April 26, 2026

This Week in Tech 1081: That's Miasma

2 hours 32 minutes

Tim Cook's surprise departure shakes Apple just as AI and product strategy take center stage, sending big questions through Silicon Valley about what comes next. From Toyota's camera-filled Woven City to questionable US police tracking and a Signal privacy gap, this episode digs into how quietly surveillance tech is encroaching on daily life.

Toyota Woven City

Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman; John Ternus to become Apple CEO

Continuous glucose monitoring made me continuously crazy

Meta will lay off 10% of its workforce, the company told staff today

Meta projected $16 billion in scam ad revenue. Now the lawsuits are piling up.

In another wild turn for AI chips, Meta signs deal for millions of Amazon AI CPUs

Google is investing up to $40 billion in a company that is beating Gemini. That is the point.

OpenAI Releases 'Spud' GPT-5.5 Model

China's DeepSeek previews new AI model a year after jolting US rivals

Now we know who paid $100,000 to unlock a Sam Altman podcast interview

Scoop: NSA using Anthropic's Mythos despite Defense Department blacklist

Anthropic: No "kill switch" for AI in classified settings

Mozilla Used Anthropic's Mythos to Find and Fix 271 Bugs in Firefox

Unauthorized group has gained access to Anthropic's exclusive cyber tool Mythos, report claims

What smart people are saying about SpaceX's $60 billion deal with Cursor: 'The Hunger Games have just begun'

Australia's Teen Social Media Ban Isn't Working. Half Their Teens Still Have Access, Survey Finds

Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones

Nevada Police Can Now Track Cellphones Without a Warrant

Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers took 2 minutes to break it

'Scattered Spider' Member 'Tylerb' Pleads Guilty

Iran claims US used backdoors in networking equipment

The Onion has agreed to a new deal to take over Infowars

'Hairdryer used to trick weather sensor' to win $34,000 bet

To buy this Bay Area home, you'll need Anthropic equity | TechCrunch

This Alberta Startup Sells No-Tech Tractors for Half Price

The Hottest Phone for Kids Right Now Is a $100 Landline

This pasta sauce wants to record your family

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Victoria Song, and Stacey Higginbotham

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April 26, 2026

This Week in Tech 1081: That's Miasma

2 hours 32 minutes

Toyota Woven City

Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman; John Ternus to become Apple CEO

Continuous glucose monitoring made me continuously crazy

Meta will lay off 10% of its workforce, the company told staff today

Meta projected $16 billion in scam ad revenue. Now the lawsuits are piling up.

In another wild turn for AI chips, Meta signs deal for millions of Amazon AI CPUs

Google is investing up to $40 billion in a company that is beating Gemini. That is the point.

OpenAI Releases 'Spud' GPT-5.5 Model

China's DeepSeek previews new AI model a year after jolting US rivals

Now we know who paid $100,000 to unlock a Sam Altman podcast interview

Scoop: NSA using Anthropic's Mythos despite Defense Department blacklist

Anthropic: No "kill switch" for AI in classified settings

Mozilla Used Anthropic's Mythos to Find and Fix 271 Bugs in Firefox

Unauthorized group has gained access to Anthropic's exclusive cyber tool Mythos, report claims

What smart people are saying about SpaceX's $60 billion deal with Cursor: 'The Hunger Games have just begun'

Australia's Teen Social Media Ban Isn't Working. Half Their Teens Still Have Access, Survey Finds

Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones

Nevada Police Can Now Track Cellphones Without a Warrant

Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers took 2 minutes to break it

'Scattered Spider' Member 'Tylerb' Pleads Guilty

Iran claims US used backdoors in networking equipment

The Onion has agreed to a new deal to take over Infowars

'Hairdryer used to trick weather sensor' to win $34,000 bet

To buy this Bay Area home, you'll need Anthropic equity | TechCrunch

This Alberta Startup Sells No-Tech Tractors for Half Price

The Hottest Phone for Kids Right Now Is a $100 Landline

This pasta sauce wants to record your family

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Victoria Song, and Stacey Higginbotham

Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech

Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!

Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Sponsors:

box.com/AI

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meter.com/twit

Simply CX

rippling.com/twit

...more

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