Open Links In New Tab
Mobile Archives Advertise Site News
Techmeme
September 9, 2025, 11:05 AM
Mediagazer memeorandum WeSmirch
Home River Leaderboards About Events Newsletter

Top News

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:
Mistral raised a €1.7B Series C at an €11.7B valuation; ASML led the round with €1.3B to become its biggest shareholder, joined by a16z, DST, Nvidia, and others  —  Dutch chip equipment maker backs French artificial intelligence champion as US-China tensions rock tech industry
Annelise Levy / Bloomberg Law:
A US federal judge postpones Anthropic's $1.5B copyright settlement over concerns that class lawyers are striking a deal behind the scenes to force on authors  —  The federal judge overseeing Anthropic PBC's proposed $1.5 billion copyright settlement is concerned class lawyers are striking …
Associated Press:
Investigation: IBM, Dell, HP, Cisco, Oracle, Microsoft, Intel, Nvidia, and other US tech companies helped design and build China's digital surveillance state  —  BEIJING (AP) — The body camera hung from the top of the IV drip, recording the slightest twitch made by Yang Guoliang as he lay bloody …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft and LG partner to bring Xbox Cloud Gaming to cars that use LG's Automotive Content Platform, including Kia's EV3, EV4, EV5, and Sportage in Europe  —  You'll soon be able to stream Xbox cloud games to cars that use LG's Automotive Content Platform, like Kia's EV3.
Ariba Shahid / Reuters:
Amnesty: Pakistan is spying on millions via phone tapping and a Chinese-built internet firewall, in one of the broadest surveillance programs outside China  —  Pakistan is spying on millions of its citizens using a phone-tapping system and a Chinese-built internet firewall that censors social media …
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch:
Evan Spiegel says Snap is restructuring around “startup squads” of 10 to 15 staff to better compete; Snapchat+ now brings in $700M+ in ARR from 15M+ subscribers  —  Snap is breaking itself apart and rebuilding from within.  In a new company letter, CEO Evan Spiegel just announced …
Echo Wang / Reuters:
Sources: Nasdaq agrees to buy $50M in shares of the Winklevoss twins' Gemini crypto exchange in a private placement at the time of Gemini's IPO this week  —  Gemini Space Station, the cryptocurrency exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has secured Nasdaq as a strategic investor …
Amy Mackinnon / Financial Times:
Sources: the US informs European countries that it is stepping back from joint efforts to combat disinformation from Russia, China, Iran, and other countries  —  Washington terminates agreements with European countries to fight disinformation from Russia, China and Iran
Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: OpenAI's executives fear mounting political scrutiny in California could stymie for-profit plans and have discussed leaving the state as a last resort  —  Startup's leaders have discussed last-ditch prospect of leaving California if regulators complicate transition to for-profit company
Fred Vogelstein / Crazy Stupid Tech:
A profile of Techmeme, which turns 20 this week yet oddly works and looks the same way it did in 2005, as its executive-heavy readership expands in the AI boom  —  Every morning nearly 100,000 geeks world wide, including some of the richest tech barons in the universe, fire …
Wired:
Hands-on with AI startup Friend's $129 always-listening pendant: feels like a beefy AirTag, runs Gemini 2.5, gives unhelpful commentary, and makes others uneasy  —  The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that's snarky and unhelpful.
Gopal Sharma / Reuters:
The Nepalese government lifts its social media ban after 19 people were killed and 100+ were injured in anti-corruption protests that were triggered by the ban  —  Nepal has lifted a social media ban following protests that resulted in the deaths of 19 people, a government minister said on Tuesday.
Annie Lowrey / The Atlantic:
US jobseekers describe a hellish job market, with young people using ChatGPT to write their applications, HR using AI to read them, and few people getting hired  —  Young people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired.
Bloomberg:
US SEC filing: Microsoft signs a deal worth up to $19.4B through 2031 to receive AI cloud computing capacity from Yandex spinoff Nebius Group; NBIS jumps 50%+  —  Nebius Group NV shares soared on Tuesday after signing an artificial intelligence infrastructure deal worth as much as $19.4 billion with Microsoft Corp.
Martin Matishak / The Record:
Sources: US Cyber Command and the NSA will retain a single leader after the Trump administration found that breaking up the arrangement would be very complex  —  The Trump administration has abandoned any intention of breaking up the joint leadership of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency …
Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:
Intel announces top executive changes, including the departure of Intel Products CEO Michelle Johnston Holthaus, and establishes a new central engineering group  —  Intel (INTC.O) announced a series of top executive changes on Monday, including the departure of products chief Michelle Johnston Holthaus …

