Jul 12th 2026
This Week in Tech 1092
You Brought a Knife to a Wolf Fight
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Apple Accuses OpenAI of Trade Secret Theft
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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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Links
- 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 teamsMicrosoft says the world is changing faster than it can keep up as it guts commercial, Xbox teams
- Meta says four states want $1.4 trillion in penalties at August youth-safety trial
- Meta tests ‘super sensing’ AI glasses that can capture every moment
- Meta Ordered by E.U. to Alter ‘Addictive Design’ of Instagram and Facebook
- Meta Removes A.I. Feature on Instagram After Days of Backlash
- The backlash against Sony ditching PlayStation discs is not slowing down
- Zombie ‘who owns Unix?’ lawsuit comes alive again
- 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
- Tris Sherliker
- Claude Fable 5 promotional access
- 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