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Discussion on the upcoming Intel LGA1954 CPU roadmap, that Plex servers might be vulnerable, LG and all their spying, AI is probably going to destroy us all, RAM prices won't peak, and get a GOG box for the full experience.  All that and so much more!  (And somewhat less when Brett has to dip out unexpectedly)Timestamps00:00 Intro01:20 Patreon02:59 Food with Josh05:37 News begins - iPhone Duo09:45 TSMC High-NA EUV expanding11:49 Intel next-gen roadmap leaks14:46 Also, Intel CPUs about to get more expensive18:38 DLSS 5 coming to older GPUs after all22:40 DDR5 prices to grow up to 18 percent in Q324:58 Windows 11 new update fixes taskbar complaint26:46 The chances AI could destroy us all in the next 10 years32:51 AMD GPUs climbing up the charts35:06 Audacity 437:46 (in)Security Corner1:02:19 Brett suddenly has to leave1:02:59 Gaming Quick Hits1:13:40 Picks of the Week1:22:24 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Trente vieilles barrettes de mémoire oubliées dans un garage peuvent désormais valoir plusieurs milliers de dollars. Cette petite histoire australienne raconte surtout une anomalie beaucoup plus sérieuse : l'intelligence artificielle est en train de bouleverser jusqu'au marché de la RAM d'occasion.Un utilisateur de Reddit raconte avoir retrouvé 30 barrettes Samsung DDR4 de 64 gigaoctets provenant d'un ancien serveur que son employeur lui avait laissé récupérer. Au total : 1,92 téraoctet de mémoire vive qui prenait la poussière. L'intéressé estime aujourd'hui le lot à 10 000 dollars. Mais il faut immédiatement relativiser ce « jackpot ». Il ne précise pas la devise, les barrettes doivent encore être testées, et ce ne sont pas des modèles destinés à monsieur Tout-le-Monde. Il s'agit de DDR4 ECC pour serveurs, à 2 666 mégatransferts par seconde. Elles ne fonctionnent donc pas dans la majorité des PC classiques.Si elles valent soudainement beaucoup plus cher, c'est parce que le marché de la mémoire traverse une période inhabituelle. L'explosion des infrastructures d'intelligence artificielle absorbe énormément de capacités de production. Les fabricants comme Samsung, SK Hynix et Micron privilégient les mémoires pour serveurs et surtout la HBM, cette mémoire extrêmement rapide installée autour des accélérateurs d'IA. Conséquence : moins de capacité reste disponible pour certaines mémoires plus anciennes. TrendForce décrit désormais une pénurie structurelle sur plusieurs générations de DRAM et explique que les grands fabricants continuent de réorienter leur production vers les serveurs. Même la DDR4, que l'industrie préparait progressivement à remplacer par la DDR5, retrouve donc une valeur inattendue.Pour les entreprises, c'est parfois plus rationnel d'acheter quelques barrettes supplémentaires que de remplacer tout un serveur encore parfaitement fonctionnel.Et c'est là que cette anecdote devient intéressante. Dans l'informatique, nous avons longtemps considéré les composants anciens comme des produits dont la valeur ne pouvait que diminuer. L'IA inverse momentanément cette logique. En monopolisant les technologies les plus récentes, elle crée des pénuries jusque dans les générations précédentes. Le vieux matériel informatique n'est donc plus toujours un déchet : dans une chaîne d'approvisionnement sous tension, il peut redevenir une ressource stratégique. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

旭東エレクトロニクスからDDR5-6000対応メモリ「Lexar THOR RGB 2nd Gen」登場　Intel XMPとAMD EXPOに両対応のハイパフォーマー。　旭東エレクトロニクスは8月7日、Lexar製デスクトップPC向けDDR5メモリ「Lexar THOR RGB 2nd Gen DDR5 デスクトップメモリ」シリーズの販売を開始した。全国のPC専門店やAmazon.co.jpなどが取り扱っており、「32GBキット（16GB×2）」「64GBキット（32GB×2）」「128GBキット（64GB×2）」の3種類を展開している。Amazon.co.jpでの販売価格は14万8892円（32GBキット）からとなっている。