Sponsor Posts

Airtable:
Deep analysis for deep questions  —  Introducing Superagent.  A new research product from Airtable: Subagents deeply interrogate your topic and turn it into boardroom-ready reports, slides, docs, or websites.
Clay:
Turn any GTM idea into reality  —  Clay helps GTM teams combine AI agents, enrichment, and intent data to move faster and turn insights into action.
Zoho:
5 tips to simplify email verification in Zoho CRM  —  This is a guest post by Clearout.Nearly 60% of email senders clean their lists regularly, yet average bounce rates still sit at 10.68%.
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

Grit:
 How Malwarebytes Is Protecting Millions In The Era Of AI Scams | Marcin Kleczynski
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Big Technology Podcast:
 OpenAI Closes in on $100 Billion, OpenClaw Acquired, AI's Productivity Question — With Aaron Levie
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.
Hard Fork:
 The Pentagon vs. Anthropic + An A.I. Agent Slandered Me + Hot Mess Express
The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.
Subscribe to Hard Fork.
The Upstarts Podcast:
 Loyal's Celine Halioua: From Defying Doubters To Pioneering Dog Longevity
Veteran tech reporter Alex Konrad sits down with breakout entrepreneurs taking on the status quo to shake up their fields in AI, design, nuclear energy, space, and more.
Subscribe to The Upstarts Podcast.
Access:
 Notion CEO Ivan Zhao on if AI is really killing software companies
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
 His Excellency Khaldoon Al Mubarak: Investing in an AI-Driven World
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.
Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.
Add your podcast here
 

About This Page

This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 11:05 AM ET, September 9, 2025.

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

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Paramount submitted a new bid for WBD that improves on its previous $30-a-share, all-cash proposal and addresses some of WBD's concerns

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Peter Attia is stepping aside as a contributor to CBS News, after correspondence between him and Jeffrey Epstein came to light in the release of DOJ files

K.J. Yossman / Variety:
BAFTA host Alan Cumming thanks the audience for its “understanding” after outbursts from Tourette's campaigner John Davidson that weren't cut from the broadcast

More News

Google Developers Blog:
Google announces Veo updates: support for 9:16 vertical video and 1080p, lower pricing, and the general availability of Veo 3 and Veo 3 Fast in the Gemini API
Bloomberg:
E-commerce company Eightco's stock soared 3,000%+ on September 8 after unveiling a plan to buy Worldcoin tokens and naming Wall Street analyst Dan Ives as chair

Earlier Picks

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Signal announces a backup feature that includes 100MB of storage for texts and the past 45 days' worth of media for free, or 100GB of storage for $1.99/month
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable:
In a September 5 filing in the US v. Google ad tech trial, Google said “the open web is already in rapid decline”, contradicting its statements from months ago
Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
The US Army awards a $159M contract to a partnership of Anduril and Meta and a $195M contract to Rivet, to produce competing prototypes of a new combat goggle
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Aikido Security says attackers injected malware into 18 npm packages with 2.6B+ total weekly downloads, after compromising a maintainer's account via phishing
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
YouTube says its first exclusive NFL broadcast on September 5 averaged more than 17.3M global viewers, including 1.1M average minute audiences outside of the US
Adam James / The Block:
Forward Industries raised $1.65B via a private investment in a public equity offering led by Galaxy, Jump, and Multicoin for a Solana asset treasury strategy
Mediagazer memeorandum WeSmirch
Home River Leaderboards About Events Newsletter