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
Unauthorized group has gained access to Anthropic's exclusive cyber tool Mythos, report claims
What smart people are saying about SpaceX's $60 billion deal with Cursor: 'The Hunger Games have just begun'
Australia's Teen Social Media Ban Isn't Working. Half Their Teens Still Have Access, Survey Finds
Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones
Nevada Police Can Now Track Cellphones Without a Warrant
Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers took 2 minutes to break it
'Scattered Spider' Member 'Tylerb' Pleads Guilty
Iran claims US used backdoors in networking equipment
The Onion has agreed to a new deal to take over Infowars
'Hairdryer used to trick weather sensor' to win $34,000 bet
To buy this Bay Area home, you'll need Anthropic equity | TechCrunch
This Alberta Startup Sells No-Tech Tractors for Half Price
The Hottest Phone for Kids Right Now Is a $100 Landline
This pasta sauce wants to record your family

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