{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Chaos Lever Podcast","title":"Supermicro GPU Smuggling, Stripe Acquires OpenRouter, and Physics of Pasta | Tech News of the Week","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/43cead5f\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1112,"description":"Welcome to Tech News of the Week for 08/24/2026. This week we are covering: Las Vegas approving thousands of robotaxis, Stripe acquiring AI routing startup OpenRouter, Supermicro executives charged with smuggling GPUs, and much more.\n🔹 One More Reason to Avoid Las Vegas\nNevada transportation regulators have approved permits allowing Tesla, Waymo, and Uber to operate commercial robotaxi fleets in Clark County.\nhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/tesla-uber-and-waymo-all-get-the-ok-to-operate-thousands-of-robotaxis-in-nevada/\n🔹 Stripe Buying AI Routing Company OpenRouter Because Reasons\nPayment infrastructure giant Stripe has finalized a multi-billion dollar acquisition of AI model routing platform OpenRouter.\nhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-16/stripe-nears-deal-to-buy-ai-firm-openrouter-for-over-7-billion\n🔹 You Wouldn’t Steal a GPU\nSenior executives from Supermicro were indicted by the DOJ for allegedly smuggling 2.5 billion dollars worth of Nvidia GPU servers into China.\nhttps://www.theregister.com/legal/2026/08/21/supermicro-fired-staff-after-probe-into-25-billion-gpus-to-china-smuggling-operation/5290791\n🔹 Legendary N64 Game GoldenEye 100% Decompiled After Five Years Of Effort\nA community developer has completely reverse-engineered the classic Nintendo 64 game GoldenEye 007 into human-readable source code after five years of effort.\nhttps://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/goldeneye-007-for-n64-has-been-100-percent-decompiled-success-of-half-decade-project-opens-up-possibilities-for-complex-mods-and-ports\n🔹 Taxation Is Theft\nA new federal bill proposes taxing electricity consumption by large-scale data centers to help fund environmental and public infrastructure programs.\nhttps://techstrong.it/featured/federal-bill-would-tax-data-center-electricity-as-ai-power-demand-grows/\n🔹 Spaghetti Mystery That Vexed Richard Feynman Was Finally Solved By A Guy Called Norbert\nMIT researchers solved a longstanding physics puzzle by demonstrating...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ecwKB0KfOAqThx8XJn3uyhrnsTE0w2H6WtKhFKuXWso/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ4ODQxLzE3MDU2/MTUyOTctYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}