RAM prices have gone wild, mostly thanks to AI. In this episode, Devindra chats with Will Smith (Brad and Will Made a Tech Pod) about the state of the RAM industry, as well as other hardware we expect to get more expensive. (SSD prices are definitely creeping up too!). Also, we discuss Meta poaching Alan Dye, one of Apple’s design executives, and what this could mean for Meta’s upcoming devices. And yes, whatever they have next will likely revolve around AI.

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Topics

• Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, plans deep cuts to his company’s metaverse development – 1:09

• Longtime Apple UI designer Alan Dye to join Meta’s AI division – 7:08

• US DOT cuts fuel efficiency standards, doubles down on gas cars – 25:40

• Waymo autonomous cars recently started driving more aggressively – 31:30

• Amazon halts its anime dub beta because it sounded terrible – 38:00

• WTF, RAM?? Will Smith joins to talk about why RAM prices are spiraling upward – 44:05

• Around Engadget: Metroid Prime 4 is a return to form after 18 years on ice – 1:04:42

• Pop culture picks – 1:08:32

Credits

Host: Devindra Hardawar
Guest: Will Smith
Producer: Ben Ellman
Music: Dale North and Terrence O’Brien