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Apr 19th 2026
This Week in Tech 1080
Destroy All Phonorecords
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Musk v. Altman, Claude Opus 4.7, & Voyager 1
New episodes every Sunday.
Guests:
Louis Maresca,
Wesley Faulkner,
Glenn Fleishman
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News
As Anthropic, OpenAI, and industry giants race to outpace each other, data centers and supply chains are straining, while job markets and open-source communities feel the heat. Listen in for a roundtable on whether AI is fueling innovation, burnout, or just the next tech bubble.
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.7, concedes it trails unreleased Mythos
Nobody knows how many CVEs Anthropic's Project Glasswing has actually found
You’re About to See a Lot of Critical Software Updates. Don’t Ignore Them.
Cal.com Is Going Closed Source Because of AI
AI anxiety is turning volatile
Humanoid robots race past humans in Beijing half-marathon, showing rapid advances
Snap Is Laying Off 16% of Full-Time Staff as It Embraces A.I.
Musk v. Altman Is a Battle for OpenAI’s Soul
The Little Probe That Could: Why Voyager 1 Matters, and Why NASA Just Switched Part of It Off
Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human verification empire. First stop: Tinder.
Meta Must Face Youth Addiction Lawsuit by Massachusetts, Court Rules
Section 230 Is Dying By A Thousand Workarounds, And Massachusetts Just Added Another One
Live Nation and Ticketmaster lose monopoly case
Anna's Archive told to pay Spotify and record labels $322 million over unprecedented music scraping
Roblox agrees to a $12 million settlement with Nevada
Judge sides with creators of banned ICE trackers who allege DHS and DOJ violated their First Amendment rights
What’s the point of the App Store, if it can’t protect users?
TotalRecall Reloaded tool finds a side entrance to Windows 11's Recall database
Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out, According to an Independent Audit
It Is Time to Ban the Sale of Precise Geolocation
Google Broke Its Promise to Me. Now ICE Has My Data. | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Billionaire Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings is leaving the company
Venture capitalist Ron Conway says he is starting treatment for a 'rare' cancer
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Transcripts: This Week in Tech Episode 1080 Transcript
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Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.7, concedes it trails unreleased Mythos
Nobody knows how many CVEs Anthropic's Project Glasswing has actually found
You’re About to See a Lot of Critical Software Updates. Don’t Ignore Them.
Cal.com Is Going Closed Source Because of AI
AI anxiety is turning volatile
Humanoid robots race past humans in Beijing half-marathon, showing rapid advances
Snap Is Laying Off 16% of Full-Time Staff as It Embraces A.I.
Musk v. Altman Is a Battle for OpenAI’s Soul
The Little Probe That Could: Why Voyager 1 Matters, and Why NASA Just Switched Part of It Off
Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human verification empire. First stop: Tinder.
Meta Must Face Youth Addiction Lawsuit by Massachusetts, Court Rules
Section 230 Is Dying By A Thousand Workarounds, And Massachusetts Just Added Another One
Live Nation and Ticketmaster lose monopoly case
Anna's Archive told to pay Spotify and record labels $322 million over unprecedented music scraping
Roblox agrees to a $12 million settlement with Nevada
Judge sides with creators of banned ICE trackers who allege DHS and DOJ violated their First Amendment rights
What’s the point of the App Store, if it can’t protect users?
TotalRecall Reloaded tool finds a side entrance to Windows 11's Recall database
Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out, According to an Independent Audit
It Is Time to Ban the Sale of Precise Geolocation
Google Broke Its Promise to Me. Now ICE Has My Data. | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Billionaire Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings is leaving the company
Venture capitalist Ron Conway says he is starting treatment for a 'rare' cancer
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