Episode 5 – Forty Years of Work, One Year to Beat It

July 11, 2026

Samsung’s chip division made more money in 2025 than in its entire 40-year history. OpenAI got caught hiding billions of training logs. And Fiat is back with an 8-horsepower electric car that’s basically a luxury golf cart. Oh, and a Brown University professor gave a take-home exam, half his students scored perfect—then averaged a 48 when he gave it in person. That last one led to a debate that got heated. Come on, let’s get into it.

This is The Tech Hangout. Let’s get into it.

🕐 Timestamps

0:00 — Intro & Welcome
3:45 — Samsung’s $196B Year (Tom)
16:28 — OpenAI’s Hidden Logs (Patrice)
27:10 — Fiat Topolino EV (Ben)
36:42 — Hang Jury: Brown University Take-Home Exam (Patrice)
50:46 — The Drop
58:00 — Find Us

🗂️ The Feed

🚗 Fiat Topolino EV — Car and Driver
https://www.caranddriver.com/fiat/topolino

💰 Samsung Chip Division — Tom’s Hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/samsungs-chip-division-expects-to-out-earn-its-entire-40-year-history-in-2026

🤖 OpenAI Hidden Logs — Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/openai-faked-inability-to-search-training-data-hid-billions-of-logs-nyt-says/

⚖️ Hang Jury

A Brown University professor did something he’d never done in 34 years of teaching—he gave his class a take-home exam, out of compassion for students who’d been through a traumatic event on campus. The results: 40 of 86 students scored a perfect 100. The cross average was 96. Previous years, no one had ever gone above 80.

Then he gave the same exam in person. The average collapsed to 48. 27 students dropped the course. 22 of those had scored perfect 100s on the take-home version.

“We cannot choose to become idiots.” — the professor’s public statement.

The obvious reaction: they cheated. End of story. Thanks, OpenAI.

But here’s the uncomfortable counter: nearly half of Harvard and Princeton seniors admit to doing the same thing. When it’s that widespread—especially in the Ivy League—is this a student character problem, or has higher education completely failed to adapt to a world where AI exists?

The Hang Jury wants to know: where do you land?

📦 The Drop

🔌 Patrice: Ubiquiti USW Pro Max 16
https://eu.store.ui.com/eu/en/category/switching-professional-max-xg/products/usw-pro-max-16

📱 Tom: Watch Duty App
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/watch-duty-wildfire-floods/id1574452924

🚲 Ben: E-Bike School YouTube Channel
https://youtube.com/@ebikeschool