Daily Tech Brief · August 5th

Storyflo Tech — The Daily Tech Brief · Aug 5, 2026 · 3m

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. Hey, it's Theo. August 5th. Five things in tech that mattered this morning — let's start with the one that surprised me most. Let's get into it. First, from XDA Developers. This joke game that costs $200 earned the developer $1.3 million on Steam, then the refunds came in. How much would you pay for a joke Steam game? One developer released a title hoping that people would drop $200 on it. As it turns out, people did come out in droves to give the game a try, racking up $1.3 million in game revenue. Unfortunately for them, they never got to see…