|
May 8, 2026, 6:25 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Apple and Intel have reached a formal deal in recent months for Intel to manufacture some chips for Apple devices; INTC closes up 13.93% — The iPhone maker and U.S. silicon giant will work together on chips for Apple devices. The Trump administration pushed for the deal.
More: AppleInsider, Portland Business Journal, Gizmodo, Decrypt, CNBC, Macworld, Tom's Hardware, How-To Geek, The Information, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, VideoCardz.com, Neowin, The Verge, The State, Crypto Briefing, The Tech Portal, The Mac Observer, Blockonomi, Barchart.com, Watcher Guru, Yahoo Finance, iPhone in Canada, iClarified, and ZeroHedge News
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, r/intelstock, r/wallstreetbets, r/TechHardware, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Bloomberg: |
Nintendo says it will increase the price of the Switch 2 globally on September 1, from $450 to $500 in the US, and the price of the original Switch in Japan — Nintendo Co. said it will increase the price of its Switch 2 console to $500 from $450, acknowledging pressure on profitability …
More: Nintendo Co., Ltd., Nintendo, The Verge, Video Games Chronicle, Game Informer, Nintendo Life, New York Times, GamesIndustry.biz, MobileSyrup, Variety, TechRadar, iPhone in Canada, Mashable, Times of India, CNET, 9to5Toys, Comic Book, Forbes, KTLA, TheGamer, PC Gamer, Android Authority, Nokiamob, GamingBolt, IGN, Mirror, T3, Kotaku, Tom's Guide, Thurrott, Dexerto, ScreenRant, and Notebookcheck
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
More: Nintendo Co., Ltd., Gizmodo, Tom's Hardware, Benzinga, Associated Press, Nintendo Co., Ltd., Thurrott, CBC News, TechRaptor, Neowin, Nintendo Life, Livemint, Ars Technica, Dow Jones Newswires, The Verge, Comic Book, TechEBlog, Game Developer, Kotaku, Polygon.com, GamesIndustry.biz, Tech in Asia, and Digital Trends
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Instructure says its Canvas edtech platform has been restored after disabling it amid a data extortion attack claimed by ShinyHunters — An ongoing data extortion attack targeting the widely-used education technology platform Canvas disrupted classes and coursework at school districts …
More: Wired, 404 Media, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, BleepingComputer, ABC, Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg, The Santa Barbara Independent, ZDNET, The Verge, CNN, Raleigh News & Observer, PCMag, TechRadar, Silicon Republic, Metacurity, Straight Arrow News, DutchNews.nl, CyberInsider, The Harvard Crimson, CBS News, and Information Age
X: @vxunderground, @princeton, @damonlinker, @bing_guan, @racheltobac, @anecdotal, @bridgetphetasy, @reclaimuc, @racheltobac, @dorismatsui, @graveyardxgf, @vxunderground, @proffwolff, @repdonbeyer, @jason_koebler, @uofmaryland, and @alleniverxyn
LinkedIn: Jason Koebler and Mark Orlando
Bluesky: @dorismatsui, @jclarkcrp, @kyrouz, @brunojnavarro, and @linkletter.org
Mastodon: @shoq@mastodon.social, @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social, @lorenzofb@infosec.exchange, @Linkletter@mastodon.social, @ngate@mastodon.social, and @briankrebs@infosec.exchange
Forums: r/pwnhub, r/news, r/JJRaeSnark, and r/Anu
| Associated Press: |
A hack of Instructure's Canvas locked out students at schools and universities across the US in the middle of finals period; some US colleges postponed exams — Schools and universities across the country are recovering from an outage that knocked down Canvas, an online platform that manages exams …
More: Education Week, Inside Higher Ed, San Francisco Chronicle, The Record, Time, NPR, WNYW-TV, K-12 Dive, massmail.illinois.edu, DNYUZ, The College Fix, The Cornell Daily Sun, Associated Press, The Columbus Dispatch, Global News, DeviceSecurity.io, The Register, Hollywood Life, MPR News, Reuters, WTOP News, UPI, Mercury News, Houston Public Media, Deseret News, WPXI-TV, Newser, Politico, abc7NY, FOX6 News Milwaukee, and nltimes.nl
| Kai Nicol-Schwarz / CNBC: |
Sony reports Q4 revenue up 8% YoY to ~$19.4B, above ~$18.4B est., ~$1.06B operating profit, below ~$1.7B est., and forecasts FY 2027 net profit up 13% to ~$7.4B — Japanese entertainment giant Sony on Friday said it expects annual profit to rise as revenue from some business segments …
More: Variety, Sony Group, GamingBolt, iPhone in Canada, Kyodo News, Reuters, RTÉ, and Nikkei Asia
Forums: r/Games, r/gaming, r/PS5, and r/boxoffice
| Wesley Yin-Poole / IGN: |
Sony reports a $765M impairment loss due to Marathon developer Bungie's underperformance during its FY ending March 31, 2026; Sony acquired Bungie in early 2022 — Extracting value. — Sony has reported a $765 million impairment loss due to underperformance of Marathon developer Bungie during its last financial year.
