This Week in Tech 1081: That's Miasma

This Week in Tech 1081: That's Miasma

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April 27, 2026 · 2h 32m

About this episode

This episode discusses Tim Cook's departure from Apple and the implications for AI and surveillance technology in society.

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…

Topics covered

  • Apple leadership changes
  • AI technology
  • surveillance tech
  • Meta layoffs
  • Google investments
  • privacy concerns
  • social media issues

Keywords

  • Tim Cook
  • Apple
  • AI
  • Meta
  • surveillance
  • Google
  • privacy
  • Toyota
  • Mozilla
  • social media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple, Toyota, Meta, Google, Anthropic, Mozilla

Places: China

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