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

Find us here:

• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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