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Apple is suing OpenAI for allegedly stealing trade secrets, sparking a heated debate about AI, hardware ambitions, and Silicon Valley's shifting alliances. Leo, Wesley, Lou, and Patrick tackle what Apple's legal gambit could mean for OpenAI's IPO and the future of AI development.

Apple Sues OpenAI for Trade Secret Theft in Blockbuster Case

Apple's OpenAI lawsuit highlights broader tensions

Microsoft says the world is changing faster than it can keep up as it guts commercial, Xbox teams

Claude Fable 5 promotional access

Meta says four states want $1.4 trillion in penalties at August youth-safety trial

Meta Removes A.I. Feature on Instagram After Days of Backlash

Meta tests 'super sensing' AI glasses that can capture every moment

Meta Ordered by E.U. to Alter 'Addictive Design' of Instagram and Facebook

The backlash against Sony ditching PlayStation discs is not slowing down

Colibrì proof-of-concept gains frontier-level 1.5-TB AI model — novel approach runs on only 25GB of RAM and shows promise for local AI setups

Waymo called the cops on teen riders, raising privacy concerns

Waymo says some of its robotaxis ran out of power during San Francisco's July 4 gridlock and had to be towed

Zombie 'who owns Unix?' lawsuit comes alive again

Copy That Floppy! - Copy That Floppy!

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Guests: Wesley Faulkner, Louis Maresca, and Patrick Beja

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Whether it's the sensory joy of homemade gelato or the privacy risks baked into AI-powered apps, the conversation spotlights how technology is transforming even the simplest moments—and why it's not always for the better.

OpenAI gets permission to roll out GPT-5.6 to the public on July 9

Beijing is looking at curbing overseas access to China's top AI models, sources say

OpenAI floats giving Trump administration 5 percent cut of AI boom

Mark Zuckerberg tells staff that AI agents haven't progressed as quickly as he'd hoped

Meta money grab is a plea to investors: Stick with us

Meta just launched a new AI generator, Muse Image, and users are already pushing back over use of their photos

Meta tests 'super sensing' AI glasses that can capture every moment

Google's AI buildout drove 37% increase in electricity use in 2025

Nvidia's Kyber AI rack slips to 2028, and one circuit board is to blame

Cloudflare will filter out web crawlers that serve AI companies

A Twist in This Year's Strangest Literary AI Scandal

Midjourney wants Hollywood studios to reveal the details of their AI usage

Brown Professor Suspects Majority of His Class Used AI to Cheat

Reid Hoffman: Introducing Tokens to the Future: Token Grants to AI Builders

Tilly Norwood to Lead New Movie 'Misaligned,' Marking Feature Debut for AI 'Actor'

MaximeRivest/riddle: The diary of Tom Riddle for the reMarkable Paper Pro — write with your pen, the page drinks your ink and answers in a flowing hand

lfnovo/open-notebook: An Open Source implementation of Notebook LM with more flexibility and features

GuideAlong

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Guest: Ian Bogost

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Microsoft's latest round of layoffs and game studio shakeups reveal deep cracks in the XBOX business, as years of unprofitability and missed expectations force the company into tough decisions. Are industry icons like Game Pass and big-name studios on borrowed time? Also, Paul's made major progress on the Windows 11 Field Guide updates! Plus, a desktop and mobile web browser that now blocks YouTube ads by default.

Layoffs

Microsoft announces 4800 layoffs, 3200 at XBOX

Analysis: What Sharma said and didn't say. Many interesting details revealed here. Many questions unanswered

Great outcomes for four studios, id Software reportedly laid off half its staff

Interesting alternative analysis: The Game Pass thesis, XBOX can't do everything

Windows

Four new builds yesterday, one major new feature: Cloud restore

Microsoft Edge is adding support for Google account sign-ins

Opera One adds clipboard attack prevention

Google and Samsung have announced new hardware launches, both with new foldables on the way - Apple's first foldable expected in January

AI

Microsoft is reportedly transitioning to its in-house MAI models where possible

Latest Corey Doctorow book takes on the future of AI and is surprisingly middle-of-the-road. Unlike his last book, he explains how he handles this and has some ideas for doing so yourself

XBOX and gaming

Gears of War Reloaded, more head to Game Pass

The oldest rumor in XBOX history is back, with Microsoft working (again, or as always) on a disc-to-digital program in the wake of the Sony PS5+ physical media announcement

Nintendo to end OG Switch sales, make Switch 2 changes in the EU

You can play Half-Life 2 in a web browser now

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: All Mint Mobile Plans Are Now Just $15 Per Month

App pick of the week: DuckDuckGo browser

RunAs Radio this week: Implementing Azure Policies with Barbara Forbes

Brown liquor pick of the week: Shenk's Homestead Sour Mash Whiskey

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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From the sudden retirement of Internet pioneer Vint Cerf to the unstoppable advance of "apex agentic adversaries," get a front-row seat to the unfolding security revolution and its massive real-world stakes.

Why Fable5's re-release has disappointed.

Opera becomes the first browser to offer "Paste Protect."

Microsoft BlueHammer exploit is "hammering" systems.

Industry legend (TCP creator) Vint Cerf on AI.

Chrome turns 150 with too many fixes to load.

Google fails to sidestep a $4.67 billion EU fine.

One last (we can hope) Chat Control vote next week.

AirDrop & Android Quick Share are exploitable.

How to bypass Claude's and ChatGPT's guardrails.

My own Sunday spin with SpinRite.

A legendary hacker uses AI on a widespread library

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1086-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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The aftermath of Apple's price hikes. Apple is taking its fight against Epic to the Supreme Court. More AI features coming to Apple's Creature Studio. And Apple is showing confidence in its upcoming iPhone Fold, expecting to sell 10 million units!

America is having MacBook sticker shock.

MacBook price hikes expected to contribute to 13.6% drop in global laptop shipments.

Apple weighs buying RAM from two blacklisted Chinese suppliers to curb rising costs.

Broadcom and Apple extend custom silicon pact to 2031.

iPhone 18 Pro leaks: Qualcomm or Apple C2 model, A20 details, camera upgrades.

Apple takes Epic fight over app store fees to the Supreme Court.

Tim Cook's government liaison position comes into focus before stepping down as Apple CEO.

Apple in Russia's crosshairs again, facing $52M fine for not installing state-required apps.

If you wanted more AI in Apple's Creator Studio, Tuesday's update gives it to you.

Safari's new MCP server lets coding agents inspect and debug websites.

Siri AI can pull info from third-party apps in the latest developer beta.

Apple to launch 5 new iPhone models to gain market share amid memory crunch.

Confident Apple increases its iPhone Fold orders to 10 million.

Apple TV teases major new sci-fi series: Neuromancer.

iPhone 17 Pro Max buried in America's 250th anniversary time capsule: to be opened in 2276.

Picks of the Week

Glenn's Pick: Turtles!

Jason's Pick: Default Folder X

Andy's Pick: Readest

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