|
March 25, 2026, 7:05 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
OpenAI plans to discontinue products that use its Sora models, including its consumer app, a Sora version for developers, and a video feature inside ChatGPT — OpenAI is planning to discontinue the app for its Sora video platform, a product it released to great fanfare last year …
More: NBC News, Fortune, VideoCardz.com, Thurrott, Silicon Republic, Ars Technica, CNBC, Los Angeles Times, Blockonomi, 9to5Google, BBC, CineD, Proactive, Moneycontrol, The Guardian, XDA Developers, Screen, Digit, Business Standard, Reasoned, AppleInsider, crypto.news, Phandroid, The Hollywood Reporter, TechEBlog, Newser, Tom's Guide, Cointelegraph, Implicator.ai, Yahoo Finance, Neowin, FOX 26 Houston, DigiTimes, Forbes, The Indian Express, Android Authority, PhoneArena, Digital Music News, SiliconANGLE, Windows Central, PYMNTS.com, Rolling Stone, PCWorld, CBS News, PetaPixel, and PC Gamer
X: @soraofficialapp, @max_spero_, @toadsanime, @iatalkspace, @spiderbeef23, @andymasley, @jacksfilms, @vlonepredator, @sporadica, @emollick, @daniel_rubino, @clementdelangue, @sketchesbyboze, @apples_jimmy, @stupidtechtakes, @canteverdie, @_pheebini, @theprimeagen, @avotoast, @hecubian_devil, @dbreunig, @film_girl, @archer_uwu, @dseetharaman, @_simonsmith, @stormslayerdev, @cheesebrackers, @uwukko, @shiri_shh, @taylorlorenz, @abbycartridges_, @niktek, @pritopian, @jachiam0, @alex_kirshner, @aakashgupta, @oncloud_e, and @jbillinson. LinkedIn: Cheryl E. Nyman
Bluesky: @parismarx.com, @ernie.tedium.co, @edzitron.com, @charleswlogan, @elkmovie, @jamespmcleod.ca, @mgsiegler.com, @caseynewton, @jonathanpierce, @nitishpahwa.com, @radiodeadair.com, @davelee.me, @dmgreene, and @peark.es. Threads: @neil.cybart
Forums: Hacker News, r/LinusTechTips, r/news, r/technology, r/TheOwlHouse, r/FilmIndustryLA, r/technology, r/BetterOffline, r/wallstreetbets, r/kindafunny, r/BetterOffline, r/television, r/RedLetterMedia, r/boxoffice, r/ShitAIBrosSay, r/MediaMergers, r/TheBigPicture, r/blankies, r/aiwars, r/movies, r/PoliticalOptimism, r/OpenAI, Beehaw, and Slashdot
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Disney ends its partnership with OpenAI, signed in December 2025, in which it pledged to invest $1B and agreed to license some characters to Sora — OpenAI said it will discontinue Sora, the generative-AI video creation platform it launched last year, without providing a reason for the decision.
More: The Hollywood Reporter, The Information, Business Insider, Telegraph, The Walt Disney Company, Associated Press, Deadline, CNN, Gamereactor UK, The Hans India, SmartCompany, Bloomberg, Daily Sabah, The Indian Express, BMI, Fortune India, TechCrunch, Digit, Decrypt, Crypto Briefing, 80 Level, San Francisco Business Times, Mashable, TheDesk.net, The Economic Times, and Financial Times
Forums: r/technology, r/discussingfilm, r/vfx, r/BetterOffline, and r/Fauxmoi
| Reuters: |
Sources: some Sora team members were surprised by OpenAI's sudden decision to end Sora support, just a day after OpenAI posted a blog on Sora safety standards — On Monday evening, Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) and OpenAI teams were working together on a project linked to Sora, OpenAI's AI video tool.| The Information: |
More: The Verge, The Rundown AI, TheNeuron, and Axios
Bluesky: @peark.es and @edzitron.com
Forums: r/artificial and r/OpenAI
| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
A New Mexico jury finds that Meta violated state laws by failing to safeguard its platforms from child predators and orders it to pay $375M in damages — A jury has reached a verdict in a major New Mexico trial in which the state's attorney general alleged that Meta failed to safeguard its family of apps from child predators.
