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Tech Market & VC news — Sunday 18 October 2026

15 stories from 4 sources, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.

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  1. No agenda, no rush, no leaving San Francisco: Benchmark’s partners on investing in a frenzied market
    USTechCrunch

    Benchmark may have grown its funds and swapped out some partners, but onstage the five who are left sounded like friends who just happen to be running one of the Valley’s most storied firms

  2. Anthropic says it’s committing 5% of its shares to a ‘public benefit fund’
    USTechCrunch

    The company offered some broad-strokes ideas for how this money might actually be used, such as “large donations to traditional nonprofits or direct distributions to specific populations.”

  3. Everyone’s watching the Elizabeth Holmes documentary ‘You Can See Everything’
    USTechCrunch

    "You Can See Everything" is having the second biggest opening weekend ever for a documentary film.

  4. Disney agrees to hire the majority of Character.AI’s workforce
    USTechCrunch

    The filing also says that the “vast majority” of Character.AI employees who were offered jobs at Disney accepted them. However, this is a stalking horse bid, so another company could come forward with a higher offer.

  5. TechCrunch Mobility: Rivian’s next act
    USTechCrunch

    Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

  6. Cabinet approves Go-Delhi Foundation to help young innovators, startups
    INYourStory (India)

    The Delhi government has approved setting up Go-Delhi Foundation with a corpus of Rs 50 crore to empower young innovators and startups, said a CMO statement on Sunday. The approval was given in a recent Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief…

  7. Data Centers Have a New PR Plan: Your Kid’s Field Trip
    USWired Business

    Amid a wave of backlash, some industry-friendly groups are employing creative and time-tested strategies to woo the youth.

  8. What happens when people have to jump in to clean up AI’s mess?
    USFast Company Tech

    Imagine an artificial intelligence system that has performed reliably for months. Its recommendations are almost always right, and the employee reviewing them has learned that close scrutiny rarely changes the outcome. Then something…

  9. This quick test will tell you if your home Wi-Fi is to blame for laggy internet
    USFast Company Tech

    If you suspect something’s amiss with your home network, the first thing you might do is run ​a speed test from sites like speedtest.net or fast.com​ —or even the newer Orb speed test tool featured here last May​ . But those tests don’t…

  10. Vance defends 'indentured servants' remark on H-1B workers, admits 'rhetoric' has been 'imperfect'
    INYourStory (India)

    US Vice President J D Vance has admitted that his rhetoric has been "imperfect" when he referred to foreign professionals holding H-1 B visas as "indentured servants". He also clarified that he meant US companies and the visa system, not…

  11. AI’s biggest breakthrough isn’t chatbots—it’s the eureka moment
    USFast Company Tech

    Below, Richard Socher shares five key insights from his new book, The Eureka Machine: Why AI Is the Key to Unlocking a New Era of Scientific Discoveries . Richard is a pioneering AI researcher and serial entrepreneur who spent nearly two…

  12. FMCG firms grapple with input cost inflation in Q2, brace for margin pressure
    INYourStory (India)

    FMCG companies face sustained margin pressure in the second half of the current fiscal year, as rising input costs squeeze profitability, with firms weighing post-Diwali price hikes against the risk of hurting consumer demand, particularly…

  13. How art platforms, exhibitions and awards strengthen the creative economy
    INYourStory (India)

    Launched in 2014, PhotoSparks is a weekly feature from YourStory, with photographs that celebrate the spirit of creativity and innovation. In the earlier 1,020 posts, we featured an art festival , cartoon gallery . <a href="htt

  14. Health, inclusion, computing: Test your business creativity with Edition 254 of our weekly quiz!
    INYourStory (India)

    Lateral Sparks, the weekly quiz from YourStory, tests your domain knowledge, business acumen, and lateral thinking skills (see the previous edition here ). In this 254th edition of the quiz, we present issues tackled by real-life…

  15. Cancellation: A creator’s biggest turning point; Scaling India’s research multiplier
    INYourStory (India)

    Dear Reader, Food safety has come under intense scrutiny in recent times. The ​Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has now proposed a ban on adding sucrose and fructose to food products for infants up to the age of six ​months…