|
September 15, 2025, 8:30 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI debuts GPT‑5-Codex, a version of GPT‑5 optimized for agentic coding in Codex and says it spends its “thinking” time more dynamically than previous models — OpenAI announced Monday that it's releasing a new version of GPT-5 to its AI coding agent, Codex.
More: OpenAI, Simon Willison's Weblog, SiliconANGLE, OpenAI, Venturebeat, Theo - t3․gg on YouTube, The Decoder, Blockchain.News, The New Stack, WinBuzzer, ZDNET, Windows Report, Implicator.ai, Inc, and Every
X: @openai, @nateliason, @miles_brundage, @emollick, @natolambert, @polynoamial, @deredleritt3r, @deredleritt3r, @altryne, @thsottiaux, @sama, @scaling01, @kylebrussell, @openai, @miles_brundage, @finbarrtimbers, @danshipper, @sama, @systemsculpt, @danshipper, @swyx, @natolambert, and @gdb
LinkedIn: Derrick Choi and Alexander Embiricos
Forums: Hacker News and r/OpenAI
| CNBC: |
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the US and China have reached a “framework” deal for TikTok; Trump and Xi Jinping will meet Friday to discuss the terms — The U.S. and China have a reached a ‘framework’ deal for social media platform TikTok, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday.
More: CNN, Reuters, Livemint, NBC News, The Verge, CNET, The Information, Sinocism, KCRG-TV, Daily Kos, Wall Street Journal, GovTech, RTHK, MSNBC, Sharecafe, Mashable, Associated Press, One America News Network, Benzinga, Forbes, TechCrunch, Tech Xplore, Washington Times, Coinpedia Fintech News, Newser, Daily Sabah, New York Times, Townhall, Spokesman.com, Digital Music News, Search Engine Land, GZERO, Yahoo Finance, Ars Technica, Washington Examiner, New York Post, The Daily Signal, ABC, Entrepreneur, Australian Financial Review, The Independent, Deseret News, The Wrap, ZeroHedge News, and Yahoo News
X: @whitehouse, @isaachayes3, @jeffjarvis, @davetroy, @joshkraushaar, @douthatnyt, @vermeullarmine, @scottlincicome, @adamkovac, @scottlincicome, @adamkovac, @growing_daniel, @ianbremmer, @michaelsobolik, @sreemoytalukdar, @julianku, @chellaney, @rushdoshi, @oknox, @danprimack, @alaynatreene, and @alexeheath
Bluesky: @lanceulanoff.com, @jennycohn, @karlbode.com, @fbermingham, @jeffjarvis, @jennycohn, and @theloniouscrunk. Truth Social: @realDonaldTrump …
Forums: r/worldnews and Slashdot
| José Adorno / BGR: |
Apple launches iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 Tahoe, watchOS 26, visionOS 26, and tvOS 26, featuring Liquid Glass design, new Apple Intelligence features, and more — After three long months of beta testing, Apple has made iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, and visionOS 26 available to all users.
More: Apple, Apple, UploadVR, 9to5Mac, MacRumors on YouTube, 9to5Mac, iClarified, MacRumors, Appleosophy, MacRumors, AppleInsider, MacRumors, MacRumors, MacRumors, The Verge, Engadget, 9to5Mac on YouTube, Neowin, iDownloadBlog.com, PhoneArena, 9to5Mac, Neowin, Appleosophy, The Shortcut, BGR, 9to5Mac, Yahoo Finance, Inc, Appleosophy, Neowin, Notebookcheck, Appleosophy, Mashable, Neowin, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada, The Verge, Thurrott, Dexerto, CNET, Tom's Guide, The Guardian, Stuff, Wccftech, Wccftech, 9to5Mac, Fstoppers, OS X Daily, AppleInsider, Neowin, Neowin, iClarified, Wccftech, iPhone in Canada, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, FlatpanelsHD, iClarified, Appleosophy, 9to5Mac, USA Today, iClarified, iClarified, Wccftech, iClarified, PhoneArena, Six Colors, and Mashable
X: @gregjoz and @parkerortolani. LinkedIn: Antti-Veikko Rosti. Mastodon: @Migueldeicaza@mastodon.social
| Zachary McAuliffe / CNET: |
iOS 26 review: Liquid Glass is aesthetically pleasing, many quality-of-life upgrades, call screening is a true game changer, but the Games app feels unfinished — It's been a long three months since Apple announced iOS 26 at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June, but the wait is over.
