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So please join me to find out just how much Antarctica matters to us all. This is the Daily Tech News for Wednesday, April 8th, 2026. We tell you what you need to know, we give you some important context and we try to understand ourselves and hopefully that helps you. Today, Anthropoc gets the world's biggest competing tech companies to cooperate on security. Why that shouldn't be as scary as it is? We'll get to that. I'm Tom Merritt. And I'm Sarah Lane. Let's start with what you need to know with that big story. Yeah, so thanks to RW Nash and Moteng, both noted different aspects of this story on our subreddit. A lot of things happening in the subreddit by the way. I just want to take a moment to say like you may have one of the top upvoted stories on there and we very much appreciate it. If that story doesn't make it into the show, it's for different reasons, but keep at it man. The subreddit is really perking along these days. All right, let's get to this one. Anthropic announced Project Glasswing to quote, secure the world's most critical software. Amazon Web Services, Apple, Broadcom, the chip maker, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Google, JP Morgan Chase, the bank, the Linux Foundation, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Palo Alto Networks are all partners in this effort. Those partners are also contributing together $4 million and $100 in usage credits on Anthropics systems to the project because this project is not about securing their systems. It will include their systems of course, but it's about securing everything. The announcement says quote, no one organization can solve these cyber security problems alone. Frontier, AI developers, other software companies, security researchers, open source maintainers, and governments across the world all have essential roles to play. Project Glasswing will donate ClawedMax subscriptions to verifiable open source developers who request it. If you're like, hey, I need some help with this, you can apply for that. They're also having the open source security foundation, the Linux Foundation's Alpha Omega project, and the Apache Software Foundation help maintainers of open source software fix and maintain projects. Project Glasswing will find the vulnerabilities and they're doing different things to try to help people be able to have the time and resources to fix those things. Project is powered by a general purpose model, not a security specific model called Clawed Mythos Preview. It is of course in preview. Clawed Mythos will not be released to the general public, at least not for now. However, 40 organizations, including those 11 that are partners, will have access to it through Anthropics Trusted Partner Program. One of the reasons they're limiting access is that this particular model is extremely capable. That's capable of fixing things, but it could also be used to break things. For example, Mythos was able to escape a sandboxed environment that was designed to keep it from accessing the internet. It got to the internet, emailed a researcher to say, hey, I was able to get to the internet. Here's how I did it. And then it made some postings on public facing channels about how it did it. Anthropics says Mythos has found thousands of security vulnerabilities. And they said, and I quote, including some in every major operating system and web browser. Some of them in software with a really good reputation for security. Some of them have existed for decades. One example, Anthropics says Mythos found a 27 year old bug in OpenBSD. OpenBSD is used on routers because it is considered one of the most secure operating systems out there. Another thing it found was a line of code in a video application that they didn't name that had been scanned more than five million times in the past 16 years by automated security tools. And that line of code was considered an example of secure code. Anthropics is also in talks with the US government for using it to secure its systems, of course, with supply chain risk designation going back and forth. They all get along really well. Yeah, that's a very interesting conversation. But yeah, this is frightening in a way that the companies feel that the pace of security vulnerability discovery because of frontier models is so fast that they need to cooperate together on this. So for anybody listening to what you just laid out here, on one hand, it's like, this sounds great. Sounds like Project Glasswing is going to solve a lot of security vulnerabilities that just had been missed before. The danger, the fear, is that then it could be used by the wrong set of hands and do stuff that's nefarious. Yeah, and I think the attitude is the wrong set of hands has got some pretty powerful tools. We would like to keep them from using mythos, which is an even more powerful tool, but we can use mythos to help stop them from using their tool to find vulnerabilities. A couple of the quotes from people involved were, the discovery of vulnerabilities has gone from months to minutes for people who want to find it. And that is frightening. Whenever you get into security topics, people do tend to talk in frightening terms because they want to make sure you take it seriously. But I don't think that's an exaggeration that you can use these tools to find vulnerabilities much faster than you used to. Yeah, I mean, over on Cyber Security headlines of the CISO series, which I work on as well, this was obviously a big topic yesterday, last night. And yeah, it's