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>be Chang Liu >senior system electrical engineer at Apple >8 years working on iphone >january 2026: leave Apple to join OpenAI >apple asks for laptop back >ignore them >lmao it’s my laptop now >within HOURS of leaving >message Yu-Ting “Alyssa” Peng, friend at Apple: Liu: “I still have another computer” >uses it to access Apple secret info >within weeks, use HER Apple work laptop >february 9: try Apple’s network storage >cloud repo of confidential engineering files >authentication bug. still works! >message Peng: “LOL, I found out I can access the [network storage], so funny” Peng: “I’m ready” >while developing hardware for OpenAI >download DOZENS of confidential files >including a thousand-plus-page compilation of technical files >including MLB (main logic board) manufacturing + testing presentations >send Peng links to Apple’s proprietary folders >point her to specific project data >coach her how to copy files “to avoid trouble with the security team” >tell her which confidential Apple materials to study before her OpenAI interview >warn her another guy “fumbled” Tang Tan’s questions about a secret Apple project >“download some info” for her to review >tell her: switch to LINE Messenger so nobody sees this >she gets the OpenAI offer, leaves Apple April 16 >meanwhile every message was left on APPLE-ISSUED WORK LAPTOPS >july 10: Apple Inc. v. Chang Liu >named first. before OpenAI. before Tang Tan LOL so funny

meta saying threads has 500m monthly actives is genuinely interesting. leveraging insta for growth is obviously a very smart mechanic, but i’d love to know how much of that activation is accidental. like i tap threads content inside insta all the time without meaning to. it’s now so saturated with suggested modules, engagement stuff, & weird surfaces now that it’s hard to know where intent ends & activation begins. fb pioneered this kind of growth machinery, but threads might be one of the purest examples of distribution kinda masquerading as cultural adoption. in terms of actual macro cultural relevance, threads still feels very very far in the rear view.

People around the world may not know: India is opening an airport or terminal every 75 days. Some 80 airports have been built in the last 10 years, more than what India has built in the preceding 7 decades since independence. And the airports look like this.

OH: “For my next thing, I’d love to be a third, silent co-founder”

If you can’t recognize AI slop, you’re probably producing it

mac minis are a human right. justice for our openclaw brothers and sisters denied the warmth of their rightful silicon homes. bring affordable housing and rent control for the claw class. ✊

Corporate greed is Tim Cook, the billionaire Apple CEO, claiming that hiking prices on Apple products by over $200 is "unavoidable" after it made $112 billion in profits last year & spent $310 billion on stock buybacks. These price hikes aren't unavoidable. They're unacceptable.

Corporate greed is Tim Cook, the billionaire Apple CEO, claiming that hiking prices on Apple products by over $200 is "unavoidable" after it made $112 billion in profits last year & spent $310 billion on stock buybacks. These price hikes aren't unavoidable. They're unacceptable.