More: The Guardian, The Verge, Associated Press, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, New Mexico Department of Justice, Washington Post, RTÉ, New York Times, BBC, CNN, Gulf News, Straight Arrow News, Le Monde, WPXI-TV, Forbes, Gamereactor UK, KTVU-TV, Deseret News, TechCrunch, NZ Herald, RedState, MediaPost, Al Jazeera, Mashable, Salon, SiliconANGLE, Nairametrics, MS NOW, Joe.My.God., Just The News, Los Angeles Times, Engadget, The Post Millennial, and Overturned
X: @andymstone, @bymaddiehughes, @andymstone, @matthewstoller, @torrezfornm, @hawleymo, @jason_kint, @robertfreundlaw, @jason_kint, @rebeccamkern, @dareasmunhoz, and @taylorlorenz
LinkedIn: Tony Eastin, Yael Eisenstat, and Arturo Béjar
Bluesky: @madeindex, @flingjore.com, @jeffhorwitz, @mollyknight, @jeffhorwitz, @guntoucher, and @jeffhorwitz
| Financial Times: |
Arm unveils AGI CPU, its own AI chip, a departure from its traditional role as a designer of chips for others; Meta and OpenAI are early clients; ARM jumps ~9% — SoftBank-owned tech group projects fivefold revenue increase in five years — Meta and OpenAI will be among the first customers …
More: Arm Newsroom, Thurrott, Key Context, Meta Newsroom, The Verge, CNBC, Barron's Online, Wired, Proactive, Blockonomi, Reuters, Wired, Motley Fool, DigiTimes, The Asia Business Daily, The Register, PCWorld, New York Times, Arm® on YouTube, The Register, and Bloomberg
X: @benitoz, @benitoz, @caro_milanesi, @benbajarin, @arm, @benbajarin, @katietarasov, @benbajarin, @benbajarin, and @theaustinlyons
LinkedIn: Vijay Manyam, Mohsen Dalil, Bob O'Donnell, Brian Fuller, and Eddie Ramirez. Bluesky: @ernie.tedium.co. Forums: Hacker News
| VideoCardz.com: |
Arm says its AGI CPU offers up to 136 Neoverse V3 cores, 6GB/s memory bandwidth per core, and more than 2x performance per rack compared with x86 systems — Arm launches AGI CPU, its first data center chip — Arm has announced the AGI CPU, its first production silicon product and its first Arm-designed data center CPU.| Neal Stephenson / Graphomane: |
Neal Stephenson says he no longer believes head-mounted displays are the future, citing public discomfort with the devices and a general distrust of the users — Reflections on the latest and greatest Death of the Metaverse — It feels incumbent upon me to write something about last week's big news …
More: The Verge. Bluesky: @hex720.net, @iainl7, @promptslinger, @charlescmann, and @edzitron.com
Forums: r/degoogle and r/nealstephenson
| Maria Curi / Axios: |
At a hearing, a US federal judge says the Pentagon's treatment of Anthropic is “troubling” and that “it looks like an attempt to cripple Anthropic” — A federal judge on Tuesday called the Pentagon's treatment of Anthropic “troubling” as the AI company urged the court … | Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Two versions of LiteLLM, an interface for accessing LLMs, have been removed from PyPI after a supply chain attack injected them with credential-stealing code — Two versions of LiteLLM, an open source interface for accessing multiple large language models, have been removed from the Python Package Index …
More: FutureSearch, Security Affairs, Snyk, Hackread, Endor Labs, Simon Willison's Weblog, GitHub, Cyber Security News, Microsoft Security Blog, The Crypto Times, The Hacker News, and Security Boulevard
X: @karpathy, @vxunderground, @drjimfan, @simonw, @ricklamers, @litellm, @gergelyorosz, @pvergadia, @litellm, @thegingerbill, @rhyssullivan, @yunta_tsai, @deryatr_, @thehackersnews, @hamelhusain, @functi0nzer0, @thesincerevp, @intcyberdigest, @intcyberdigest, @francoisfleuret, @naveengrao, @swyx, @daniellefong, @___4o____, @___4o____, @derekelewis, @hnykda, @trekedge, @cz_binance, @simonw, @doodlestein, @icesolst, @evilsocket, @galnagli, @whiteintel_io, and @icesolst. Bluesky: @lukaszolejnik. Mastodon: @dangoodin@infosec.exchange
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, and r/netsec
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple's plans for a Siri reboot include a standalone Siri app, an overhauled interface in the Dynamic Island, and Ask Siri and Write with Siri features — Apple Inc. is testing a standalone app for its Siri voice assistant alongside a new “Ask Siri” feature that will work across …
More: Gizmodo, The Hans India, Tom's Guide, Business Standard, Silicon UK, Mashable, MacRumors, Digital Trends, iClarified, Tech Times, CNET, PYMNTS.com, The Deep View, Phandroid, PhoneArena, DigiTimes, Digit, and Cult of Mac
X: @markgurman and @mweinbach
Bluesky: @mgsiegler.com and @smtuffy
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Bloomberg: |
Source: Meta's rollout of Meta Ray-Ban Display in the EU has been hampered by regulations on AI features and removable batteries, as well as supply constraints — Meta Platforms Inc.'s rollout of new display-equipped Ray-Ban smart glasses in the European Union has been hampered by battery … | Morgan Chittum / CNBC: |
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar says OpenAI is raising an additional $10B from a16z, D.E. Shaw, MGX, TPG, and others, bringing its record fundraise to “north of $120B” — OpenAI is raising an additional $10 billion from investors as part of its historic funding round, CFO Sarah Friar told CNBC's Jim Cramer on Tuesday.| The Information: |
Source: SpaceX is aiming to file its IPO prospectus with regulators later this week or next week, and could try to raise $75B+, up from a previous $50B estimate — SpaceX is aiming to file its initial public offering prospectus with regulators later this week or next week, according to a person with direct knowledge of the plans.