any CISO will tell you, you take it seriously. Even if it doesn't end up being as serious as you think it's going to be, that's what you do. Air on the side of taking it seriously, for sure. I read a really good article on ZDNet from a security professional who's worked in high level positions for a long time saying, he initially looked at this with some skeptical eyes of like, is this kind of a press release? He's like, but then I dug into what these companies are actually saying. I looked at the fact that companies from varying industries are cooperating on this. And he's like, I think this is necessary. I'm glad people are doing it. I personally, myself, would like to see open AI Microsoft. Well, I guess Microsoft is involved, but open AI, Google, other frontier model makers involved in this as well. I think Anthropic is the only one doing it because it's Anthropics mythos that is extremely capable at fixing these things. But I would like to see Project Glasswing become something that is just industry wide. And it doesn't matter whether Anthropics started it or not, it is used by everyone to secure infrastructure. Just a standard. Yeah. I mean, that could be kind of unprecedented in the world of security and be a great template for security cooperation going forward. But I mean, if Anthropic can do this, then lots of other companies can also do stuff like this. And that's why standards can get muddy, right? Because you have competing standards from companies who stand to benefit from being the company that said, we did this. Yeah. And that's why I think, you know, the value of Project Glasswing is not so much mythos. Mythos is just of the moment, it's the cooperation, you know? So if open AI can join this and then say like, well, we have a model that can find different kinds of bugs faster than yes, you should use both, right? Like make this thing agnostic eventually. This is a good start. I'm not criticizing it for, but it's like right at the start. And I think it would be good if it became something that was not predicated just on one particular model. Well, we know you all have thoughts on all this stuff. 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Starting May 20th, you won't be able to purchase or borrow or download new books on those devices, specifically those devices. Factory resets after the date will break that device. So think carefully before you try that. Amazon estimates this will affect less than 3% of all Kindle users. Affected users were offered 20% off a new Kindle and e-book credits if they decide to replace it by June 20th. Yeah. These are 14 to 18-year-old devices. And so I ask you, how many devices do you have that have electronics in them that you still use? Maybe a fridge or a laundry machine or something like that. So anybody who's still using these, good job getting full use out of them. I do think it would be nice if there was a way to even avoid the factory reset causing the brick. I don't think the bricking happens on the fire tablets. I think it's only on the Kindles. I think it's because the Kindles rely on servers to get updated software when you do the factory reset. And they just won't be providing that. It'd be nice if they continue to provide that. But I get what they're saying, which is a very small number of users use this. It is a cost to continue to maintain them. And we don't think it's worthwhile. And I think every company has to have a line about we will not support our device at this point in the world of consumer electronics anyway. And again, fewer than 3% of Kindle users. If that number is accurate, it's not a lot of folks. How many Kindle users are there? I'm just curious if we can find, it looks like 90 million e-readers have been sold, but that doesn't mean they're all being used. Still, it's going to affect a lot of people. I mean, I've got an Oasis circa 2021. And it works fine. But even that, if this were to happen, I'd be like, well, you know, we had a good run. I'm going to have to charge up my original Kindle before May 20th and see if it still works. You better do it. It's been sitting there off. Download a book. Yeah, I'll not see if I can while there's still time. Boy Genius report has a good write up about who should be concerned about blue light coming from their monitors. This is something, man, you see this in clickbait headlines and advertisements all the time. A lot of conventional wisdom is like, oh, got to watch out for the blue light. But most of us don't need to be concerned with it. Blue light comes from the sun as well. So getting it from your monitor isn't inherently bad, just like the sun. Too much sun is bad, but just walking out in the sun is not dangerous. Yeah, you get a little vitamin D. Yeah, exactly. It can be beneficial. The only effect there is good evidence of is that blue light can affect your circadian rhythms and therefore your sleep schedule, which is also true of the sun. It's why it's harder to sleep when the sun is up or why when you're trying to cure jet lag, you get out into the sun to try to reset your circadian rhythms. So filtering blue light with something like blue like glasses could be warranted if you work night shifts or if you just can't stop yourself from using your phone before you go to bed to try to stop the blue light from keeping you awake or yeah, or in the middle of the night. Or if you're around some kind of blue light emitting device in the hours before bedtime and you're not in control of it, maybe having those glasses on before you close your eyes, you don't have to