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WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Aug 18, 2026

Fake or News: Smart Glasses in Court, Medical Advice Watches & Mushroom Electonics - Jason Torres

Chris Heilmann , Daniel Cranney

Jason Torres proves the line between technological breakthroughs and pure satire has officially vanished. Dive into the bizarre reality of fungal electronics, corporate hyper-surveillance, and modern developer workflows.

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Repurposed phones as data centers and smart glasses coaching

Evaluating the reality of repurposing retired phones as data centers and using smart glasses for witness coaching.

#2 about 1 min

Elderly lottery winner funds illegal drug empire with jackpot

The bizarre true story of an elderly man using his lottery jackpot for illicit drug manufacturing.

#3 about 2 min

Mandatory AI employee tracking and living fungal electronic devices

Examining the concepts of mandatory AI agents for tracking developers and living electronic devices made of mycelium.

#4 about 1 min

Smart health rings providing real-time AI medical advice

The feasibility of smart rings providing real-time medical advice through built-in AI agents.

#5 about 1 min

AI employee monitoring and intensive hardware durability testing labs

How AI monitors employee manners and the intensive methods used in hardware durability labs.

#6 about 1 min

Tiny self-organizing robots utilizing sound waves for intelligent grouping

Tiny robots that use sound waves to self-organize into intelligent groups.

#7 about 1 min

Audit tools for vibe code and body heat batteries

The emergence of audit tools flagging AI-generated code patterns and charging phone batteries with body heat.

#8 about 2 min

AI slowing human aging and trivia game leaderboard results

Analyzing a claim about AI reducing human aging and reviewing the final trivia game scores.

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Evaluating emerging tech headlines in the fake or news segment

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5:42 min

Evaluating bizarre tech headlines in fake or news segment

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3:31 min

Testing technology knowledge with real and generated headlines

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7:22 min

Deciphering absurd technology headlines and AI product announcements

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5:23 min

Guessing bizarre tech headlines in the Fake or News game

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4:07 min

Evaluating tech journalism headlines in a trivia game segment

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