More: Benzinga, Proactive, Yahoo Finance, Blockonomi, Coinpedia Fintech News, Notebookcheck, CoinGape, Reuters, and Investor's Business Daily. Forums: r/RKLB
| Reuters: |
SK Hynix submits a confidential filing to the US SEC for a possible listing of American depositary receipts in 2026; SK is reportedly considering raising ~$10B — South Korea's SK Hynix (000660.KS) said on Wednesday it has submitted a confidential filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission …
More: Reuters, THE INVESTOR, Korea Joongang Daily, UPI, Wall Street Journal, The Asia Business Daily, Bloomberg, DigiTimes, and CNBC
X: @ericjhonsa, @jukan05, and @zephyr_z9
| Financial Times: |
Sources: China bars Manus co-founders Xiao Hong and Ji Yichao from leaving the country as it reviews whether Meta's $2B acquisition of Manus violates FDI rules — Deal scrutiny deepens over official fears of strategic tech flowing overseas — China has restricted two co-founders of Manus …
More: Reuters, Bloomberg Law, The Business Times, and Tech in Asia
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Databricks launches Lakewatch, a security information and event management service, and announces acquisitions of security startups Antimatter and SiftD — Databricks has grown from startup into major software company, generating billions by processing data and running generative artificial intelligence models for clients.
More: Databricks, TechCrunch, Tech in Asia, CRN, and CNBC
X: @jaminball, @databricks, and @nikitabase
| Mike Scarcella / Reuters: |
The Trump administration settles the 2022 Murthy v. Missouri case, preventing the Surgeon General, CDC, and CISA from pressuring social media to suppress speech — The Trump administration has agreed to a settlement that will bar three federal agencies from pressuring social media companies …
More: New Civil Liberties Alliance, Tell Me How This Ends, Attorney General Office …, The Gateway Pundit, and Reason
X: @eric_schmitt, @tomfitton, @nichulscher, @bhweingarten, @nclalegal, @bbmagamom, @drjbhattacharya, and @aaronkheriatymd
Bluesky: @noupside, @kdbyproxy, and @masnick.com
| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
Baltimore sues xAI, accusing it of violating consumer protection laws and engaging in deceptive trade practices by marketing Grok as generally safe — Lawsuits against Elon Musk's xAI are piling up, with Baltimore becoming the first major U.S. city to file a complaint against the company concerning issues …
More: Circuit Court For Baltimore City, The Guardian, Benzinga, Courthouse News Service, Decrypt, and Reuters. Forums: r/news
| Carly Nairn / Courthouse News Service: |
A US judge dismisses a lawsuit against Meta by Attaullah Baig, former head of cybersecurity at WhatsApp, who alleged Meta ignored critical security flaws — A judge ruled WhatsApp's former head of cybersecurity did not bring sufficient facts to the case when claiming violations by Meta and retaliation after the disclosure.| Rachel Yeo / Bloomberg: |
Chinese AI company Kuaishou reports Q4 revenue up 12% YoY to ~$5.7B, meeting est., adjusted net income up 16% YoY, and Kling text-to-video revenue of ~$49M — Kuaishou Technology said the rapid scaling up of its generative artificial intelligence tools drove revenue growth.
More: Dow Jones Newswires
| Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg: |
How internet censorship tech maker Sandvine, a vendor to repressive regimes like Egypt, nearly collapsed before US restrictions forced new ownership and a pivot — Sandvine built a business offering network management tools that, in the wrong hands, could be used for censorship, until the US government intervened.| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
X says it is updating its revenue-sharing incentives to give more weight to engagement from a user's home region, hoping to “disincentivize” gaming US attention — The website's location transparency feature revealed dozens of pro-Trump accounts were based in other countries.