Los datos de PIB en Estados Unidos del segundo trimestre confirman que la economía sigue creciendo a pesar de la guerra de Irán y la subida del petróleo. Eso sí, de forma más suave. El producto interior bruto creció un 1,5% interanual, medio punto menos que en el trimestre anterior y por debajo del 1,8% que esperaban los analistas. Ese crecimiento descansa sobre una sola apuesta, la inteligencia artificial. La construcción de centros de datos, el empleo que arrastra y la revalorización bursátil de fabricantes de chips como Nvidia explican en torno a un tercio del crecimiento trimestral. Una única actividad que hace tres años apenas figuraba en la contabilidad nacional sostiene ahora un tercio del PIB de la primera potencia mundial. El motor es el gasto en centros de datos, naves climatizadas repletas de servidores. El gasto empresarial ligado a la inteligencia artificial se acerca a los 1,5 billones de dólares interanuales, frente al billón escaso de hace dos años. Las cinco grandes tecnológicas prevén invertir cerca de 4 billones de aquí a 2029. Pero no toda la construcción va tan bien. La construcción de naves y fábricas no relacionadas con la inteligencia artificial ha caído 22% interanual, justo cuando el Gobierno presiona para repatriar fábricas. Los materiales de construcción acumulan subidas superiores al 55% desde 2020, y algunos equipos como los transformadores se han encarecido un 70% en los últimos cinco años. La fiebre por la inteligencia artificial también ha hecho subir los chips de memoria, cuyo precio está por las nubes. Fabricantes como Samsung, SK Hynix y Micron están haciendo su agosto. Venden rápidamente todo lo que sale de la cadena de producción a casi cualquier precio. La memoria del tipo DDR5 ha subido un 400% en un año, un kit de dos módulos que costaba 200 euros el verano pasado supera ahora los 1.000. El iPhone encarna mejor que nadie la factura que se traslada al consumidor final. Fabricar el modelo base del próximo iPhone 18 Pro costará un 25% más y eso se dejará notar en los precios de venta al público. Con semejantes subidas en los precios el mayor temor ahora es la inflación. La Reserva Federal ha mantenido el tipo de referencia entre el 3,5% y el 3,75%, pero con fricciones internas. Buena parte de los suministros para que los centros de datos funcionen se importan, de modo que una parte del gasto no computa como crecimiento interno. Estados Unidos ha importado en los últimos cinco meses unos 90.000 millones de dólares en equipos electrónicos solo desde Taiwán, frente a los 20.000 del año anterior. El comercio exterior ha restado de hecho un punto al PIB trimestral. El otro pilar que explica la euforia está en la bolsa. La riqueza neta de los hogares estadounidenses alcanza ya los 174 billones de dólares, y ese efecto riqueza sostiene el consumo. El gasto infla la bolsa, la bolsa infla el patrimonio y el patrimonio infla el consumo. La rueda, no obstante, podría empezar a girar en sentido contrario. Buena parte de la inversión se financia con deuda, con emisiones de bonos continuas y cada vez más elevadas. La inteligencia artificial ya funcionando también encarece ciertos servicios. Delta se valdrá de un novedoso algoritmo para fijar precios dinámicos en las tarifas, un algoritmo que personalizaría los precios con una precisión de la que carecen los algoritmos actuales. Estados Unidos, en definitiva, se ha subido a un caballo muy rápido sin saber del todo hacia dónde galopa. Las caídas de los caballos rápidos, cuando llegan, también lo son. En La ContraRéplica: 0:00 Introducción 4:06 La factura oculta de la IA 32:11 La difícil relación en el estrecho 40:19 ¿Le debe algo Pedro Sánchez a Marruecos? 46:54 La isla de los faisanes y el peñón de Vélez de la Gomera · Canal de Telegram: https://t.me/lacontracronica · “Contra el pesimismo”… https://amzn.to/4m1RX2R · “Hispanos. 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GOG is coming to Linux!  Microsoft asks LG to stop with the bloatware ads, the Radeon RX 9050 arrives in a 4GB config, Nova Lake-S is bringing a 65w iGPU to the fight, and 8GB is just not enough for a laptop with Win 11 + Josh takes over the show with his Racing Corner segment.  Maybe a DD$4 build is not in your future?  