Episode 233: RAM Is the New Gold, Google Deletes a Drive, 007 Breaks PCs, and CES 2026 Goes Wild

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, as we dive into the week’s most surprising, strange, and speculative tech headlines.

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In This Episode

Opening Discussion

  • Grok's image creation scandal, OpenAI Health, and the next phase of consumer AI products.

News

007 First Light melts PCs — extreme RAM and VRAM requirements.

Crucial hit by AI RAM demand — consumers lose out to data centres.

RAM prices spiral— shortages may last into 2028.

Google Antigravity wipes user’s drive — vibe-coding deletes an entire disk.

CES 2026

MSI’s 1000W RTX 5090

Nvidia leans on DLSS

Lego Smart Brick

SteamOS on Lenovo Legion Go 2

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