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Technology·Markets·Science
Thursday, October 8, 2026 Morning edition ≈ 6 min read

Scripture accompanies each story for the reader's reflection. It is not presented as God's judgment on the people or events reported.

Lead story
Technology

Samsung's quarterly operating profit tops 100 trillion won for the first time on AI memory demand

The memory maker's preliminary numbers put a figure on how much the AI buildout is now worth to whoever supplies it.

Samsung Electronics said preliminary third-quarter operating profit reached 107.4 trillion won, the first time the company has cleared 100 trillion won in a single quarter, on revenue of about 195 trillion won. Operating profit rose more than eightfold from a year earlier and revenue climbed roughly 127%, lifting the operating margin to 55.1%. The report credits memory chips used in AI systems, including DRAM, NAND flash and high-bandwidth memory, where supply has stayed short as large technology companies build data centers. The profit figure ran ahead of the 106.0 trillion won analysts expected, and a full breakdown by business division is due October 29.

Scripture for Reflection

“And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.””

A number this large is a good moment to ask where we are quietly locating our own security.

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Tech & AI →
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TSMC reports September revenue of NT$511.86 billion, up 54.6% from a year earlier

Foundry demand holds The chipmaker reported NT$511.857 billion in September net revenue, down 0.6% from August but 54.6% above September 2025, bringing January through September revenue to NT$3,898.727 billion, a 41.1% rise.

Scripture for Reflection

“Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.”

We can bring the same care to our own daily work, whatever its scale.

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Business & Markets →
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PepsiCo reports 5.6% revenue growth and guides full-year core profit growth to 2.5% to 3.5%

Drinks and snacks Third-quarter net revenue rose 5.6% and organic revenue 3.1%, with reported earnings per share of $2.23 and core earnings per share of $2.34, against full-year net revenue growth guidance of about 6%.

Scripture for Reflection

“Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.”

A published forecast invites us to hold our own plans with an open hand.

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Long-term Treasury yields reach their highest levels since 2002

Borrowing costs climb The 10-year yield touched 5.36% and the 30-year 5.73% before a $39 billion auction pulled the 10-year back to 5.27%, with UK 30-year government bond yields at their highest since 1998.

Scripture for Reflection

“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.”

Numbers on a screen do not have to set the temperature of our day.

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Science →
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for a mirror-image puzzle

Chirality honored The citation covers their discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis, and the 12 million Swedish kronor prize is shared by Kagan, 95, of Université Paris-Sud in Orsay and Soai of Tokyo University of Science.

Scripture for Reflection

“Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.”

A century-old question finally answered encourages us to keep learning patiently.

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Webb finds signs of Mars-sized worlds smashing together around young stars

Collision forensics A team led by Kate Su of the Space Science Institute examined 21 extreme debris disks and found roughly a third silica-rich, consistent with high-energy impacts between Mars-sized bodies and seen only around stars younger than 300 million years.

Scripture for Reflection

“For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.”

Looking up can leave us quieter and more attentive today.

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Letters to the King
Was it harder to wait for the crown or to wear it?
From the Baker's own shelf

Both, friend, but in different weathers. The waiting was long and loud with nothing: Samuel poured the oil over a shepherd boy, and then I went back to the sheep, and then I carried a harp into Saul's house and ran out of it again, and the oil was dry on my head for years before the elders came to me at Hebron. Waiting taught me the shape of my own hands. Wearing it taught me the weight of other people's mornings. If you are still waiting, hear this: the waiting is not wasted time, it is the field where the shepherd learns the sheep. And if you are already carrying something heavy, hear this too: a crown is mostly a gathering of other people's needs, and the One who set it on you is not surprised by how tired you are tonight. I would choose the waiting again. I never said I would choose it cheerfully.

– David, son of Jesse
Letters answered in the voice of the biblical King David.
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