More: Kotaku, GamesIndustry.biz, PC Gamer, Gameranx, Push Square, Game World Observer, GamingBolt, Polygon.com, Forbes, TechRaptor, Game Sandwich, Windows Central, Dexerto, The Verge, and TheGamer
X: @jnavok, @thenovaplayss, @jnavok, @skycaptin5, @tomwarren, @_tom_henderson_, @paultassi, @longislandviper, @paultassi, and @casualblu3. Mastodon: @Knoebel@mastodon.social
Forums: r/consoles, r/LastStandMedia, r/Gamingnewsandleaks, and r/GamesAreLife
| Sam Nussey / Reuters: |
More: Thurrott, IGN, 80 Level, Yahoo Finance, Hürriyet Daily News, Financial Times, and Bloomberg
X: @zhugeex, @getonthestiix, @lumberjackry, @septic_sauce, @eldonchorizo_, @jayworks13, and @genki_jpn
Forums: r/Marathon, r/DestinyTheGame, r/gaming, and r/technology
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: White House unease over Mythos has left some Trump officials and congressional aides fearful that it represents a reversal of its hands-off AI policy — Administration's effort to be involved in rollout of new models marks shift — WASHINGTON—On a recent call with the heads …
More: Washington Post, Benzinga, Faster, Please!, Axios, and Charleston Daily Mail
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Anthropic weighs raising up to $50B at a ~$900B pre-money valuation, likely closing within two months, as its annualized revenue is set to cross $45B — Start-up behind Claude tool is fielding inbound investment offers that could lead to it surpassing rival OpenAI in value
More: Bitcoin News, Telegraph, Blockonomi, Tech Funding News, PYMNTS, New York Times, and The Decoder
X: @pitdesi, @justjoshinyou13, and @dkthomp
| Reuters: |
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde expressed skepticism over the need for euro-pegged stablecoins, saying they could hamper the ECB's work — European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde expressed scepticism on Friday over the need for stablecoins pegged to the euro …
More: European Central Bank, Crypto Briefing, Bitcoin Insider, Decrypt, Blockonomi, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, The Block, PYMNTS, CoinGeek, and Bloomberg
X: @ecb, @noelleinmadrid, and @nicrypto
LinkedIn: Rhys Bidder and Dominik Schmid
| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
Akamai says it struck a seven-year cloud computing deal with a “leading frontier model provider”; sources: the deal was with Anthropic and is worth $1.8B — Anthropic PBC has signed a $1.8 billion computing deal with cloud services provider Akamai Technologies Inc. to meet surging demand …
More: The Information, Reuters, The Tech Portal, Blockonomi, and CNBC
| Wired: |
Musk v. Altman docs: Microsoft executives had reservations about funding OpenAI in 2018 but worried that not giving support could push OpenAI into Amazon's arms — Leaders at the tech giant were skeptical of OpenAI—but wary of pushing it into the arms of Amazon, according to evidence revealed during the Musk v. Altman trial.