More: Apple Support, Six Colors, USA Today, MacRumors, Appleosophy, Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal on YouTube, MacRumors, Macworld, 9to5Mac, PCMag, AppleInsider, CNET, Gizmodo, Pocket-lint, MakeUseOf, HowToiSolve, 9to5Mac, Andrew Clare on YouTube, Stephen Robles on YouTube, iDB on YouTube, How-To Geek, iDeviceHelp on YouTube, TechCrunch, Wired, Stephen Robles on YouTube, Brandon Butch on YouTube, zollotech on YouTube, TechCrunch, Tom's Guide, Forbes, MacRumors, Notebookcheck, Cult of Mac, Digital Trends, MacRumors, MacRumors, HowToiSolve, Washington Post, New York Times, and 9to5Mac
X: @onleaks, @joannastern, @mkbhd, @joannastern, and @aaronp613
Threads: @filipe.esposito and @crumbler
| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
macOS 26 Tahoe review: Liquid Glass has small regressions in usability and accessibility but the upgrade has enough iterative changes like automated Shortcuts — Liquid Glass brings translucent sheen to the typical batch of iterative changes. — The last time Apple gave macOS a fresh design was in 2020's macOS 11 Big Sur.
More: Six Colors, Anthropic, Jim Nielsen's Blog, zollotech on YouTube, MacRumors, iClarified, Rolling Out, TechEBlog, TestingCatalog, The Eclectic Light Company, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, The Verge, The Objective-See Foundation, Polygon, Stephen Robles on YouTube, MusicTech, iThinkDifferent, Cult of Mac, MacStories, Tom's Guide, The Verge, and AppleInsider
Bluesky: @keithwilson.eu. Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith …, @ccgus@mastodon.social, @marioguzman@mastodon.social, and @bigzaphod@mastodon.social
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, and Ars OpenForum
| Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
More: The Verge, PhoneArena, Lifewire, How-To Geek, Six Colors, Tom's Guide, iThinkDifferent, Computerworld, AppleInsider, MacStories, 9to5Mac, Mashable, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, PhoneArena, AppleInsider, and CNET
Bluesky: @viticci.macstories.net and @viticci.macstories.net. Mastodon: @johnvoorhees@mastodon …. Forums: r/apple
| David Heaney / UploadVR: |
A now-removed unlisted video on Meta's YouTube channel shows Meta Ray-Ban glasses with a HUD shown to one eye, used for Meta AI and on-foot navigation — Meta's HUD glasses with sEMG wristband will in fact be Ray-Ban branded, a leaked clip which also depicts the HUD and wristband in action reveals.
More: The Information, Meta on YouTube, 9to5Google, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, Business Insider, Engadget, The Verge, and TechEBlog
X: @rihardjarc, @scobleizer, @bilawalsidhu, @pitdesi, @bonegpt, @tina__nigro, @michaelmiraflor, @lunayian, @vadimyuryev, @heaney555, @raeljamsesh, @samcscole, @heaney555, and @tom_krikorian
Threads: @noise.in.vacuum, @katienotopoulos, @jetscott, and @noise.in.vacuum
Forums: r/augmentedreality and r/OculusQuest
| Bloomberg: |
In a preliminary probe, China rules that Nvidia violated anti-monopoly laws by acquiring Mellanox in April 2020, as the US and China negotiate tariffs in Madrid — China ruled that Nvidia Corp. violated anti-monopoly laws with a high-profile 2020 deal, ratcheting up the pressure on Washington during sensitive trade negotiations.| Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post: |
OpenAI releases the first detailed public study on how people use ChatGPT: 73% of chats were non-work related, practical guidance was the top use case, and more — OpenAI released the first detailed public study on who uses its chatbot and what they most often ask it to do.
More: OpenAI, NBER, Tech.co, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, CNET, Search Engine Land, Business Insider, Implicator.ai, and Axios
X: @therealadamg and @benbajarin
LinkedIn: Chris Lehane, Gerrit De Vynck, Sarah Myers West, Ziad Reslan, and Blair Matthews
Bluesky: @carnage4life, @datasociety, @quinnypig.com, @rotster, @desfitzgerald, and @eighthdayarts
| New York Times: |
How UAE's $2B investment in Trump family's WLF is linked to the deal allowing the UAE's G42 to access AI chips, in which David Sacks played a key role — This summer, Steve Witkoff, President Trump's Middle East envoy, paid a visit to the coast of Sardinia, a stretch of the Mediterranean Sea crowded with super yachts.