More: Livemint. X: @thewapplehouse, @dvorahfr, @srirachachau, @therealthelmaj1, @elonmusk, @nikitabier, @funakistats, @reddit_lies, @conro, @ultralinx, @airkatakana, @nikitabier, @levelsio, and @0x45o
| Chris Metinko / Axios: |
Kansas-based NoTraffic, which uses AI-driven operating systems and sensor data to optimize intersection traffic flow, raised a $90M Series C led by PSG Equity — What to read next
More: Ventureburn and Pulse 2.0
| Chris Baraniuk / BBC: |
How AI is helping geologists identify thousands of slopes around the world at high risk of slipping by analyzing data from satellites and ground-based sensors — Sudden and unexpected, landslides and avalanches claim thousands of lives each year and cause billions of dollars in damage.| Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
Large US corporations are not ditching core business software for AI yet, instead seeking better vendor deals and “vibe-coding” smaller apps and customizations — Tech leaders at large corporations say that, for now, they're vibe-coding their own small, custom apps, and putting pressure on their software vendors| Newley Purnell / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI hires Kiran Mani, the CEO of Indian streaming platform JioStar, for a newly created role leading its Asia-Pacific operations, reporting to CSO Jason Kwon — OpenAI is tapping Kiran Mani, the chief executive officer of Indian streaming platform JioStar, for a newly created role leading its Asia-Pacific operations.
More: The Hans India, Entrackr, Inc42, MediaNews4U, and BMI
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:
Planned India Data Center Maintenance on 14th and 15th November 2026 from 06.00 AM to 07:00 AM IST for Zoho Payments — Dear customers,Our bi-annual infrastructure maintenance for our India Data Center is scheduled …
Planned India Data Center Maintenance on 14th and 15th November 2026 from 06.00 AM to 07:00 AM IST for Zoho Payments — Dear customers,Our bi-annual infrastructure maintenance for our India Data Center is scheduled …
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
The Upstarts Podcast:
The $1.4B Startup Deciding What You See When You Shop Online | Sequen's Zoë Weil
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.
Great Chat:
Too soon to call it a vibe shift?
A podcast mostly about tech. Brought to you weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin, Mac Bohannon, Helen Min, and Ashley Mayer.
Subscribe to Great Chat.
Big Technology Podcast:
Storm Clouds Ahead For Apple?, Debating Amazon's Bee Frontier, AI as UI
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.
Machine Gods:
Jensen Huang's Nvidiotic Spy Scandal + Can Dems Pass AI Regulation?
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.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
Encore: Chuck Klosterman on Why Football Owns TV (and Why It Won't Forever)
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.
Invest Like the Best:
Zach Reitano - Building Ro and Why Healthcare Should Be 50% of GDP
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 7:05 AM ET, March 25, 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
Oliver Darcy / Status:Finya Swai / The Hill:
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
More: Spotify for Artists, Platformer, Digital Music News, Fast Company, Billboard, Music Ally, and TechRadar. LinkedIn: Sam Duboff
Earlier Picks
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
More: The Next Web, Associated Press, Neowin, TechCrunch, The Information, Digital Trends, and TechEBlog
| David Gewirtz / ZDNET: |
More: Help Net Security, The Decoder, Claude, The Hans India, SiliconANGLE, and Simon Willison's Weblog
X: @alexalbert__, @kimmonismus, @yuchenj_uw, @trq212, @claudeai, @kloss_xyz, @cryptopunk7213, @eptwts, @pawelhuryn, @jarredsumner, @claudeai, @deanwball, @bcherny, @deanwball, @lukashozda, @mycoliza, and @justalexoki
Bluesky: @timkellogg.me and @nso.ovh
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
More: The Keyword and Podcasts
| Bloomberg: |
More: Epic Games, Silicon Republic, Reuters, IGN, Silicon UK, Gameranx, TheGamer, GamesIndustry.biz, Mashable, The Verge, Seattle Business Journal, Digit, and Moneycontrol
X: @fortnitestatus, @evankinney, @thesteviet, @georgesokol, @kiaran_ritchie, @kraiglooney, @stableronaldo, @fnbrwatch, @toby2_0, @lifewpanda, @blortzen, @scyanyt, @theotherfrost, @synaesthesiajp, @thekirkster1088, @itsqueazy, @teko187, @kylethewynner, @kaizoslop, @keshavbhat, @polaqwym, @jakesucky, @jakesucky, @wensoing, @apollofnlore, and @bnwkr
LinkedIn: Andrew Rodham, Timothy Kviz, Molly Dyer, Mahmoud Alkawadri, Lauren Recchia, Derek Cowap, Kyle Russell, Ben Board, Emmanuel Lagumbay, Christopher Peng, Cecilia D'Anastasio, and Celia Hodent
Bluesky: @carnage4life, @ultamaynard, @bentaels.taels.net, @steinmakesgames, @eighthdayarts, @jamesbjones.com, @jasonschreier, and @theeldermemes