Episode 420
The $900 Billion Underdog
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In this episode:
AI Frontier
- Anthropic's New Mythos A.I. Model Sets Off Global Alarms
- Mozilla Used Anthropic's Mythos to Find and Fix 271 Bugs in Firefox
- Sam Altman compares Mythos to dropping a bomb while selling a $100B bomb shelter
- Anthropic could raise a new $50B round at a valuation of $900B
- OpenAI releases GPT-5.5
- 7-0 wipeout: ChatGPT-5.5 vs Claude 4.7 in 7 impossible tests
- China orders Meta to unwind $2B Manus acquisition
- He Built a $1.8 Billion Company Alone with AI
Tech Layoffs & Big Moves
- John Ternus named Apple CEO to replace Tim Cook
- Nearly 40,000 tech jobs lost in April 2026
- 20,000 job cuts at Meta, Microsoft raise AI labor crisis concern
- Netflix plans vertical video feed and AI recommendations
Privacy, Security & Age Checks
- US Bill Mandates On-Device Age Verification
- Brussels age-checking app hacked in 2 minutes
- $5 Bluetooth tracker in a postcard exposes Dutch warship
Hardware, Science & Engineering
- NIST creates 'any wavelength' lasers in tiny circuits
- NASA shuts off instrument on Voyager 1
- Anker made its own AI chip (Thus)
- YouTuber builds working DRAM in backyard
- Linux begins dropping Intel 486 support
- Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results
- BMW one step closer to a color-changing car
- Alberta startup sells "no-tech" tractors for half price
Robots Take the Field
- Chinese android beats human half-marathon record
- Japan Airlines pilots humanoid robots at Haneda
- Table tennis robot defeats top human players
Weird & Wacky
- Chinese carmaker patents voice-controlled in-vehicle toilet
- Air New Zealand adds economy bunk beds (with rules)
- Hairdryer allegedly used to trick weather sensor for $34K Polymarket bet
- DOJ arrests soldier who made $400K betting on Maduro's removal
- I bought Friendster for $30K — here's what I'm doing with it
- NZ DOC: remote tech begins a "new era" for conservation
Tech Rec:
- Sanjay - Citymapper
- Adam - Claude Design
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