Open Links In New Tab
Mobile Archives Advertise Site News
Techmeme
November 4, 2025, 10:35 AM
Mediagazer memeorandum WeSmirch
Home River Leaderboards About Events Newsletter

Top News

Sam Tobin / Reuters:
The UK's High Court rules against Getty in its lawsuit against Stability AI over its image generator; the judge calls the ruling “extremely limited in scope”  —  Getty Images largely lost its landmark lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Stability AI over its image generator at London's High Court on Tuesday.
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple refreshes the web version of the App Store, letting users view and search for apps for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro  —  Apple has launched a dramatic new web interface for the App Store.  You can now get the full App Store experience right in your browser …
John Voorhees / MacStories:
Apple releases version 26.1 of its full family of OSes, adding a “tinted” option for its Liquid Glass design that reduces transparency and increases contrast
Matt Kapko / CyberScoop:
US federal prosecutors allege that three cybersecurity professionals carried out ransomware attacks on at least five US companies in 2023 using ALPHV ransomware  —  The alleged cybersecurity turncoats attacked at least five U.S. companies while working for their respective employers, officials said.
Alex Reisner / The Atlantic:
A profile of nonprofit Common Crawl, which has scraped billions of webpages since 2013, including paywalled ones, to build an archive used by OpenAI and others  —  Editor's note: This work is part of AI Watchdog, The Atlantic's ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry.
Ryan S. Gladwin / Decrypt:
DeFi protocol Balancer says an attacker exploited its V2 Composable Stable Pools on November 3, resulting in an estimated ~$128M in losses across blockchains  —  Some $128 million in crypto was stolen from Balancer liquidity pools on Ethereum and beyond, with Berachain halting its chain as a result.
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Spotify reports Q3 revenue up 12% YoY to €4.3B, above €4.23B est., subscribers up 12% YoY to 281M, MAUs up 11% YoY to 713M, and a €582M operating income  —  Spotify Technology SA reported active users and sales in the third quarter that surpassed analysts' expectations even as ad-supported revenue fell.
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Nintendo reports Q2 revenue up 90% YoY to ~$3.7B, vs. ~$3B est., ~$667M net profit, vs. ~$412M est., and expects 19M Switch 2 sales by March 2026, up from 15M  —  Nintendo raised its forecast for sales of the Switch 2 console in its current fiscal year as momentum for its new flagship console grows.
Xander Elliards / The National:
Jimmy Wales says Wikipedia's “Gaza genocide” page fails to meet its neutrality standards; the article is listed as “protected” until 21:47 UTC on November 4  —  WIKIPEDIA founder Jimmy Wales has intervened over the platform's article on Gaza genocide.
David Uberti / Wall Street Journal:
Goldman Sachs: just 33 US counties accounted for 72% of all US data center capacity as of July; places like Umatilla have been transformed by an AWS build-out  —  Residents, politicians and local agencies are making the most of the tech boom, but prosperity comes with costs; 'What's going to happen once they stop building?'
Forums: r/oregon
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
WhatsApp launches an Apple Watch companion app, letting users get call notifications, read full messages, and record and send voice messages  —  WhatsApp announced on Tuesday that it's launching an Apple Watch companion app.  For the first time, WhatsApp users will be able to use their Apple Watch …
Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal:
Coca-Cola releases new AI-generated ads for the 2025 holidays, after finding people didn't know or care about the use of AI, despite criticism for its 2024 ads  —  ‘Holidays Are Coming’ faster and cheaper for the soda giant, which caught heat last year for its AI-generated ads
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Lyft CEO David Risher on the company's turnaround, AI, paying drivers more, Uber, partnership with Tensor for autonomous vehicle tech, and more  —  Today, I'm talking with David Risher, who is the CEO of Lyft.  I'll just say from the jump: I think you'll like this one …
Olivia Poh / Bloomberg:
Grab reports Q3 revenue up 22% YoY to $873M, vs. 869M est., and a $136M adjusted EBITDA, helped by group food orders, shared rides, and more; GRAB drops 5%+  —  Grab Holdings Ltd. raised its earnings forecast for the year after quarterly profit topped estimates, helped by novel offerings …
More: Benzinga and Grab

