The darkest timeline

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 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ►►► News & product links ◄◄◄ 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/ If a line starts with "*" it's an affilate link. I earn a commission if you buy through it. Huawei Watch Buds 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8emewHvrKQ OnePlus Watch 4: https://www.oneplus.com/global/oneplus-watch-4 *DJI Lito X1: https://geni.us/mVyXBtV 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 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ►►► TechAltar links ◄◄◄ https://patreon.com/techaltar Social media: https://mas.to/@techaltar https://threads.net/@techaltar https://bsky.app/profile/techaltar.bsky.social https://instagram.com/TechAltar https://discord.gg/npKQebe ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ►►► Attributions & Time stamps◄◄◄ Writing & Research: Tristan Rayner Music by Edemski: https://soundcloud.com/edemski Stock assets: Getty Images 0:00 Intro 0:17 Meta employee AI 1:27 Framework Laptop 13 Pro 3:01 Apple's new CEO 4:24 Stonks 4:38 Release Monitor 5:18 The Brief 9:00 Q&A