More: PC Gamer, Benzinga, The Verge, DatacenterDynamics, and Sherwood News
| Alex Lekander / CyberInsider: |
EU warns that VPNs are being used to bypass online age-verification systems, calling their use “a loophole in the legislation that needs closing” — The European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) has warned that virtual private networks (VPNs) are increasingly being used …
More: Techdirt, Gizmodo, PCMag, MediaNama, and The Cyber Express
X: @ep_eprs, @svenja_hahn, @dan_jeffries1, @tekbog, @f4micom, @sylviapuffs, @vxunderground, @intcyberdigest, @dcuthbert, @lyudakozlovska, and @of_schroedinger. Forums: r/europe
| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Interviews with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and other execs about the challenges of a turnaround, along with efforts to instill a sense of urgency in the organization — After Lip-Bu Tan became chief executive officer of Intel Corp. in March of last year, the struggling company's shares went nowhere … | Bloomberg: |
Sony and TSMC announce a joint venture to build next-gen robot and car image sensors, as Sony moves from in-house manufacturing to a more asset-light approach — Sony Group Corp. plans a new joint venture with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. as the first step toward what it called …
More: Taiwan Semiconductor …, Engadget, PetaPixel, Taipei Times, Yahoo Finance, Benzinga, Nikkei Asia, Reuters, Kyodo News, and DigiTimes
| Russell Brandom / TechCrunch: |
Mozilla says Anthropic's Mythos Preview and other AI models helped it identify and ship 423 Firefox security bug fixes in April, compared to 31 a year earlier — When Anthropic unveiled its new Mythos model in April, it also delivered a stern warning to anyone developing software.
More: Mozilla Hacks, Ars Technica, Thurrott, TechRadar, iPhone in Canada, Lawfare, The Decoder, Implicator.ai, and Cyber Security News
X: @pinboard, @emollick, @boazbaraktcs, @firstadopter, @binarybits, @noahpinion, @alexpalcuie, @dkthomp, @deredleritt3r, @hlntnr, and @alexalbert__
LinkedIn: John Solomon and Anthony Enzor-DeMeo
Bluesky: @philippeserhal.com, @hatr, @metacurity.com, @vikrambath, @paulmainwood, and @hern
| Nathan Lambert / Interconnects AI: |
Impressions of China's AI ecosystem after visiting many leading AI labs there, and the similarities and differences in working on LLMs in China and the West — Lessons from my trip to talk to most of the leading AI labs in China. … Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.| Costas Mourselas / Financial Times: |
Investor letter: TCI, one of the world's biggest hedge funds, cut almost all of its $8B Microsoft stake, citing AI risks primarily for Office and some for Azure — TCI has cut its position in tech giant from 10% to 1% — Sir Christopher Hohn's hedge fund TCI has dumped almost … | Brandon Gomez / CNBC: |
Whoop plans to offer US users on-demand, in-app video consultations with licensed clinicians, and adds electronic health records and AI-powered health guidance — Wearable fitness tracker Whoop announced on Friday it will introduce in-app access to on-demand licensed clinicians for users in the United States.
More: CNET, Mashable, PCMag, Financial Post, and Digital Trends
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Isomorphic Labs, an AI-powered drug discovery company spun out of Google DeepMind, is in advanced talks to raise $2B+ led by Thrive Capital — Isomorphic Labs, an AI-powered drug discovery company spun out of Alphabet Inc.'s Google DeepMind, is in advanced discussions to raise …
More: Benzinga
| The Information: |
Sources: DeepSeek seeks to raise up to ~$7.3B at a $50B+ valuation in its first-ever funding round and CEO Liang Wenfeng could make a ~$2.9B personal investment — Liang Wenfeng, billionaire founder and CEO of DeepSeek, is planning to write the biggest check for the startup's first-ever funding round … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apollo Global and Blackstone are among private credit lenders in talks with Broadcom over a ~$35B financing deal to fund the development of AI chips — Apollo Global Management Inc. and Blackstone Inc. are among private credit lenders involved in talks with chipmaker Broadcom Inc …
X: @dinabass
| Jordan Fitzgerald / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Lime files for an IPO, reporting $886.7M in 2025 revenue, up from $686.6M in 2024, and a $59.3M net loss, up from $33.9M; it was valued at $510M in 2020 — Electric bike and scooter rental startup Lime filed for an initial public offering, showing growing revenue and an expanding user base.
