The darkest timeline

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This week Meta starts tracking their employees keyboard and mouse movements to train an AI to replace them, The Framework Laptop 13 Pro is here and it’s amazin, and Tim Cook steps down as Apple CEO, replaced by John Ternus.

Episode 298

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Meta AI employee training: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/meta-start-capturing-employee-mouse-movements-keystrokes-ai-training-data-2026-04-21/
Meta Layoffs: https://www.theverge.com/tech/917690/meta-is-laying-off-10-percent-of-its-staff
Framework Laptop 13 Pro: https://frame.work/de/en/products/laptop13pro-diy-intel-ultra-3/configuration/new
Framework demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnOpIQJnYWU
Framework keyboard: https://frame.work/de/en/blog/previewing-the-framework-wireless-touchpad-keyboard
Framework 16 Oculink GPU: https://frame.work/de/en/blog/framework-laptop-16-upgrades-and-oculink-dev-kit
Apple CEO shuffle: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/20/tim-cook-stepping-down-as-apple-ceo-john-ternus-taking-over/

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Insta360 Luna: https://youtu.be/bsRg83xqSu0
Google TPU 8: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/tpu-8t-and-tpu-8i-technical-deep-dive
Tesla self-driving chip upgrade: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/22/elon-musk-admits-millions-of-tesla-owners-need-upgrades-for-true-full-self-driving/
OpenAI Codex Chronicle: https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/20/codex-for-mac-gains-chronicle-for-enhancing-context-using-recent-screen-content/
OpenAI Codex: https://openai.com/index/codex-for-almost-everything/
Mozilla zero-day Claude Mythos: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-security-zero-day-vulnerabilities/
European EVs surge 51%: https://electrek.co/2026/04/20/europe-ev-sales-surge-51-percent-oil-is-the-reason-why/
CATL Sodium ion battery: https://electrek.co/2026/04/22/catl-launching-sodium-ion-batteries-evs-2026/
Trump renewables block court decision: https://electrek.co/2026/04/22/court-blocks-another-republican-attempt-to-raise-your-energy-costs/
OSSMeet: https://ossmeet.com/
OSSMeet code: https://github.com/ossmeet/ossmeet/tree/main

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Writing & Research: Tristan Rayner
Music by Edemski: https://soundcloud.com/edemski

Stock assets: Getty Images

0:00 Intro
0:19 Meta employee AI
1:29 Framework Laptop 13 Pro
3:03 Apple’s new CEO
4:26 Stonks
4:40 Release Monitor
5:20 The Brief

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