Morning links — October 12, 2026

The restaurant-brand buyer may start selling <Restaurant Business>
After building a portfolio of more than 80 restaurant brands, MTY Group has ruled out selling itself but may shed weaker chains as third-quarter same-store sales fell 1.9%.

Sony’s Facebook drama finds few friends at the box office <Variety>
Sony’s $30 million Facebook drama “The Social Reckoning” opened to an estimated $5.5 million in North America—below even the studio’s $7 million–$8 million forecast.

Ledger finds a hardware implant in a customer’s wallet <The Verge>
Ledger says one affected customer’s wallet contained an unauthorized hardware implant and has asked a reseller to halt sales; there is no indication that devices bought directly from Ledger were affected.