Sponsor Posts

Okara:
Meet Okara, the AI platform that doesn't train on your data  —  Chat with 30+ open-source models (Llama, Kimi, Qwen, DeepSeek) through encrypted infrastructure.  Used by teams handling proprietary code and strategy.
Soxton:
AI-powered law for startups  —  Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better.  We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts.  Join the waitlist for early access!
Zoho:
Pro tips: 5 ways to simplify invoicing and payments in Zoho Books  —  Many businesses still rely on manual processes to collect payments and reconcile invoices.  This often results in delayed payments …
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

Access:
 Where we'll go when the bots take over, with Sublime's Sari Azout
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
Hard Fork:
 Tech Grapples With ICE + Casey Tries Clawdbot, a Risky New A.I. Assistant + HatGPT
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.
Invest Like the Best:
 Gokul Rajaram - Lessons from Investing in 700 Companies
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Lenny's Podcast:
 Marc Andreessen: The real AI boom hasn't even started yet
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.
The Nick, Dick and Paul Show:
 The Wellness Industry Pt. 1
Nick Bilton, Dick Costolo, and Paul Kedrosky pull back the curtain on AI, startups, and the future rushing toward us, all with healthy dose of irreverence.
Subscribe to The Nick, Dick and Paul Show.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
 Special Edition: Key findings from the Microsoft AI Diffusion Report
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 10:35 AM ET, November 4, 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

April Rubin / Axios:
Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort were arrested by federal agents on Jan. 29 and Jan. 30, respectively, for their coverage of a Minnesota church protest

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Bob Iger has told associates that he plans to step down as Disney CEO before December 31; the board plans to vote on his replacement next week

Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Former GM of Sacramento public radio service CapRadio, Jun Reina, was arrested and charged with allegedly embezzling ~$1.33M from station funds for personal use

More News

Samantha Subin / CNBC:
Palantir reports Q3 revenue up 63% YoY to $1.18B, vs. $1.09B est., US government revenue up 52% YoY to $486M, and projects Q4 revenue above est.; PLTR drops 5%+
Michael Roddan / The Information:
Deel names ex-Credit Karma CEO Joe Kauffman as CFO ahead of a potential IPO, replacing Philippe Bouaziz, CEO Alex Bouaziz's father, who becomes executive chair
Liz Alderman / New York Times:
France threatens to ban Shein and refers it to the Paris prosecutor after an investigation found that the site sold lifelike sex dolls “resembling children”

Earlier Picks

Eli Tan / New York Times:
How Facebook Dating, which launched in 2019, became a surprise hit with 21M+ daily users, above Hinge's ~15M, a sign of how Facebook has been reinventing itself
Jaures Yip / CNBC:
Nvidia-backed Lambda announces a multibillion-dollar Microsoft agreement to build AI infrastructure powered by Nvidia chips, but doesn't share the dollar amount
Stevie Bonifield / The Verge:
CODA, a Japanese anti-piracy group representing Studio Ghibli, Square Enix, and others, demands that OpenAI stop using their copyrighted content to train Sora 2
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
TikTok announces its first-ever TikTok Awards show in the US, set to take place in Los Angeles on December 18 and be livestreamed on the TikTok app and on Tubi
Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI and AWS sign a seven-year deal in which OpenAI will pay $38B for AI compute, including training its models using Amazon's data centers and using its CPUs
Vince Dioquino / Decrypt:
When asked on 60 Minutes about his pardon of Binance's Changpeng Zhao, President Trump said “I don't know who he is” and “I heard it was a Biden witch hunt”
Mediagazer memeorandum WeSmirch
Home River Leaderboards About Events Newsletter