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WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Jun 9, 2026

$920M in Compute Costs, Data Centres in Tents and Solar-Powered Sheep - Fake or News - Tim Cadenbach

Chris Heilmann , Daniel Cranney

Google drops $920M on compute while Volkswagen deploys solar-powered sheep. Tim Cadenbach tests your ability to separate bizarre tech reality from dystopian fiction.

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#1 about 2 min

AI incidents, computing costs, and recovering lost cryptocurrency

Evaluating the reality of headlines covering fatal AI advice, retinal-scanning VR headsets, massive Google compute investments, and Claude recovering Bitcoin.

#2 about 1 min

Crypto blunders, autonomous vehicles, and corporate privacy policies

Reviewing news items about authorities leaking crypto passwords, Waymo cars clustering unexpectedly, and hidden AI enrollments in smartphone agreements.

#3 about 1 min

AI hallucinations in backlogs and automated government leaks

Checking the truth behind stories of AI inserting tasks into corporate trackers and automatically publishing classified briefings.

#4 about 2 min

Eco-friendly factory operations and generative AI image errors

Discussing the use of sheep for solar farm upkeep, fake Photoshop AI bugs, and the irony of recent tech news.

Matching moments

4:07 min

Evaluating tech journalism headlines in a trivia game segment

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3:31 min

Testing technology knowledge with real and generated headlines

Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

7:22 min

Deciphering absurd technology headlines and AI product announcements

Chris Heilmann +3 · LIVE

4:05 min

Evaluating emerging tech headlines in the fake or news segment

Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

7:49 min

Evaluating technology headlines in a fake news trivia game

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5:42 min

Evaluating bizarre tech headlines in fake or news segment

Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

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