Episode 222: Its a $4trillion dollar company

This week Chris and Rod have follow up on Apple facing a record-breaking antitrust fine in India, the upcoming Linux 7.1 kernel and its optional new NTFS driver, and why the App Store’s rating system might be causing more harm than good for developers. There is also a look at Palantir’s latest PR woes, ranging from a bizarre corporate manifesto to reports that the NHS may be looking for a way out of its contract.

In the news, Anthropic is investigating unauthorized access to its Mythos cybersecurity tool, Apple Sports arrives as a CarPlay widget, and Framework has held a major event unveiling a pro-tier Laptop 13 and significant upgrades to the modular Laptop 16. We also dismantle an absurdly bad health study making headlines and discuss the recent controversy surrounding Framework's community moderation.

The main show covers the end of an era at Apple as Tim Cook moves to Executive Chairman and John Ternus takes over as CEO. We look back at the biggest moments of the Cook era and discuss what the leadership shuffle means for the future of Apple hardware and AI-driven operations.