|
October 15, 2026, 6:30 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Abdulrahman Alfozan, his wife, and a family member booked one-way tickets from the US to Saudi Arabia for October 12; the FBI arrested him on October 9 — The OpenAI employee who was arrested and charged with allegedly using a hidden recording device in one of the ChatGPT maker's … | Financial Times: |
Sources: Anthropic told investors that its Q3 revenue hit $16.8B, up from $11.5B in Q2, and that it was profitable on an adjusted basis in Q3, ahead of its IPO — Rapid growth is slower than some anticipated as fears about AI trade rattle markets — Anthropic told investors …
More: Reuters, New York Times, Bloomberg, Axios, RTÉ, The Decoder, Bloomberg, Business Insider, MarketWatch, RuntimeWire, ZeroHedge News, Newser, TheStreet, Telegraph, The Information, SiliconANGLE, Yahoo Finance, and CNBC
X: @dmtcapital, @geiger_capital, @humacapital, @pequityresearch, @scaling01, @kylereidhead, @hesamation, @krishnanrohit, @jaysyoon, @stocktalkweekly, @scaling01, @brandonjcarl, @amitisinvesting, @kobeissiletter, @shanumathew93, @andrewcurran_, @pequityresearch, @pequityresearch, @tmtbreakout, @edludlow, @scaling01, @hedgeyetech, @zephyr_z9, @tickerplus, @madisonmills22, @timfduffy, and @business
| Cory Weinberg / The Information: |
More: Bloomberg, CTech, Barron's Online, Fortune, Euronews, BBC, Advertising, Marketing …, Hürriyet Daily News, Reuters, Motley Fool, Seoul Economic Daily, and CNBC
X: @teortaxestex, @garymarcus, @justjoshinyou13, and @amir
| Jenny Lee / CNBC: |
TSMC reports Q3 revenue up 50.9% YoY to $46.36B, net income up 68.7% to $23.7B, both above est., marking a sixth straight quarterly profit record on AI demand — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. on Thursday reported a record third-quarter profit that beat estimates, powered by an unrelenting global appetite for AI chips.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Flock CEO Garrett Langley defends the company's cameras, arguing that reducing crime means sacrificing privacy in return and that “we shouldn't pause progress” — Flock's founder and CEO Garrett Langley doesn't think the risks of introducing surveillance technology at scale outweigh the rewards.
More: TechCrunch, TechCrunch, Mashable, Neowin, The San Francisco Standard, and San Francisco Business Times
X: @k8em0 and @hacksgreece. Bluesky: @hypervisible.blacksky.app. Mastodon: @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social
| Cassandre Coyer / Bloomberg Law: |
Eight US states sue OpenAI separately in a bipartisan effort, alleging it didn't implement sufficient safeguards to protect kids and other vulnerable users — More than half a dozen states sued OpenAI Inc. Wednesday alleging the tech giant didn't implement sufficient safeguards to protect vulnerable users, including kids.