More: The Verge, Financial Times, Reuters, Inc.com, Tech Funding News, Telegraph, Zag Daily, TechCrunch, and Yahoo Finance
Sponsor Posts
Soxton:
Fast, affordable 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!
Fast, affordable 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!
F5:
Accelerate AI Adoption at F5's AI Virtual Summit — Learn how to architect, secure, and scale AI for production with real-world insights from industry leaders on June 23. Register now to save your spot.
Accelerate AI Adoption at F5's AI Virtual Summit — Learn how to architect, secure, and scale AI for production with real-world insights from industry leaders on June 23. Register now to save your spot.
Zoho:
How to Build Your Agentic Data Foundation with Zoho Analytics and Zoho DataPrep — Parts 1 and 2 covered why agents need a data foundation and what the right architecture looks like.
How to Build Your Agentic Data Foundation with Zoho Analytics and Zoho DataPrep — Parts 1 and 2 covered why agents need a data foundation and what the right architecture looks like.
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.Featured Podcasts
Invest Like the Best:
Vlad Barbalat - Investing $120 Billion in Permanent Capital
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
Big Technology Podcast:
The Fable Ban's Unintended Consequences + AI's New Economics — 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.
Acquired:
The Walt Disney Company
Learn the playbooks that built the world's greatest companies - and how you can apply them as a founder, operator, or investor.
Subscribe to Acquired.
Lenny's Podcast:
What happens after coding is solved? | Fiona Fung (Manager of the Claude Code and Cowork Teams)
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 Upstarts Podcast:
Mutiny's Jaleh Rezaei: Walking Away From Millions In Software To Grow Even Faster With Sales AI
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.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
AI's Mythos Moment: Rishi Sunak on preparing governments for AI
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 6:25 PM ET, May 8, 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
Ted Johnson / Deadline:Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Olivia Solon / Bloomberg: |
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
More: Benzinga, Barron's Online, Yahoo Finance, Blockonomi, Datadog, CNBC, Proactive, The Information, Dow Jones Newswires, Bloomberg, and Reuters
Earlier Picks
| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
More: OpenAI, Inc, CNBC, SiliconANGLE, International Business Times, Benzinga, crypto.news, The Decoder, and TechRadar
X: @sama, @derrickcchoi, @deredleritt3r, and @fouadmatin
| Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg: |
More: The Verge, Techdirt, MS NOW, and New York Times
| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
More: Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Associated Press, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, Straight Arrow News, FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth, and Yahoo News
X: @wholemars, @c_s_skeptic, and @desireefixler
Forums: r/AntiTrumpAlliance and r/EatTheRich
| Ignacio Gonzalez / Bloomberg: |
More: Cloudflare, Reuters, The Register, Bloomberg, Breitbart, TechCrunch, The Next Web, cloudflare.net, Watcher Guru, Motley Fool, Investor's Business Daily, Yahoo Finance, Crypto Briefing, The American Bazaar, Blockonomi, DatacenterDynamics, Capacity, ITPro, Los Angeles Times, and Barron's Online
X: @buccocapital, @eastdakota, @andrewyang, @buccocapital, @buccocapital, @krishnanrohit, @sigkitten, @gregkamradt, @championswimmer, @krishnanrohit, @banteg, @jamesqquick, @mpawlo, and @eastdakota
LinkedIn: Laurel Wamsley and Jared A.
Bluesky: @iamdarkink, @dbushell.com, and @elias.sh
Mastodon: @nixCraft@mastodon.social, @kim_harding@mastodon.scot, and @cwebber@social.coop
Forums: r/homelab, r/business, r/programare, r/BetterOffline, r/technology, r/CloudFlare, and r/webdev
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
More: OpenAI, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Newcomer, TechRadar, TestingCatalog, Armin Ronacher's Thoughts …, Digit, The Rundown AI, and The New Stack
Forums: r/singularity, r/accelerate, and r/OpenAI