|
November 18, 2025, 11:30 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google unveils Gemini 3, its “most intelligent” and “factually accurate” model yet, with improvements across coding and reasoning, and offering less “flattery” — The flagship Gemini 3 Pro model is coming to the Gemini app and Search, with improvements across coding, reasoning, and less ‘flattery.’
More: The Keyword, ZDNET, Ars Technica, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Reuters, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, ZDNET, Business Insider, Axios, VentureBeat, The Keyword, The Keyword, Google Research, Livemint, Tom's Guide, Android Central, New York Times, Fortune, Constellation Research, Matt Wolfe on YouTube, Theo - t3․gg on YouTube, The Keyword, and Android Authority
X: @film_girl, @scaling01, @rowancheung, @scaling01, @__apf__, @_philschmid, @chasebrowe32432, @figma, @rmstein, @patrickc, @omarsar0, @patloeber, @officiallogank, @emostaque, @cursor_ai, @jeffdean, @benbajarin, @mattshumer_, @mweinbach, @skirano, @thefox, @saboo_shubham_, @scaling01, @googleai, @googleai, @artificialanlys, @sundarpichai, @google, @bilawalsidhu, @altryne, @altryne, @altryne, and @scaling01. Forums: Hacker News
| Andrew Griffin / The Independent: |
Cloudflare says “a fix has been implemented and we believe the incident is now resolved”, after a major outage impacted X, ChatGPT, and others from 11:48am UTC — Outage comes around a month after Amazon Web Services outage also took much of the internet offline
More: Cloudflare Status, The Guardian, Tom's Hardware, BBC, TechCrunch, The Guardian, Business Insider, The Verge, Bloomberg, OpenAI, DatacenterDynamics, Inc, The Hans India, Livemint, Benzinga, 9to5Google, Forbes, The Economic Times, Windows Central, 9to5Mac, Wall Street Journal, Silicon Republic, Moneycontrol, CNBC, Fox Business, Investor's Business Daily, Engadget, RTÉ, PCMag, Associated Press, South China Morning Post, CBS News, Bloomberg Law, Digit, PhoneArena, Windows Central, Dow Jones Newswires, Washington Post, The Times of Israel, Reuters, Coinspeaker, Technical.ly, Crypto Briefing, Mashable, Pocket-lint, The Shortcut, The Gateway Pundit, Tom's Guide, Futurism, TechRadar, Deadline, PC Gamer, NDTV Profit, Syracuse Post-Standard, Pocketables, Yahoo Finance, Techpoint Africa, Beebom, TechCabal, ABC7, Financial Times, KING-TV, City A.M., Mirror, New York Times, Metro.co.uk, Washington Times, GB News, The Indian Express, The US Sun, and Blockonomi
X: @tomwarren, @patio11, @asvanevik, @packym, @stacey_hauff, @eugenewei, @philipvollet, @typesfast, @zackkorman, @madsposting, @isik5, @letterboxd, @luciascarlet, @emremighty, @mpaepper, @suchnerve, @coder_blvck, @jsrailton, @netblocks, @aaronp613, @fkadev, @tomwarren, @liron, @amuse, @chribjel, and @pzrsaa
| Dane Knecht / @dok2001: |
Cloudflare CTO Dane Knecht says “we failed our customers and the broader Internet” when a Cloudflare issue “impacted large amounts of traffic that rely on us” — I won't mince words: earlier today we failed our customers and the broader Internet when a problem in @Cloudflare network impacted large amounts of traffic that rely on us. The sites, businesses, and organizations that rely on Cloudflare depend on us being available and I
| BBC: |
Sundar Pichai says the AI boom has some “irrationality”, tech's investment cycles can “overshoot”, and “no company is going to be immune” to the bubble bursting — In an exclusive BBC interview, Sundar Pichai hailed artificial intelligence as an …
More: BBC, Axios, Bloomberg, Quartz, The Guardian, Benzinga, Gulf News, Metro.co.uk, Business Insider, Implicator.ai, ITPro, Moneycontrol, Agence France-Presse, Business Standard, EasternEye, Livemint, israelhayom.com, Tech Xplore, and TipRanks Financial
X: @jimcramer. Bluesky: @carnage4life, @mutablejoe, @paulwaldman, @wolvendamien, @karlbode.com, @justinhendrix, @carlquintanilla, and @kenbazinet. Mastodon: @nixCraft@mastodon.social
| Microsoft: |
Anthropic commits to buy $30B in Azure capacity in a new deal with Microsoft and Nvidia, which commit to invest up to $5B and $10B, respectively, in Anthropic — Anthropic to scale Claude on Azure Anthropic to adopt NVIDIA architecture NVIDIA and Microsoft to invest in Anthropic
More: Bloomberg, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, The Information, Axios, The Verge, GeekWire, Bloomberg Law, Business Insider, Times of India, Neowin, Associated Press, Investing.com, Hindustan Times, CNBC, Analytics India Magazine, Forbes, and Moneycontrol
X: @nvidia, @anthropicai, @joannastern, @tomwarren, @mgsiegler, and @satyanadella. Bluesky: @peark.es. Forums: Slashdot
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Researchers demonstrated a major WhatsApp flaw that exposed 3.5B users' phone numbers, with 57% also showing a profile photo; Meta fixed the enumeration problem — By plugging tens of billions of phone numbers into WhatsApp's contact discovery tool, researchers found “the most extensive exposure …
More: 9to5Mac and The Hacker News
Bluesky: @mrfresh, @couts, and @agreenberg. Mastodon: @agreenberg@infosec.exchange. Forums: Slashdot
| Ted Litchfield / PC Gamer: |
Rebecca Heineman, legendary game designer, Interplay co-founder, programmer, and the first formally recognized US Space Invaders champion, died at 62 in October — Heineman's cancer fundraiser is now collecting for her funeral. — Game developer Rebecca Heineman has died after being diagnosed with cancer last month.
