This Week in Tech 1081: That's Miasma

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 Download or

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This episode was published on Apr 27, 2026.

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