This Week in Tech 1088

The US government abruptly forced Anthropic to pull its most advanced AI model offline after fears it was simply too powerful to be safe. Hear the real story behind the sudden shutdown that rocked the tech world—and what it reveals about the uneasy alliance between Washington and Silicon Valley.

• Anthropic’s Fable 5 AI model release sparks cybersecurity and jailbreak concerns
• White House pressures Anthropic to withdraw Fable amid security fears
• Debate over government intervention, model regulation, and Anthropic’s IPO timing
• SpaceX IPO rockets to record-breaking $1.77 trillion valuation
• Apple unveils revamped Siri and Apple Intelligence at WWDC
• Apple’s new child safety and parental controls in iOS
• OpenAI and Anthropic plot IPOs, face economic realities of AI industry
• Supply chain attacks hit Arch Linux packages, security risks highlighted
• Spotify battles surge of fake podcasts promoting illegal drugs
• German court rules Google AI overviews legally liable for inaccuracies
• FCC pursues crackdown on anonymous burner phones, raising privacy alarms
• North Korean hackers’ massive infiltration of US tech sector exposed
• iFixit teardown reveals Trump Phone is just a rebadged HTC U24 Pro
• Smartphone and internet access linked to declining US birth rates
• Skydance-Paramount merger approved as Warner Bros seeks next mega deal
• Roku seeks buyer, raising questions about future streaming platforms

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Links

• Anthropic says these topics are too dangerous to let its Fable 5 model talk about
• Anthropic Walks Back Policy That Could Have ‘Sabotaged’ AI Researchers Using Claude
• Inside the whirlwind 24 hours that led the White House to slap export controls on Anthropic
• Wake-up call': Europe reacts to Anthropic halting access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models | Euronews
• SpaceX raises $75 billion in its IPO
• Everything Apple Announced at WWDC 2026
• Apple’s New Siri Is Just Good Enough to Ease Its AI Crisis
• Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Microsoft Edge, Opera to follow
• Nobody needs AI to search the Internet, court says in ruling against Google
• FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers’ IDs
• Supreme Court Surprisingly Backs FCC Effort To Punish AT&T, Verizon For Spying On Public Location Data
• North Koreans behind nearly half of US tech industry hacks, says CrowdStrike
• Arch Linux AUR Hit By Another Wave Of Now More Sophisticated Malware Attack
• Spotify removed 57,000 fake podcast episodes selling illegal drugs after congressional pressure
• Teardown Confirms the Trump Phone Is a Gold-Painted HTC U24 Pro
• Two New Studies Ask: Did the iPhone Cause Birthrates to Decline?
• Roku in Discussions to be Acquired