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The $900 Billion Underdog

Episode 420 • 2nd May 2026 • Tech Talk Y'all • Edgewise Media

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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

Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.

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