More: Engadget, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, IGN, and GamesBeat
Mastodon: @daveycraney@social.lol and @jbz@indieweb.social
Forums: Hacker News, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/gaming, r/retrogaming, and r/pcgaming
| Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News: |
Larry Summers steps back from public commitments after his Jeffrey Epstein emails were released; OpenAI still lists Summers as a board member and didn't comment — Sen. Elizabeth Warren had called for institutions affiliated with Summers, who was treasury secretary during the Clinton administration, to sever ties with him.
More: The Harvard Crimson, CNBC, Global News, Politico, Blaze Media, New York Times, Al Jazeera, and Associated Press
X: @r_gov11, @elisaxchen, @tab_delete, @heerjeet, @fahrenthold, @soumitrashukla9, @sndurlauf, @andrewcurran_, @dhruvtkpatel, @mattparlmer, @michael7ucci, @dhruvtkpatel, @thecrimson, @distributionat, @dhruvtkpatel, @dhruvtkpatel, @jerrycap, and @rcobooth. Bluesky: @davidingram
Forums: r/neutralnews and r/Epstein
| Financial Times: |
CoinGecko: the total market value of 18K+ crypto coins is down 25% since October 6, wiping out ~$1.2T; bitcoin fell 28% to $89.5K, its lowest level since April — Bitcoin drops 28% in six weeks as worries over AI stocks spill into digital assets and high-octane bets backfire
More: Bloomberg, Tom's Hardware, Bloomberg, Reuters, Bloomberg, Benzinga, Cointelegraph, The Block, CoinDesk, Silicon Republic, Telegraph, and CNBC. Bluesky: @beneltham
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Mastodon founder and CEO Eugen Rochko steps down from the decentralized social network as part of its transition to a nonprofit structure governed by a board — Mastodon's creator, Eugen Rochko, is stepping down as CEO of the open source, decentralized social network and X rival … | xAI: |
xAI unveils Grok 4.1, saying its hallucination rate is 3x less compared to its previous models and Grok 4.1 Thinking holds the top spot on LMArena's Text Arena — Grok 4.1 is now available to all users on grok.com, 𝕏, and the iOS and Android apps. It is rolling out immediately …
More: xAI, Livemint, Gizmodo, Tom's Guide, Axios, The Decoder, Moneycontrol, Digit, Dataconomy, NDTV Profit, WinBuzzer, Implicator.ai, and The Verge
X: @arena, @ai_for_success, @miles_brundage, @zeffmax, @leothecurious, @arena, @arena, @minimaxir, @chrisparkx, @yuhu_ai_, @mark_k, @scaling01, @koltregaskes, @thekitze, @flavioad, @mark_k, @nearlydaniel, @yiwenyuan98, @litianleli, @adityagupta, @elonmusk, @xai, and @billyuchenlin. Bluesky: @olaindeach.oddling.nl
Forums: Hacker News and r/MyBoyfriendIsAI
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Larry Ellison is overhauling a £10B science initiative in Oxford after clashing with President John Bell, who left in September, and COO Lisa Flashner — Trump-supporting billionaire narrows EIT's ambitions by cutting initiatives and tightening control| Reuters: |
Xiaomi reports Q3 revenue up 22.3% YoY to ~$15.9B, below ~$16.4B est., and net profit up 80.9% YoY to ~$1.59B, above ~$1.5B est., driven by AI and EV revenue — China's Xiaomi (1810.HK) reported a 80.9% jump in third-quarter profit on Tuesday as the world's third-largest smartphone maker doubled … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Roblox plans to require all users to undergo an age estimation process to access chat features, starting January 2026, in an effort to enhance child safety — After scrutiny over its ability to protect children on the platform, Roblox is making a big change.