More: New Republic, Raw Story, and Mediaite
X: @teroterotero, @nickkristof, @weakinstrument, @silvermanjacob, @willsommer, @senwarren, @mattgertz, @campbell4tn, and @repbonnie
Bluesky: @cjcmichel, @nickkristof, @judah-grunstein, @jessmarindavis, and @seanokane
Mastodon: @davidho@mastodon.world, @carnage4life@mas.to, @gleick@mas.to, @wendysiegelman@mastodon …, and @SeanCasten@mastodon.social
Forums: r/politics and r/Buttcoin
| Anthropic: |
An Anthropic report details how Claude usage varies by country and US state, finding 36% use it for coding, 77% of business uses involve automation, and more — Introduction AI differs from prior technologies in its unprecedented adoption speed. In the US alone, 40% of employees report using AI at work …
More: Anthropic, Bloomberg, Entrepreneur, ZDNET, Techstrong.ai, Axios, Cautious Optimism, Tomasz Tunguz, Implicator.ai, Fortune, Axios, and Axios
X: @anthropicai, @jackclarksf, @jackclarksf, and @jackclarksf
LinkedIn: Peter McCrory, Heiko Hotz, Prof. Ahmed Banafa, and Lucie-Aimée Kaffee. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Forums: Slashdot
| New York Times: |
A new super PAC called the Fellowship PAC says it will spend $100M+ to support pro-crypto legislators; sources say Tether is expected to be one of the backers — The effort, called the Fellowship PAC, is the crypto industry's latest move to help elect legislators that will force through its interests in Washington.| Adamya Sharma / Android Authority: |
Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, its next flagship mobile chipset, before its 2025 Snapdragon Summit, and Xiaomi says its 17 series will use it — Qualcomm has officially announced its next flagship mobile chipset, the “Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.”
More: Qualcomm, How-To Geek, GSMArena.com, Android Headlines, Android Police, and 9to5Google
X: @bengeskin and @imhassan. Bluesky: @quinnypig.com. Mastodon: @bradlinder@fosstodon.org. Forums: r/hardware
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify adds new features globally that let free users search for and play any song they want; the company reported 433M ad-supported MAUs out of 696M in Q2 — Following its long-awaited launch of lossless streaming for paid subscribers, Spotify is upgrading its service for free users, too.
More: Spotify, Android Police, Quartz, Music Business Worldwide, Engadget, CNET, Android Authority, How-To Geek, Thurrott, TechRadar, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, and Neowin
X: @spotifynews and @eldsjal
LinkedIn: Marty Zelenko, Megan Walsh, and Anna Lundström
Forums: r/truespotify and r/revancedapp
| Harshita Mary Varghese / Reuters: |
CoreWeave says it has signed a new $6.3B order with Nvidia that guarantees Nvidia will purchase any cloud capacity not sold to customers through April 13, 2032 — CoreWeave (CRWV.O) said on Monday it had signed a new order with Nvidia (NVDA.O) with an initial value of $6.3 billion … | Elissa Welle / The Verge: |
A Google executive says users increasingly want “contextual answers and summaries”, but Google is not going to abandon the model that provides “10 blue links” — When asked about a new lawsuit over AI Overviews, Google said users increasingly want the AI summaries.
More: 9to5Google, Sherwood News, Mediaweek, Awful Announcing, Chrome Unboxed, and TheDesk.net
| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
Robinhood has filed an application with the SEC to launch a new publicly traded fund called “Robinhood Ventures Fund I” that will hold shares of startups — Robinhood announced Monday it has filed an application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to launch …
More: Robinhood Newsroom, The Information, TheStreet, Blockonomi, Cointelegraph, Cryptonews, Benzinga, and MarketWatch
| Lance Whitney / ZDNET: |
PayPal launches PayPal Links, which lets users create personalized, one-time links to send money to or request payment from other PayPal users, including crypto — Move over, Zelle. Watch out, CashApp. PayPal has unveiled a new type of peer-to-peer payment method that promises to be easier and simpler than other options.
