As computer RAM and NAND prices continue to go through the roof, other PC components are feeling the effects besides memory and solid-state storage. Is open-source AI the key to cybersecurity in the age of threats powered by LLMs, tech companies think so.

Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Nate Lanxon, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Top Tech Story of the Week:

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/nvidia-other-tech-giants-launch-ai-defense-alliance-following-openai-hacking-incident-a6e71198

https://www.reuters.com/business/openais-rogue-agent-compromised-an-account-second-tech-firm-sources-say-2026-07-28/

https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/claude/articles/people-found-crypto-wallet-data-185133771.html

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/28/apple-upgrade-program-klarna/

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/29/doordash-is-building-its-own-drone-delivery-business/

https://www.patreon.com/dtns/posts/top-tech-story-165259483?pr=true

Discussions:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-11/us-inflation-driven-partly-by-ai-boom-fueling-economy-stocks

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-13/deepening-memory-crunch-widens-gap-between-stock-winners-losers

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/after-nearly-30-years-crucial-will-stop-selling-ram-to-consumers/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0832BL1HC?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_3&th=1

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-30/samsung-s-chip-profit-soars-over-250-fold-on-ai-memory-shortages?srnd=phx-technology

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-27/soaring-ipad-xbox-prices-reveal-pain-of-memory-chip-mess

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3ryj81ywlro

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0kyzk2p255o

https://camelcamelcamel.com/

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-ai-boom-memory-chip-shortage/?terminal=true

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/nvidia-other-tech-giants-launch-ai-defense-alliance-following-openai-hacking-incident-a6e71198

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-24/nvidia-microsoft-lead-call-for-open-weight-ai-models-after-kimi

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/27/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-isnt-advocating-open-weight-model-ban.html

https://thenextweb.com/news/mark-zuckerberg-says-the-us-should-not-block-chinese-ai-models

https://www.patreon.com/cw/dtns

Today’s guest:

Nate Lanxon

https://www.bloomberg.com/originals

https://www.uktechshow.com

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