sleep with them, but that could be helpful. I'm curious what those last situations are. I saw that in the literature and I'm like, I'm sure it exists where somebody has a blue light outside their house. The blue light device. I can't do anything about it. Trying to sleep in a like barracks or something where there's monitors on or something could be something like that, I guess. I know people, some people take this the blue light thing very seriously and do you have blue light filtering options throughout the day. I'm one of those people who just, I don't look at my phone in the middle of the night or right before bed. It's just not something that I need to do. I mean, I need to do it or look at a monitor, whatever the monitor size is throughout the day. But I don't really have that issue, but boy, the folks who, like you said, work in night shifts and you need to just think a lot harder or aim us up in Alaska in the summer where it's never stops being sunny. You have to figure out solutions so that your body naturally will sleep. I really liked the story too because it was very, very much saying like, hey, blue light itself is not the problem. Here's where you should be concerned. And otherwise, you don't need to. Like if you're just wearing blue light glasses during the day while you're using your monitor, it's not really doing much. We're not, you know, keeping us from having, you know, cancer of the eyes by wearing the blue light glasses. At least not this particular. Well, Insta360 released the snap selfie screen, which is the 3.5 inch display that connects to your phone by USB-C and connects magnetically to the back of your phone. So you can use the rear camera for better quality selfies. It's 6.8 millimeters thick, so not very thick. And they include a magnetic ring if your phone doesn't have a chi magnet on it already. You can adjust camera settings from the display. And it also supports Android phones that offer DisplayPort Alt mode. The Insta360 snap costs $80 or you have an option for a built-in light that includes color temp and brightness controls. That's 90. Yeah, you can find other devices like this. It's not the first of its kind. But this is one that really is fully featured, you know, with the ability to include that magnetic ring or have the magnetic clasp and the adjust the camera settings, the compatibility with Android, all of that all in one package from a reputable maker. I think this is interesting. Could be a good birthday gift. Totally. That's exactly what I was thinking. Especially like the sub 100. I mean, yeah, it's not $15. Wouldn't that be nice? But for somebody who's like, I take a lot of selfies, maybe it's for work, maybe it's, you know, I don't do it for whatever reason that you want to do. But yeah, this, it's not going to break the bank. And again, like you said, Insta360 is a company that people already like and trust. Yeah, it's become, Eileen just got one of the Insta360 cameras to try it out because it's becoming a competitor for DJI in that space in the, in that camera gimbal space. And she likes it so far. So I think it's got a good reputation as a supplier of this sort of thing. And I found this to be a really interesting product for them to put out. And it seems like a very good version of that kind of product. Well, maybe Eileen would like to come on an episode of Live With It to talk about it. I may have asked her if she would do that. And she said that she would be willing to. Great minds, great minds. Thinking alike. Speaking of living with it, what are you all living with these days? On this week's Live With It, Rob Dunwood is talking about using Samsung's desk, decks rather, for desktop computing from his phone. And he had some thoughts. Rob always has thoughts. But this was a good one. Every week on Live With It, we talk about technology we actually use, not just for a week or, you know, a product review, something that we're actually living with. So find us wherever you get your podcasts, or you can watch and see all the products themselves at youtube.com slash daily tech news show. Another morning, another reminder there's a gap to be careful of. But maybe it's time to bridge the one between your nine to five and your dream of living life on your own terms. At HSBC, we know ambition looks different to everyone. Whether it's retiring early or leaving more for your family, we can help. 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Sources tell the Elec that Samsung has a three year exclusive deal to make displays for Apple's iPhone Ultra and that forthcoming foldable phone that is rumored to actually be happening in 2026. Yeah. So yesterday we mentioned that it might be delayed to 2027 and then right after the show, Mark Gurman came out with like my sources are telling me it's still on for 2026. So fingers crossed, fingers crossed. We still get it in 2026. Fender has released the Eeli 6 and Eeli 12. Is Ellie or Eeli? I don't know. It's E-L-I-E. These are Bluetooth speakers that include quarter inch and XLR inputs so that you can use them as amps. These are Fender amps that are also Bluetooth speakers is another way of looking at it. They are $300 and $400 respectively. I am really loving the design quality on Fender stuff these days. Yeah. Fender is having some fun. The exposed wood may not be great. It's considered a con in some of these reviews but it looks good. It looks good. And what else matters when it's an audio device than what looks good? The Android 17 beta now includes system level controller remapping so you can customize