Tech News Weekly 246

• Geoffrey Fowler from The Washington Post joins the show to talk about the lifespan of electronic devices and what can be done to increase their lifespan.
• Allan Cecil, aka DwangoAC, talks about TASBot and the unique Ocarina of Time speedrun conducted at this past year's Summer Games Done Quick charity event.
• Max Cherney of Protocol comes back to the show to talk about the recently signed CHIPS Act.
• Finally, Phil Nickinson of Digital Trends has his hands on the latest iteration of Google's Pixel Buds Pro and compares them to Apple's AirPods Pro.

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Links

• Electronics Are Built With Death Dates. Let’s Not Keep Them a Secret - The Washington Post
• Gadget Graveyard: We Found the Hidden Death Dates on Popular Devices - The Washington Post
• Triforce% Landing Page
• How Zelda Fans Changed the Ending to Ocarina of Time on a Vanilla N64 - ArsTechnica
• Chipmakers Got Their $52 Billion. It Will Now Take Years for American Chipmaking to Flourish - Protocol
• The Us Is Ready to Block China’s Access to Advanced Chip Design Software - Protocol
• Google Pixel Buds Pro vs. Apple AirPods Pro — So Much Pro in One Place - Digital Trends