More: The Guardian, CNET, Reuters, Axios, The Verge, MediaNama, San Francisco Chronicle, Techstrong.ai, NBC News, The Hill, Arizona Capitol Times, Engadget, Politico, CNBC, PC Gamer, Office of the WV …, and CNBC
X: @westvirginiaag, @neattorneygen, @westvirginiaag, @neattorneygen, @azagmayes, and @agiowa. Bluesky: @hypervisible.blacksky.app
Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
OpenAI agrees not to use trade secrets that Apple claims were stolen while their lawsuit plays out, and to collect forensic images of 14 employees' devices — OpenAI agreed not to use trade secrets that Apple Inc. claims were stolen by employees who defected from the iPhone maker …
More: iThinkDifferent, dailyjournal.com, 9to5Mac, iClarified, Mashable, CNN, New York Post, The Verge, and TechCrunch
| Reuters: |
More: Wall Street Journal, 9to5Mac, Financial Times, Digit, Claims Journal, ZeroHedge News, Nextgov/FCW, US District Court for the Northern District of California, and The Verge
X: @sparkymark96, @zerohedge, @hadas_gold, @rynorhn, @dingchilling, @andrewbenson, @faststocknewss, @livesquawk, @deitaone, and @deardiarymeme. Bluesky: @nbhansen.dk
| Diana Novak Jones / Reuters: |
A US appeals court lets Florida enforce a law banning social media accounts for under-14s, rejecting tech groups' claims that it violates free speech rights — A federal appeals court on Wednesday allowed Florida to enforce a state law barring children under 14 from accessing social media platforms … | CNBC: |
Asian chipmakers extend Wall Street losses as US Fed rate hike fears and AI funding worries mount; SK Hynix falls 10%+ on the KRX, while Samsung drops ~10% — Nvidia, Micron and AMD were all down in premarket trading on Thursday, as AI stocks across the globe continued a plummet that's seen …
More: New York Times, Dow Jones Newswires, Bloomberg, Nikkei Asia, The Korea Herald, Financial Times, and Wall Street Journal. Forums: r/StockMarket
| Matt Kapko / CyberScoop: |
Microsoft, Health-ISAC, Japanese authorities, and others disrupt a Chinese-language phishing kit ecosystem used to send 1B+ messages to 75K+ entities in 2026 — In less than 10 months, cybercriminals used the arsenal of customized, targeted phishing kits to send more than 1 billion malicious messages … | SpaceXSI: |
SpaceXSI debuts Grok Voice 3.0, saying it tops Artificial Analysis' speech-to-speech index, responds in under a second, and costs less than rivals, at $0.08/min — The world's most intelligent voice model. … Today, we're announcing Grok Voice 3.0, the world's most intelligent speech-to-speech model.
More: Help Net Security, SiliconANGLE, The Neuron, and TheStreet
| Reuters: |
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum signs a decree banning digital platforms from exposing minors to sexual and violent content, giving them one month to comply — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she will sign a presidential decree on Wednesday requiring digital platforms … | Camila Grigera Naón / Fortune: |
Chainalysis: agentic commerce on Coinbase's Base grew from ~1,500 transactions in Q2 2025 to 138M+ in Q3 2026; 87%+ of the payments were for less than 10 cents — The field of agentic commerce, which describes the use of AI agents to carry out internet transactions, is rapidly maturing, and crypto is fueling the boom.
More: Chainalysis, The Daily Hodl, Yahoo Finance, Decrypt, CoinDesk, CNBC, and PaymentsJournal
X: @chainalysis and @chainalysis
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to launch Apple Intelligence in China in December via iOS 27.3, with features first rolled out in 2024; the launch won't include Siri AI — Apple Inc. is gearing up to release its artificial intelligence platform in mainland China, following a lengthy regulatory delay …
More: South China Morning Post, GSMArena.com, The Information, Seoul Economic Daily, iThinkDifferent, The Apple Post, iClarified, TechNode, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Engadget, and Computerworld
X: @markgurman and @markgurman
Forums: r/baba and MacRumors Forums
| Reuters: |
Jio Platforms seeks to raise up to $3.2B in India's largest IPO, which would value it at as much as $108.3B; the offering opens October 21 and closes October 23 — Jio Platforms is set to raise up to $3.2 billion in India's largest IPO to date, which will value the group founded …
More: The Economic Times, Bloomberg, CNBC, Dow Jones Newswires, Inc42, Fortune India, TechCrunch, and Times of India. X: @brij
| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
YouTube Music rolls out labels for songs created with the help of AI; Spotify has AI labels, and Apple Music plans to add “Made With AI” labels later in 2026 — YouTube Music announced Wednesday the rollout of a new labeling system aimed at improving transparency around songs created with the help of generative AI.| Pew Research Center: |
Survey: nearly 40% of US adults, and ~50% of those aged 18 to 29, participate in an online community; social media is the primary venue for online communities — Nearly 4 in 10 U.S. adults - including about half of those 18 to 29 - are part of an online community| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI names Uday Ruddarraju, who joined OpenAI in 2025 and was promoted as CTO for compute in July, to lead its infrastructure and compute businesses — OpenAI has named former xAI executive Uday Ruddarraju to lead its infrastructure and compute businesses, marking the latest leadership shakeup …
X: @dinabass
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Fox Corp. and Roku shareholders approve Fox's $22B acquisition of Roku; Fox expects the deal to be finished in H1 2027, subject to regulatory clearance — At separate special meetings of shareholders Wednesday to vote on the deal, the majority of shares owned by Fox Corp. and Roku investors were in favor the deal.