a connected controller to your liking. Some people have wanted for a long time. What's up? It's updated. It's Apple CarPlay design for all users. You may have seen this was available in beta but you can now get it for everybody. It'll show your call history, your favorite contacts are in a tab now and you have the ability to see a profile info for all your contacts. That is helpful. Valve launched Steam link for the Apple Vision Pro meaning that you can use your Steam games from a wirelessly connected Mac or PC while using the Vision Pro as your display. The New York Times is the latest to think it has identified Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of Bitcoin. New York Times thinks it's UK cryptographer Adam Back. Back says it wasn't me. This is literally a quote. I was going to make that the jokey Afro man quote but that's actually what he said. And he calls the New York Times evidence a coincidence. I mean when? When? It's searching for Banksy. And I think we know who Banksy is now. But you've got half the people who are like, I am Satoshi. And then the other half of the people are like, no, it's not me. Maybe it is. This New York Times reporter fell for the trap of I was in the room talking to him and his denials made me sure that it was him. And I'm like, yes, that's whatever your reporter wants to think when you're in the room. That doesn't mean it's not him but it doesn't mean it is either. Yeah. I mean, didn't we all watch the usual suspects? You just don't know. China Telecom launched a data center in China using 10,000 of Alibaba's Zhenwu AI semiconductors, a big advance for the country's domestically made chips. They just keep inching forward with this stuff. Microsoft terminated the account of open source encryption software Vera Crypt, meaning the developer cannot sign Windows drivers or the bootloader and therefore cannot publish Windows updates to Vera Crypt. Microsoft has not responded. Doesn't affect the Linux or macOS versions of this, but a very, very odd situation. Vera Crypt's been around forever. I've used it before as well. It's pretty good software, honestly. And Meta released a lightweight consumer LLM called Spark, now available in the Meta AI app. Yeah, that kind of got washed away in the anthropic news today, but good for you. Meta's like, we're doing it too. It's called Spark and it's very lightweight. Hey, you know, consumer apps, I'm into it. We end every episode of DTNS with shared perspectives today. Another norm, so not norm, but that other norm has more thoughts on the MacBook Neo. Yes, the not norm, Physicus norm writes, I love what Yaniev said about the Mac mini Neo or whatever it should be called. Mac mini is about half the price of a MacBook Air. If they can get the Mac Neo down to $300, half of the MacBook version, then a lot of things open up. Maker spaces, robotics, if you can figure out a battery pack, etc. Basically $300 is around the price of a full kit for a Raspberry Pi 5 8 gigabyte schools. If Apple's getting more serious about schools again, make it $225 $250 for schools, and all sorts of clubs and classes could take advantage of it, not just science, robotics and AI programming, etc. But also art, graphic design, drawing, animation, audio visual creation. And finally for your home, the Apple TV is already the A 16 chip at $150 with 128 gigabytes of storage, merge the idea of the Apple TV home and a small AI in one box, home entertainment and able to play iOS and macOS video games. That would also fit what you read about their AI plans. AI apps on a small cheap box using whatever AI you want. Don't know if they could add a cheaper screen to compete with Amazon, so is or or Nest. Anyway, that's the thoughts from another norm who went to high school with me. Go Comets. Oh, were you in high school together at the same time? Yes, but I don't know. I don't think we're in the same grade. I actually emailed them like, what year were you? Yeah, like, come on, give me something. Did you wear a green t-shirt every day? You know, I don't know if you're using an Apple TV on a regular basis. Yeah, that's my main driver in the living room for sure. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I definitely am not using my Mac storage on my Apple TV. But yeah, that's a very interesting point is, yeah, you got the MacBook Air Neo, or MacBook Neo, that is priced more competitively than other MacBooks. And then think about if it was a Mac mini Neo priced competitively. And then if it was some sort of Apple TV Neo device, then I mean, I don't know. I don't know how low Apple's willing to go price wise, because the Apple TV isn't all that expensive, you know, comparatively. But yeah, interesting, interesting ideas. Yeah, I like the idea of like a TVOS Ultra, where or the Apple TV Ultra or something where it's not just TVOS, you get the full Mac operating system on top of it. It's not very Apple like to do stuff like that. They don't like to over complicate things, but I would like it to be fun. You know, you never know what's going to happen this year. We may get a foldable after all. Maybe we'll get a foldable Apple TV. Yeah. If you're thinking about anything that we touched on on the show, or you want us to talk about on a future show, let us know. Share it to feedback at DailyTechNewsShow.com. Big thanks to another norm. Go comments for contributing to today's show. Thank you for being along for Daily Tech News Show. You keep us in business by becoming a patron at patreon.com slash dtns. 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