There's so much more in here, it's hard to summarize, I'm afraid you'll just have to listen.Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:15 Patreon03:29 Food with Josh05:10 Radeon RX 9050 (and the return of the 4GB GPU)14:29 Intel's Nova Lake-S iGPU draws 65W?17:44 GOG Galaxy app going native...Linux20:23 Microsoft's 8GB Surface laptop is an embarrassment22:50 The DDR4 to DDR5 gaming gap27:25 AMI acquired by a company called Lattice29:47 Starlink exempted from foreign router ban31:47 CXMT now charges more for RDIMMs than Samsung41:50 (In)Security Corner58:07 Josh's Sim Corner1:09:48 Gaming Quick Hits1:18:58 Picks of the Week1:37:37 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

On this episode of the Altium OnTrack Podcast, host Zach Peterson talks with Ben Dannan, founder of Signal Edge Solutions and DesignCon Engineer of the Year, and Tyler Huddleston, SI/PI engineer, about a problem every high-speed designer knows too well: DDR compliance simulation that can take 24 hours to several days per interface. They walk through why the traditional Keysight ADS Memory Designer compliance flow is so slow, how false positives creep into JEDEC compliance results, and why running corners across fast, typical, and slow for a full DQ and command/address bus can balloon into nine-plus simulations and weeks of waiting. Ben and Tyler then demo their new tool, MEM Check Pro, which ingests the raw HDF5 waveform data you already generated and returns full DDR4, DDR5, and LPDDR compliance results in under a minute — live on camera. Along the way the conversation digs into the real signal integrity and power integrity challenges behind modern data-center and aerospace hardware: thick backplanes and backside power delivery, managing loop inductance and PDN-to-PDN crosstalk, IBIS model quality, advanced laminate systems, and choosing the right decoupling capacitors. It's a practical look at how to trade days of simulation for seconds without giving up confidence in your results.

professorjrod@gmail.comPassing the CompTIA A+ exam becomes less stressful when you stop hunting for 'the right answer' and start asking: what problem is happening right now? This episode kicks off the Technology Tap masterclass for the CompTIA A+ 220-1201 exam, teaching the mindset you'll use on a real help desk response, such as when a user says, 'My computer won't turn on.' It's your practical guide for effective troubleshooting and exam success.I walk through the foundations that show up everywhere on the exam and on the job: the four basic functions of a computer (input, processing, storage, output), the role of the motherboard, CPU, RAM, storage, and power delivery, and the simple troubleshooting steps that prevent expensive guesswork. You'll also get quick practice questions to lock in the basics, plus a study strategy that goes beyond reading once so you can actually explain the concepts back. Then we go deeper into the exam magnets: motherboard form factors and compatibility, CPU cores vs threads, sockets, chipsets, cache, and why DDR4 and DDR5 can't be mixed. We also cover firmware and startup (BIOS vs UEFI, POST, CMOS battery issues) and the storage maze: HDD vs SSD vs NVMe, SATA vs PCIe, why M.2 doesn't automatically mean NVMe, plus GPT vs MBR, NTFS vs FAT32 vs exFAT, RAID levels, and the critical truth that RAID is not backup. If this helps, subscribe, share it with someone studying for CompTIA A+, and leave a review so more future techs can find the masterclass.Support the showArt By Sarah/DesmondMusic by Joakim KarudLittle chacha ProductionsJuan Rodriguez can be reached atTikTok @ProfessorJrodProfessorJRod@gmail.com@Prof_JRodInstagram ProfessorJRod

This week on the podcast we go over our review of the TRYX Turris 620 CPU Cooler.  We also talk about if the NVIDIA RTX 50 Super Series will ever come out, the latest updates to DLSS 5, DDR5 prices being back up, Steam Machine sales, OpenAI releasing hardware, and much more!

