TNW 435: Inside the Musk-Altman Trial With Jacob Ward - Tech Leaders Facing Off in Court

TNW 435: Inside the Musk-Altman Trial With Jacob Ward - Tech Leaders Facing Off in Court

Author: TWiT May 1, 2026 Duration: 1:07:15

Jacob Ward of The Rip Current joins Mikah Sargent on Tech News Weekly! Jacob shares firsthand impressions from the Elon Musk v. OpenAI trial. Razr unveiled the latest iterations of its foldable phones. And Microsoft released the earliest known DOS source code to the public!

  • Jacob just returned from covering the Elon Musk v. OpenAI trial in person! He shared his experience getting inside the courthouse to cover the trial and shares firsthand observations from the courtroom.
  • Patrick Holland of CNET stops by to talk about the new Razr foldable phones, his first impressions with the devices, and laments the price hikes with the phones.
  • And Mikah shares how Microsoft has released the earliest known DOS source code on GitHub - a collection of 870+ pages of dot matrix-printed assembler listings from the early 1980's!

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jacob Ward

Guest: Patrick Holland

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