Daily Tech News Show DTNS February in Review
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Feb 28, 2026 A month-in-review of February’s biggest tech headlines. They probe AI coverage and call out hallucinations in LLM summaries. RAM and storage shortages and their impact on gaming hardware get unpacked. Leadership changes at Xbox and cloud gaming strategy are debated. The rise and risks around an open-source AI project and its move toward a larger lab are examined.
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Perplexity LLM Skews Toward AI And Hallucinates
- Hosts tested Perplexity LLM to list top stories and found it skewed toward AI topics and hallucinated at least one item.
- Jenn Cutter graded its output B/B- for point-form style and bias toward AI stories over global-south coverage.
Data Center Buildouts Fuel RAM And Hard Drive Price Shock
- The RAM and hard drive squeeze is driven by huge data center and AI infrastructure demand, not just consumer panic buying.
- Tom Merritt ties NVIDIA's revenue surge and data center buildouts to manufacturers committing capacity, which tightens supply and raises prices short-term.
Pause Before Panic Buying RAM Or Drives
- Avoid panic buying components because trade-order dynamics create a short-term toilet-paper effect that spikes retail prices.
- Tom Merritt recommends pausing before buying unknown-brand RAM and be wary of opportunistic price and quality drops.