More: Deadline, TVNewsCheck, TheDesk.net, Cord Cutters News, Media Play News, and The Wrap
Forums: r/enshittification, r/Roku, r/CordCuttingToday, r/cordcutters, r/MediaMergers, r/technology, and r/movies
| Dylan Freedman / New York Times: |
Researchers say they discovered and communicated with Chinese AI agents that were trying to bypass security controls on websites and were traced to Tencent — Researchers discovered that the agents were trying to bypass security controls on websites and made contact with them.
More: swarmcha.se, The Decoder, The New Stack, The Information, The Hill, and The Deep View
X: @ethanelasky, @deepfates, @esyudkowsky, @tszzl, @emollick, @aisafetymemes, @ankareuel, @andrewcurran_, @andrewcurran_, @noahpinion, @adonis_singh, @emollick, @dylfreed, @emollick, @nicksaraev, @cheatyyyy, @scaling01, @nickadobos, @sydneyvonarx, @ethanelasky, @ethanelasky, @ethanelasky, @ethanelasky, @ethanelasky, and @ethanelasky. Forums: Lobsters
| Michelle Fox / CNBC: |
CoreWeave closed down 15.5% as yields on its bonds near 15% amid concern over tech companies' heavy AI borrowing; Oracle dropped 8.8%, Nebius 10%, Dell 11.3% — CoreWeave's stock and bonds were both hit on Wednesday as investor fear grew that some technology companies are borrowing too heavily …
More: Bloomberg, Business Insider, Reuters, Investing.com, The Information, MarketWatch, SiliconANGLE, RuntimeWire, MarketWatch, Barron's Online, and Financial Times
X: @chamath, @matthewstoller, @carlquintanilla, @rdd147, @jyarow, @schuldensuehner, @michaelsikand, @ckwitt3, @kawzinvests, @karmedge, @amitisinvesting, @elonmusk, @amitisinvesting, @zerohedge, @realnickmugalli, @hedgiemarkets, @dariocpx, @garymarcus, @willmanidis, @chamath, @rdd147, @stocksavvyshay, and @quantian1
| New York Times: |
Q&A with MIT sociologist Sherry Turkle, who has been studying relationships between humans and machines since the 1970s, on her new book, AI chatbots, and more — This is an edited transcript of “The Ezra Klein Show.” You can listen to the episode wherever you get your podcasts.
More: The Ezra Klein Show on YouTube, Wikipedia, Slate on YouTube, Sherry Turkle, MIT, and New York Times. Forums: r/ezraklein
| Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg: |
A look at L-Acoustics, whose audio platform uses machine learning to help artists like Céline Dion isolate their voices and cut through noise at live concerts — New software from L-Acoustics helps isolate a singer's voice to cut through concert noise| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Figma announces new features to define how AI agents work on its platform, including Figma Specs, a Markdown editor that lets users define their design language — Design platform Figma announced a new Markdown-based editor to help define a company's design, bring in design and code libraries …
More: Times of India, diginomica, Creative Bloq, Reuters, Moneycontrol, Figma, Figma, Figma, Figma, Figma, and archive.is
Sponsor Posts
Subquadratic:
SubQ Snap 1.1: the first long-context decision model for real enterprise work — Tied for #1 on the AA Decision Index, Snap is a multimodal model with a 384k-token context window for fast reasoning and agentic decisions.