More: PayPal Newsroom, TechCrunch, Finextra, Decrypt, and PaymentsJournal
| David Heaney / UploadVR: |
Snap announces Snap OS 2.0 for its Spectacles glasses, updating first-party apps and adding new features like Travel Mode and support for WebXR — Snap OS 2.0 is out now, adding and improving first-party apps like Browser, Gallery, and Spotlight to bring the AR platform closer to being ready for consumers.
More: The Verge, Snap Newsroom, TechCrunch, GamesBeat, Tech Advisor, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Lowpass, Bloomberg, and ZDNET
| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Filing: the SEC settles a lawsuit accusing crypto exchange Gemini of failing to register the Gemini Earn lending program before offering it to retail investors — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused an exchange run by billionaire twins Tyler …
More: The Block, Bitcoinist.com, BeInCrypto, Blockonomi, and Cointelegraph
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Jack Ma has returned to Alibaba's campuses after disappearing from public view during China's 2020 tech crackdown, influencing Alibaba's pivot to AI — China's most recognizable entrepreneur is back, making bold bets and pushing AI. — During China's yearslong crackdown on the tech sector … | Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: |
Filing: the Internet Archive and major music labels settle a copyright infringement lawsuit against IA over its project to preserve early music recordings — A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit where music publishers sued the Internet Archive over the Great 78 Project … | Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: |
Disney and Webtoon announce a new digital platform with 35K+ Disney comics; Disney plans to acquire a 2% equity interest in Webtoon; WBTN jumps 70%+ after hours — Walt Disney Co. is bringing all of its marquee comics to a new digital platform and app in partnership with Webtoon Entertainment Inc. … | David Carnoy / CNET: |
Apple AirPods Pro 3 review: a significantly better fit, sound quality, noise cancellation, and battery life, but heart-rate monitoring is buried in fitness apps — They cost the same at a hefty $249, but Apple's third-generation noise-canceling earbuds have improved in all the key areas … Sponsor Posts
Google:
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Shopify:
Transform ML Experimentation with Tangle — Save months of compute time with Tangle, built by Shopify. Try this open-source platform to simplify ML workflows, ensure reproducibility, and seamlessly share with collaborators.
Transform ML Experimentation with Tangle — Save months of compute time with Tangle, built by Shopify. Try this open-source platform to simplify ML workflows, ensure reproducibility, and seamlessly share with collaborators.
Zoho:
Top shortcuts to work your way through Zoho Cliq — The debate between mouse and keyboard users has been around for years. Whether it's about efficiency, speed, or productivity, there's always this question …
Top shortcuts to work your way through Zoho Cliq — The debate between mouse and keyboard users has been around for years. Whether it's about efficiency, speed, or productivity, there's always this question …
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box 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 & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
Decoder with Nilay Patel:
Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money
A show from the Verge about big ideas - and other problems.
Subscribe to Decoder with Nilay Patel.
Grit:
The Pull to Build: Joubin Mirzadegan on Grit and Starting Roadrunner
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Lenny's Podcast:
The 100-person AI lab that became Anthropic and Google's secret weapon | Edwin Chen (Surge AI)
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.
Big Technology Podcast:
AI Device Wars Heat Up, RIP Metaverse?, Netflix Acquires Warner Brothers
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.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
"Hollywood is Truly Freaked Out." Inside the Netflix/WBD Deal with Lucas Shaw
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.
Hard Fork:
OpenAI Calls a 'Code Red' + Which Model Should I Use? + The Hard Fork Review of Slop
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 8:30 PM ET, September 15, 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
Committee to Protect Journalists:Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
More: Reuters, TechCrunch, Sharecafe, Reuters, Gizmodo, iPhone in Canada, Bloomberg, PYMNTS.com, UPI, Euronews, Yahoo Finance, Entrepreneur, Proactive, and Watcher Guru
| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
More: Android Central, PCWorld, CNET, Android Police, Thurrott, TalkAndroid.com, and Android Headlines
Earlier Picks
| SemiAnalysis: |
More: The Decoder and VideoCardz.com
X: @apples_jimmy, @basedjensen, @rouanijihad, @speranzaguid, @dylan522p, @highyieldyt, @aj_kourabi, @3dcenter_org, and @highyieldyt. Bluesky: @timkellogg.me
Forums: r/AMD_Stock and r/NVDA_Stock
| Jerry Neumann / Colossus: |