Depuis l'automne dernier, le prix de la mémoire vive ne grimpe plus : il s'envole. Les fabricants répètent que cette tension restera temporaire, le temps d'ouvrir de nouvelles usines. Mais une analyse de Bank of America, relayée le 12 juillet par le quotidien taïwanais Commercial Times, fragilise ce discours. Elle paraît alors que Samsung, SK Hynix et Micron sont visés en Californie par une plainte collective les accusant d'avoir organisé cette rareté.La Corée du Sud affiche ses ambitions. Le président Lee Jae-myung veut doubler les capacités nationales d'ici 2030, notamment grâce aux mégasites de Samsung à Gwangju et de SK Hynix dans le Jeolla. Bank of America estime qu'après déduction des anciennes lignes arrêtées pour modernisation, la capacité coréenne en wafers (les plaques de silicium servant à fabriquer les puces) progresserait de moins de 10 % par an.Un professionnel taïwanais affirme que SK Hynix ne mettrait en service qu'un sixième des ajouts prévus d'ici 2028. Construire une usine de semi-conducteurs exige du temps : cinq ans pour les fondations, trois à quatre années supplémentaires pour les salles blanches et les machines, puis près d'une décennie pour l'écosystème complet. Le patron de SK Hynix prévient d'ailleurs que 2027 sera la pire année de l'histoire du secteur. La plainte déposée le 25 juin accuse les trois groupes d'avoir profité du basculement vers la HBM, une mémoire empilée indispensable aux accélérateurs d'intelligence artificielle, pour réduire l'offre de DDR4 et de DDR5. Chaque bit de HBM mobilise environ trois fois plus de silicium qu'un bit de DDR5 : produire davantage pour l'IA signifie fabriquer moins pour le grand public.Les plaignants évoquent une hausse de la DRAM d'environ 700 % en quatre ans. Ils devront prouver une coordination, une procédure comparable ayant échoué en 2018. Le passé nourrit les soupçons : Samsung et Hynix avaient déjà été sanctionnés pour entente dans les années 2000. En France, un kit de 32 gigaoctets de DDR5-6000 est passé d'environ 75 euros à l'été 2025 à près de 300 euros en juin. Les projections annoncent encore deux fortes hausses successives, sans répit avant 2028. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

25 czerwca 2026 przejdzie do historii jako dzień RAMmagedonu

On Episode 310 of The Six Five Pod, Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman unpack the biggest stories from the week, including insights from Qualcomm Investor Day 2026, OpenAI and Broadcom's Jalapeño AI chip, Anthropic's Micron partnership, SpaceX's massive Reflection AI compute deal, Sakana AI's new Fugu orchestrator, and why memory is emerging as a critical layer of AI infrastructure. Plus, Bulls & Bears covers NVIDIA's $25B bond offering, Apple's MacBook price increases, Micron's record quarter, and Cerebras' first earnings as a public company. The handpicked topics for this week are: Qualcomm Investor Day 2026 — The Data Center Debut: Pat and Dan break down Qualcomm's push into the data center after the company took the stage with Microsoft's Satya Nadella and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg as named customers. They unpack the new Dragonfly platform, including the C1000 250-core data center CPU with PCIe Gen 7 and CXL, the AI200 and AI250 inference accelerators, and a novel High Bandwidth Compute (HBC) architecture that stacks compute under LPDDR memory at dramatically lower cost than HBM. They highlight Qualcomm's ambitious growth targets: $15B data center revenue target for FY 2029, an increased total non-handset revenue goal from $22B to  $40B, and a shortened timeline for automotive revenue by two years. They also debate the identity of Qualcomm's unnamed hyperscaler customer and why its robotics opportunity may be flying under the radar. (The Decode) OpenAI and Broadcom Unveil Jalapeño, OpenAI's First Custom Chip: A photo of Sam Altman and Hock Tan holding a wafer and packaged die kicked off OpenAI's reveal of Jalapeño, a custom inference chip built with Broadcom and slated for late-2026 deployment. The chip reached tape-out in roughly nine months, which is an aggressive cycle for an ASIC of this size, and uses HBM3E memory. Pat takes a victory lap on his long-standing heterogeneous compute thesis: every hyperscaler and now every model lab is building accelerators, and