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# Evening Scan
- URL: https://adjacent.media/scan/2026-10-08-pm/
- Published: 2026-10-08T23:17:39.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T23:17:39.000Z
- Description: Samsung posted a record $80B operating profit for a single quarter. Microsoft priced its Surface Ultra. Amazon cut office jobs in Stores during its own sale event.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #scan-pm, #scan

Samsung posted a record $80B operating profit for a single quarter. Microsoft priced its Surface Ultra. Amazon cut office jobs in Stores during its own sale event.

> **$80B** — Samsung's operating profit for a single quarter, a record, driven by AI memory demand. *(The Next Web)*

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#### [Samsung expects record $80bn quarterly profit as AI memory demand soars](https://thenextweb.com/news/samsung-q3-2026-record-profit-ai-memory?ref=adjacent.media)

Operating profit of roughly 107.4 trillion won for a single quarter dwarfs peer earnings. *(The Next Web)*

#### [Microsoft Launches $2,599 Surface Laptop Ultra to Take on MacBook Pro](https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/07/microsoft-surface-laptop-ultra/?ref=adjacent.media)

Microsoft has priced its Nvidia-powered MacBook Pro competitor at a premium. *(MacRumors)*

#### [Amazon reportedly cuts jobs in its retail unit during Prime Big Deal Days sale](https://thenextweb.com/news/amazon-job-cuts-stores-prime-big-deal-days?ref=adjacent.media)

Amazon cut a small number of office roles in Stores, applying layoffs to its own business during the Prime sale event. *(The Next Web)*

#### [ICANN receives 1,615 TLD applications from 481 applicants; Meta, OpenAI, and eight others applied for .agent](https://www.theverge.com/tech/1007132/icann-domains-2026-ai-agi?ref=adjacent.media)

Seven companies have applied for .agi domain registrations and six for .asi, signaling demand for AI-branded web addresses. *(The Verge)*