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On tonight’s show…
– Tech News –
CXMT makes market debut at $484B
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-memory-chipmaker-cxmt-set-shanghai-debut-after-asias-biggest-ipo-2026-07-26/
Gigabyte announces support for CXMT DDR5-8200 on AM5 Motherboards
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr5/gigabyte-announces-support-for-chinese-made-cxmt-memory-pushes-it-to-8200-mt-s-on-socket-am5
Huawei building its own DRAM fab?
https://www.xda-developers.com/huawei-is-building-its-own-dram-fab-and-it-could-reshape-ram-prices-for-everyone/
Despite 28,000 Flock AI Cameras in Atlanta, crime clearance rates stagnant
https://atlpresscollective.com/2026/07/28/flock-cameras-atlanta-clearance-rates/
GraphineOS says Duress Password is Legal despite user facing Federal Charges
https://www.gadgetreview.com/grapheneos-says-duress-password-is-legal-despite-user-facing-federal-charges
Visa used Anthropic’s Mythos to hunt for bugs, then open-sourced the harness
https://venturebeat.com/security/visa-used-mythos-to-hunt-for-bugs-in-its-own-payment-network-then-open-sourced-the-harness-that-made-it-possible
Where token?
https://huggingface-anatomy-of-frontier-lab-model-intrusion.static.hf.space/index.html
Timestamps
0:00 – Talking Heads Episode 443
4:55 – Beer Shoutouts and Superchats
14:02 – CXMT memory market surge and IPO
18:35 – AI data center expansion and local resistance
23:44 – Digital privacy and Signal’s security stance
42:25 – Analyzing the effectiveness of Flock cameras
1:06:10 – Beer #2
1:09:37 – GrapheneOS duress passcode and border rights
1:27:30 – AI-driven vulnerability research and Hugging Face
1:43:24 – Hardware grifters and prepper industrial complex
1:50:52 – Hot Cycling Talk
1:57:15 – Software enshitification and subscription models
2:05:00 – Closing statements and upcoming content