the XPU efficiency argument has played out as predicted. Dan frames OpenAI's broader move as existential: they cannot serve frontier models at premium margins if compute remains constrained. He flags that OpenAI is trying to do everything from chips and fabs to social networks and browsers, and that its IPO is now delayed. (The Decode)   Anthropic and Micron Sign a Strategic Multi-Year Memory Agreement: Anthropic and Micron announced a multi-year supply agreement for HBM, DRAM, and SSDs, including co-designed next-generation memory for AI workloads, along with a strategic investment by Anthropic in Micron. The pattern mirrors Samsung and SK Hynix's pre-funding Anthropic in May, and follows OpenAI's Jalapeño as another frontier lab moving to lock in supply chain control. Dan frames it as the same circular financing playbook NVIDIA ran two to three years ago, but with the ball now in the memory triopoly's court. Pricing-floor agreements with no ceilings, customized rather than commoditized memory architecture, and demand running well past the previously assumed 2027-2028 horizon. Pat notes that the rumored 14% free cash flow margin at Anthropic makes the strategic investment math work cleanly for both sides. (The Decode)   SpaceX Signs $6.3B Compute Deal with Reflection AI: SpaceX inked a $6.3B compute lease with open-source AI lab Reflection AI, at $150M per month from July 2026 through 2029, giving Reflection access to NVIDIA GB300 chips inside the Colossus infrastructure. Combined with the $920M-per-month Google compute contract and existing xAI commitments, SpaceX now has a contracted backlog larger than most public AI startups' entire revenue base, with some calling it the largest commercial AI infrastructure provider at $80B in contracted revenue. Pat reads it as XAI failing to land with developers, consumers, or enterprises, leaving SpaceX with a pot of gold worth far more as wholesale capacity than as XAI's own training compute. Dan flags that Google owning 7% of SpaceX ahead of an IPO is not accidental, and the open question is whether this becomes a Nebius-style infrastructure trade or a full-stack Google-equivalent platform. (The Decode)   Japan's Agentic Orchestrator Sakana AI Ships Fugu Plus and Fugu Ultra: Japan's Sakana AI released Fugu Plus and Fugu Ultra, an agentic orchestrator built on a multi-agent MOE approach that routes workloads across multiple underlying models rather than training a new frontier base model. Sakana claims agentic capabilities on par with or better than top frontier models at significantly lower input/output token costs, similar to the DeepSeek and GLM cost-undercut narrative. Pat compares the architecture to OpenRouter and notes the developer-facing parallel to Perplexity Computer's model-routing approach. Both agree that models themselves are no longer moats, and suggests the real moat is the harness, tooling, connectivity, looping, agentic stack, and total compute availability. Expect more sovereign agentic plays from Japan, the Middle East, and elsewhere on the same template. (The Decode)   The Flip — Is the Era of Memory as a Commodity Over? Daniel takes the FOR side: memory has moved from commodity to strategic AI infrastructure, citing 16 multi-year agreements covering $22B in committed volume booked through 2027, 84.9% gross margins higher than NVIDIA's, the technology barriers of HBM yield/stacking/packaging that only three companies can clear, and demand drivers tied to HBM as the binding constraint on every AI accelerator rather than to elastic consumer cycles. Patrick takes the AGAINST side: long-term agreements and SCAs signal a commodity in a strong cycle, not a structural rerating; nearly every relevant memory standard — DDR5, MRDIMM, HBM3/3E/4, LPDDR5X/6, GDDR6/7, LPCAM2 — is JEDEC-standard and therefore commodity at the pin; and CXMT's China DDR5 production ramps in 2H 2026 with Lenovo already shipping and HP and Dell qualifying. Custom HBM4 and Qualcomm-style HBC are where strategic memory genuinely lives. (The Flip)   NVIDIA's $25B Investment-Grade Bond Offering: NVIDIA priced a $25B multi-tranche bond offering on June 15, its first investment-grade debt sale since 2021, with seven tranches maturing between 2028 and 2056 and $85B in orders against an initial $20B target. Dan reads it as raising