Robots Winning The (Literal) Race

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🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Vercel confirmed a breach traced to an AI platform's compromised OAuth app. The NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite the Pentagon blacklist. Mac Minis face 12-week wait times from AI agent demand, and humanoid robots crushed the Beijing half-marathon. Vercel says its internal systems were accessed after a Vercel employee's Google Workspace account was compromised via a breach at the AI platform Context.ai (BleepingComputer) Sources: the US NSA is using Mythos Preview; one source says Mythos is also being widely used within the DoD, despite Anthropic's supply chain risk designation (Axios) Adobe introduces CX Enterprise, an AI agent-based platform that aims to help corporate customers automate digital marketing and other functions (WSJ) Some Mac Mini and Mac Studio models are unavailable or facing up to 12-week wait times in the US, with analysts citing strong demand from AI agent power users (WSJ) Deezer says AI-generated tracks now account for 44% of daily uploads, totaling ~75K tracks per day and 2M+ per month, but account for just 1-3% of consumption (TechCrunch) Sources: Recursive Superintelligence, a four-month-old start-up developing self-teaching AI and founded by ex-DeepMind and OpenAI engineers, has raised $500M+ (FT) At the Beijing half-marathon, several humanoid robots beat human winners by 10+ minutes; a robot made by Honor beat the human world record held by Jacob Kiplimo (Reuters) Disclaimer: ● Initial 3 week subscription and 4 weeks of medication from $79 plus tax and $179 per month plus tax for 12 week subscription thereafter. Final pricing depends on program selection. ● Noom GLP-1Rx Program involves healthy diet, exercise and support. Individual results vary. Meds & personalization based on clinical need. Not reviewed by FDA for safety, efficacy, or quality. No affiliation with Novo Nordisk Inc., the only US source of FDA-approved semaglutide. Not available in all 50 US states ● Based on an analysis of self reported data from 1,254 engaged Noom users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the TechBrew Ride Home for Monday, April 20th, 2026. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:09.4	Versell confirmed a breach traced to an AI platform's compromised OAuth app.
0:14.4	The NSA is using Anthropics Mythos despite the Pentagon blacklist.
0:18.8	Mac minis face 12-week wait times from AI agent demand,
0:23.0	and humanoid robots crushed the Beijing Half Marathon.
0:27.3	Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.
0:33.4	Disguises are getting pretty good these days,
0:36.1	and I'm not just talking about when you throw a pair of glasses on and a hoodie and hope you won't be recognized.
0:41.7	We're talking about the kind of disguises that end up in your inbox or your phone or on the web, blending in as your everyday internal email, casual text message, or normal website.
0:53.3	Dopple strengthens team resilience by giving employees the tools and defenses they need to
0:59.2	protect themselves from increasingly sophisticated social engineering threats.
1:03.8	Their digital risk protection takes it one step further by keeping an eye on every channel
1:07.7	to connect patterns and shut them down fast.
1:10.4	From deepfakes to bad links to impersonation attempts, Dopple helps you stay ahead of these threats
1:16.0	with their AI-Native social engineering defense platform.
1:19.9	Learn more at D-O-P-P-E-L.com.
1:23.2	That's D-O-P-P-E-L.com.
1:29.1	Vercel says its internal systems were accessed by an outside entity after a VARC employee's
1:35.2	Google Workspace account was compromised via a breach of the AI platform context AI, quoting
1:42.5	bleeping computer.
1:43.8	Verselle is a cloud platform that provides hosting and deployment infrastructure for developers
1:47.9	with a strong focus on JavaScript frameworks.
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