SubQ Snap 1.1: the first long-context decision model for real enterprise work — Tied for #1 on the AA Decision Index, Snap is a multimodal model with a 384k-token context window for fast reasoning and agentic decisions.
Zoho:
How WCAG compliance makes modern workplaces more accessible — A workplace's approach to inclusivity starts with its everyday tools. Some of them can create barriers that inadvertently shut people out.
How WCAG compliance makes modern workplaces more accessible — A workplace's approach to inclusivity starts with its everyday tools. Some of them can create barriers that inadvertently shut people out.
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.
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.
WebBrain:
WebBrain: an open-source AI agent for your browser — Read pages, fill forms and automate tasks in Chrome or Firefox. Use local models or your preferred AI provider. Get started free.
WebBrain: an open-source AI agent for your browser — Read pages, fill forms and automate tasks in Chrome or Firefox. Use local models or your preferred AI provider. Get started free.Featured Podcasts
Sources:
AWS CEO Matt Garman on building a $1 trillion business
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.
Cheeky Pint:
Nik Storonsky: The most uncompromising banking CEO
Stripe cofounder John Collison interviews founders, builders, and leaders over a pint.
Subscribe to Cheeky Pint.
Big Technology Podcast:
Jensen and The Honeypot
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.
Lenny's Podcast:
Why PMs are suddenly valuable again | Tulsee Doshi (Head of Product, Gemini)
Interviews with world-class product leaders and growth experts to uncover actionable advice to help you build, launch, and grow your own product.
Subscribe to Lenny's Podcast.
Machine Gods:
The Purple Tsunami Against Data Centers
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.
Invest Like the Best:
Ramtin Naimi - The State of Venture
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 6:30 AM ET, October 15, 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
The Guardian:The Hollywood Reporter:
Suzanne Monyak / Bloomberg Law:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Xiaofei Xu / South China Morning Post: |
More: RTÉ, Chip Briefing, Forbes Europe, International Business Times, Bloomberg, and CNBC. Bluesky: @fbermingham
| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
More: Quartz, Politico, Common Dreams, Bloomberg Government, and The United States …
X: @kashhill, @repyassansari, and @ewarren
Earlier Picks
| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
More: NewsMax.com, MacRumors, The Apple Post, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Barron's Online, Deadline, AppleInsider, CNBC-TV18, and Yahoo Finance. Forums: r/apple
| Elon Musk / @elonmusk: |
More: CNBC, Forbes, The Hill, Axios, Euronews, Implicator.ai, MS NOW, Newser, NewsMax.com, Washington Examiner, Politico, The Washington Sun, and Reuters
X: @xfreeze, @carbac80, @number10cat, @ianbremmer, @dimazeniuk, @lrozen, @jimstewartson, @berlin_bridge, @realannapaulina, @runews, @rwapodcast, @hamids, @sacredscroll, @iam_smx, @tnewtondunn, @exsecular, @teoyaomiquu, @ostapyarysh, @yarotrof, @aaronparnas, @burggrabenh, @jayinkyiv, and @matthewamiller
Forums: r/elonmusk, r/SPCXInvestors, r/neoliberal, and r/UkrainianConflict
| Anna Washenko / Engadget: |
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
More: Epic Games Store, Epic Games Launcher, Epic Online Services, VideoCardz.com, The Verge, VideoCardz.com, Neowin, IGN, Tech4Gamers, Kotaku, and Ars Technica
X: @epicgames, @dhh, @planogaming, @fortnitelinux, @timsweeneyepic, @agelessoath, @mark_k, @mattworkman, @olexgamedev, @rezztro, @wario64, @jthefrog0, @epicgames, @firemonkey, @kaizoslop, and @hypex. LinkedIn: Sean Palomino
| Chris Metinko / Axios: |
More: Modal, PYMNTS.com, AlleyWatch, WOWTALE, Times of India, San Francisco Business Times, and SiliconANGLE
| Peter Wells / Financial Times: |
More: Motley Fool, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Startup.eu
X: @signulll, @apompliano, and @zerohedge