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PodcastTBPNOctober 21, 2026

The Internet Is Finished, Early iPhone Duo Reviews, SpaceXSITesla Merger Talks | Nikesh Arora, Aidan Smith, Akhil Iyer, Max Junestrand

SpaceX's Q3 call, teasing $500B-$1T ARR by 2027 and a possible Tesla merger, overshadowed a critical PHP2Shell vulnerability hitting ~22M servers globally.

  • PHP2Shell vulnerability: A critical PHP flaw discovered via GPT-5.6-Soul-assisted audit affects an estimated 22 million servers (9-10M after de-duping); patch released Oct 22; NSA and Japan's PM issued alerts.
  • Palo Alto Networks' Nikesh Arora: Says next-gen models (2-3 months out) will find vulnerabilities current models can't, expects more 'log4j moments,' and a near-term cyberattack causing major business damage.

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