More: 9to5Mac, Game Developer, Benzinga, Roblox, GamesIndustry.biz, The Sun, The Guardian, Engadget, iTnews, Associated Press, GamesBeat, ABC, CNN, TechCrunch, Reuters, The Independent, CBS News, Variety, Bloomberg, and Mashable
| The Information: |
Sources: Databricks is in talks to raise funds at a $130B+ valuation, up about 30% from September when it raised a $1B Series K at a $100B valuation — Databricks, a database provider whose tools help customers develop and use AI, is in talks to raise money at a valuation of more than $130 billion … | Steven Rosenbush / Wall Street Journal: |
OpenAI and Intuit sign a multiyear deal, set to generate $100M+ in OpenAI revenue, in which Intuit will deepen its use of OpenAI models and launch ChatGPT apps — Intuit sees the opportunity to expose its products, such as TurboxTax and QuickBooks, to a broader range of potential users on ChatGPT
More: Financial Times, Engadget, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Intuit Inc., Forbes, Blockonomi, Axios, and CNBC. Forums: r/wallstreetbets
| The Information: |
Sources: Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab is in talks with potential investors to raise about $5B and is aiming for a valuation of at least $50B — Thinking Machines Lab, the artificial intelligence developer co-founded by ex-OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati …
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Agentio, which uses AI to help brands automate and scale campaigns with YouTube creators, raised a $40M Series B led by Forerunner at a $340M valuation — Views on sponsored videos on YouTube have risen 28% year-on-year, and the number of sponsored videos has grown by 54% year-on-year …
More: AdExchanger, Axios, Adweek, Agentio, and Pulse 2.0
| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
The EU Commission opens an investigation into AWS and Azure to determine whether they should fall under the DMA and says they “occupy very strong positions” — Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Corp.'s Azure are under investigation by the European Union to determine whether …
More: European Commission, The Register, Associated Press, Seeking Alpha, Euractiv, and Windows Report
X: @hennavirkkunen and @eu_competition
Bluesky: @coricrider.com and @gateklons
| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Edtech startup Physics Wallah closed up 44% in its Indian IPO, giving it a ~$5B market cap; it was last valued at $2.8B in 2024 when it raised a $210M Series B — Indian edtech startup Physics Wallah ended its first day as a public company on a high, with its shares closing 44% higher …
More: Reuters and Tech in Asia
| Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
Lambda, which rents access to AI chips, raised a $1.5B Series E led by TWG Global, after raising $500M in April 2024, taking its total funding to $2.3B — The fundraise will help the startup build its own data centers as the AI infrastructure boom shows no signs of letting upSponsor Posts
Niantic Spatial:
World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate.
World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate.
Zoho:
Fixing communication friction: How Zoho Workplace gives every conversation the right space — Work doesn't break all at once. It slowly, silently wears out. It's not the dramatic communication failures that kill productivity.
Fixing communication friction: How Zoho Workplace gives every conversation the right space — Work doesn't break all at once. It slowly, silently wears out. It's not the dramatic communication failures that kill productivity.
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.
Anuma:
The Private AI That Remembers — Anuma is the all-in-one AI platform with private, portable memory. Chat, text, create, build, and solve across every model.
The Private AI That Remembers — Anuma is the all-in-one AI platform with private, portable memory. Chat, text, create, build, and solve across every model.Featured Podcasts
Big Technology Podcast:
Mark Cuban: AI Hype vs. Reality, OpenAI "Shitting Away" $1 Trillion, Lebron vs. Jordan
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.
Uncapped with Jack Altman:
Tarek Mansour from Kalshi
Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.
Subscribe to Uncapped with Jack Altman.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
AI Can Make Software Now. That Changes Everything, with Paul Ford
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.
The Social Radars:
Ron Conway, Founder, SV Angel: Silicon Valley Bank Crisis
Come be a fly on the wall as Y Combinator's Jessica Livingston and Carolynn Levy talk to some of the most successful founders in Silicon Valley about how they did it.
Subscribe to The Social Radars.
Invest Like the Best:
Paul Tudor Jones - Lessons From 50 Years in Markets
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Ryan Roslansky: Turning AI Anxiety into Skills for the Future of Work
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.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 11:30 AM ET, November 18, 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
David Shepardson / Reuters:Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
Brian Morrissey / The Rebooting:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
More: Benzinga, Finextra, Investor's Business Daily, Proactive, Fox Business, Reuters, Financial Times, Bloomberg, and Blockonomi
| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
| Martin Arnold / Financial Times: |
Earlier Picks
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
| Pierluigi Paganini / Security Affairs: |
More: BleepingComputer, Microsoft Tech Community, Tom's Hardware, Network World, Android Central, The Register, Hackread, PCMag, and CyberInsider
LinkedIn: Anupam Vij. Mastodon: @ricci@discuss.systems. Forums: Hacker News, r/microsoft, r/technology, r/cybersecurity, r/technews, and Slashdot
| Cloudflare: |
More: Finextra, The Economic Times, CoinDesk, Nairametrics, Replicate, and Silicon Republic