• AI arms race in line for a reckoning after OpenAI hacking incident (ArsTechnica)

• OpenAI makes ChatGPT Health available to all US users (TechCrunch)

• Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta warn against ‘premature restrictions’ of open-weight models (CNBC)

• Tesla, Alphabet lose hundreds of billions in value in post-earnings stock plunge (CNBC)

• Apple Plans Overhaul of MacBooks, iMac in Push to Meet AI Demand (Bloomberg)

• Patreon Lays Off 20% of Employees as Part of ‘Painful’ Restructuring (Variety)

• Amazon Adds Video Games Into Prime Video in Expansion Push (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Microsoft is testing free, ad-supported cloud gaming for Xbox Insiders (The Verge)

• Meta Gives Facebook Marketplace Its Own App Called Seller (The New York Times)

• Meta launches new Facebook Verified badge for actual, real humans (Engadget)

• Connecting Real People on Facebook (Meta Newsroom)

• Introducing selfie for sign-in: a new, easy way to access your Google Account (News from Google)

• Google Turns a Selfie Video Into Your Account’s Spare Key (Wired)

• Salty, Buttery, Astonishingly Lucrative: The $100 Million Market of Popcorn Buckets (The New York Times)

• AMC Popcorn Buckets (AMC Theaters)

On this episode of Pop Tech Jam, El Kaiser and J. D. discuss review-bombing, Meta’s A.I. recent adventures and much more — including the decline in reading and watching long-form content without distracton. Spin up PTJ 390 here, and then go treat yourself to a new book or binge!

• She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (Disney+)

• Instagram’s AI image generator alarms privacy experts (The Guardian)

• Meta’s new AI image generator is using your public Instagram photos (Proton)

• Meta Is Toying With the Idea of Smart Glasses That Record Everything, All the Time (Gizmodo)

• Commission preliminarily finds the addictive design of Instagram and Facebook in breach of the Digital Services Act(press release)

• Google will now disclose which ads are made with AI (TechCrunch)

• Netflix looking for engagement in live TV and bundles while Apple TV app integration is right there (9to5Mac)

• Official renders for Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 8, Watch 9, Watch 2 Ultra and Z Fold 8 leak (Engadget)

• Exclusive: Official Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 8 Renders in Three Colors (Android Headlines)

• The End of Reading Is Here (The Atlantic)

• Matt Damon Says Netflix Wants Movies to Restate the ‘Plot Three or Four Times in the Dialogue’ Because Viewers are on ‘Their Phones While They’re Watching’ (Variety)

In this episode of Pop Tech Jam, El Kaiser and JD discuss the highlights of Apple’s 2026 World Wide Developers Conference, Google’s adventures with Gemini and recent developments in space. All this, plus lots of extra banter on PTJ 389!

• WWDC26: Apple unveils next generation of Apple Intelligence, Siri AI, powerful parental controls, and an expansive set of software improvements (Apple)

• 10 Biggest Apple WWDC 2026 Announcements: Siri AI, watchOS 27, and More (TechRepublic)

​ • Apple hinted at three new products this week with fall launches rumored (9to5Mac)

• Google can be liable for false AI Overviews, court rules (Malwarebytes)

• How we're combatting AI scams with security, legislation and more (Google)

• SpaceX market cap tops $2 trillion after shares of Elon Musk’s rocket company gain 25% on debut (CNBC)

• NASA Announces Its Artemis III Astronauts (The New York Times)

• Blue Origin’s Rocket Explosion Complicates a Return to the Moon (The New York Times)

• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+)