where regulators on Tuesday authorized the artificial intelligence company to build a power plant …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
After a backlash, Google adds a toggle to let Google Photos users return to the “classic” search experience instead of the newer AI-powered “Ask Photos” option  —  In a slight capitulation to those who don't want AI infused into their everyday apps …
Charmaine D'Silva / The Keyword:
Google rolls out Gemini in Chrome to India, Canada, and New Zealand, and adds support for over 50 additional languages, including Hindi, French, and Spanish  —  We're bringing Chrome's powerful AI features to more regions and languages, helping millions of people get the most out of their browser.
Stevie Bonifield / The Verge:
Epic says V-bucks will get more expensive starting March 19, with players getting 800 V-bucks for $8.99, down from 1,000 now, citing Fortnite running costs  —  Starting on March 19th, Fortnite players will get fewer V-bucks for their money. … For instance, players can currently …
The Economic Times:
Indian AI lab Lossfunk's prompting method lets LLMs generate Tulu language text without prior training; the method may expand to other low-resource languages  —  Lossfunk, an AI lab founded by Paras Chopra, created a prompting method that helps large language models produce Tulu text without prior training.
Kerry Flynn / Axios:
YouTube expands its likeness detection tool to select government officials, political candidates, and journalists to “manage unauthorized AI-impersonation”  —  YouTube is expanding a tool designed to detect impersonations to a select group of government officials, political candidates and journalists.

Sponsor Posts

Command Line:
The new primitives of agentic software delivery  —  This goes beyond code generation.  We're connecting people, AI, and feedback across the software development lifecycle.
Will Reed:
The best sales leaders aren't job hunting.  Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach.  —  Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.
Zoho:
Introducing the new Zoho Analytics: Agentic analytics for every business  —  We're excited to announce the launch of the new Zoho Analytics!  This release marks a major shift for the product …
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data  —  Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
Sponsor Techmeme

Featured Podcasts

Great Chat:
 The case for AI optimism
A podcast mostly about tech. Brought to you weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin, Mac Bohannon, Helen Min, and Ashley Mayer.
Subscribe to Great Chat.
Sources:
 Tobi Lütke on the AI agent revolution and future of Shopify
Candid conversations with the leaders shaping what's next in AI and the broader tech industry. Hosted by Alex Heath, who has covered Silicon Valley for more than a decade.
Subscribe to Sources.
Big Technology Podcast:
 This AI Expert Argues We're Underestimating AI's Productivity Impact — With Ethan Mollick
The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators.
Subscribe to Big Technology Podcast.
Machine Gods:
 Inside Anthropic's IPO + How AI Agents Spy on Your Messages
The official podcast of the singularity, from Casey Newton and Kevin Roose. Twice-weekly news, analysis, and interviews with the people who are building the future.
Subscribe to Machine Gods.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
 You Can't Escape AI. Here's How to Live With It.
Media and tech aren't just intersecting - they're fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers.
Subscribe to Channels with Peter Kafka.
Training Data:
 European Defense Sovereignty Starts in the Factory: Stark's Uwe Horstmann and Johannes Schaback
Sequoia Capital partners host conversations with leading AI builders and researchers to develop a deeper understanding of the evolving technologies and their implications.
Subscribe to Training Data.
Add your podcast here
 

About This Page

This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 4:05 AM ET, March 11, 2026.

The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.

From Mediagazer

Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN, MS NOW, and Politico amend their lawsuit against the White House, alleging it kept all three off press pool duty since September 18 despite an injunction

Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Analysis: Jezebel has removed 100+ articles with racy or abortion-related headlines; Paste, which bought Jezebel in 2023, says they were temporarily unpublished

Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
TelevisaUnivision reports Q3 revenue up 9% YoY to $1.4B, Mexico revenue up 51% driven by the FIFA World Cup, US down 24%, and subscription and licensing up 30%

More News

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
MoffettNathanson: YouTube became the world's largest media company in 2025 with an estimated $62B in revenue, passing $60.9B earned by Disney's media business
Martin Matishak / The Record:
The Senate confirms Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd to lead the NSA and US Cyber Command, filling a vacancy created when Gen. Timothy Haugh was fired in April 2025

Earlier Picks

Chris Welch / Bloomberg:
An interview with Sonos CEO Tom Conrad about Sonos' new speakers, its first consumer product since 2024, killing its set-top box plans, the app fiasco, and more
Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
Rhoda AI, which is developing an AI model for industrial robots trained on public internet videos, raised $450M led by Premji Invest at a $1.7B valuation
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google rolls out Gemini-powered AI capabilities across Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive, including a “Help me create” tool in Docs to generate first drafts
Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware:
MacBook Neo review: premium chassis, vivid display, mechanical touchpad is clickable anywhere, and affordable, but no backlit keyboard and no USB-C port labels
Financial Times:
Thinking Machines Lab signs a deal with Nvidia to deploy 1GW+ of Vera Rubin chips; Nvidia makes a “significant” investment in Thinking Machines Lab
Rafe Rosner-Uddin / Financial Times:
Memo: Amazon SVP Dave Treadwell says junior and mid-level engineers now require more senior engineers to sign off any AI-assisted code changes, after outages
Josh Dzieza / The Verge:
How AI training company Mercor, valued at $10B in 2025, uses AI interviewer Melvin and invasive monitoring software Insightful to manage its 30K+ workforce
Mediagazer memeorandum WeSmirch
Home River Leaderboards About Events Newsletter