when capital is cheap, and oversubscription is real. NVIDIA doesn't need the money, it has a gold balance sheet, and is establishing a credit benchmark rather than funding CapEx. Pat agrees the optics are clean, but flags the irony of NVIDIA, with negative debt, borrowing while the stock trades like dead money at a sub-20x forward P/E. Both note that NVIDIA's underperformance reflects the market's skepticism on memory-as-strategic and on NVIDIA's own capex pace relative to the buildout opportunity ahead. (Bulls & Bears)   Tim Cook Calls Apple's Memory Crunch Price Raises on MacBook and iPad "Unsustainable": Apple announced MacBook and iPad price increases of up to $300, with Tim Cook telling the WSJ the memory cost environment is unsustainable. AAPL fell ~5% on the news, the broader rally was momentarily wiped out before Micron held the gains by close. Dan frames it as a moment when the market saw who is going to pay for the AI buildout: the consumer. He notes Apple's pricing power and inelasticity test is now live. Pat traces the backstory to Apple's negative-margin pricing pressure on Micron during the 2022-2023 memory downturn. The question is whether consumer-price blowback will eventually flow back to the memory vendors. (Bulls & Bears)   Micron Blows the Doors Off Fiscal Q3 — $41.46B Revenue, 84.9% Gross Margin: The memory story continues as Micron reported its largest beat in company history with fiscal Q3 revenue of $41.46B versus a $35.69B consensus, EPS of $25.11, year-over-year growth of more than 340%, and a record 84.9% gross margin that is roughly 10 points above NVIDIA's. Q4 guidance came in at a $50B midpoint against a $43B consensus. The 16 multi-year strategic customer agreements add up to $22B in committed volume, with most contracts containing pricing floors but no ceilings on most of the volume — a structurally asymmetric setup. Pat notes 95% of the beat came from price, not units, which reinforces his commodity argument; Dan flips it as the early innings of an NVIDIA-style run that puts Micron's 2027 profit on par with Google. (Bulls & Bears)   Cerebras' First Earnings Report Since IPO — Revenue Doubles, Margins Compress: Cerebras (CBRS) reported its first earnings as a public company, doubling year-over-year revenue and beating the top line while missing EPS, but the stock sold off hard amid gross margin deterioration. Core revenue came in at $191M, up 12% sequentially, with a $194M Q2 guide that is essentially flat, core gross margins at 47% guiding to 36-38% and 38-41% for the year, and operating margins flipping from positive 2% to a guided -30% to -32%. Customer concentration is shifting from Core42 and G42 (86% of FY25 revenue) to OpenAI, which loaned Cerebras $1B and gets paid quarterly in warrants. Pat flags that Cerebras' uncontested speed claim is no longer uncontested with Groq, TPU v8i, and Tenstorrent putting up real numbers. Cathie Wood is down 52% on her position. (Bulls & Bears) Watch the full video at sixfivemedia.com, and be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel so you never miss an episode. The Decode Qualcomm Investor Day Lands the Data Center Pivot — Microsoft Deploying Qualcomm HBC XPUs in Azure (Per Satya Nadella) + Meta MOU on Three New Qualcomm Datacenter CPUs (Per Zuckerberg); $3.9B Modular Acquisition; Dragonfly Brand + AI200/AI250 Roadmap; HUMAIN 200MW Ramp; Qualcomm to Become Largest Automotive Silicon Company; Targets $3B Datacenter Revenue FY27, $35B by FY31 https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/qualcomm-investor-day-detail-data-163247063.html  OpenAI Begins Vertical Integration — First Custom Inference Chip "Jalapeño" Unveiled With Broadcom June 24 (Hock Tan: As Good as Blackwell + TPU; ~50% Cost Savings; Late-2026 Microsoft Deployment, 10GW Multi-Gen Roadmap); Daybreak Cyber Stack (June 22) Confirms the Platform Shift https://x.com/OpenAI/status/2069770172802773292  Frontier AI Labs Are Now Financing Their Own Supply Chains — Anthropic Locks In Multi-Year Micron HBM/DRAM/SSD Supply + Micron Becomes Series H Investor; Same Pattern as Samsung + SK hynix Pre-Funded Anthropic in May; $965B Post-Money, $47B Revenue Run-Rate, October IPO Target https://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-and-anthropic-announce-strategic-agreement-scale-next  SpaceX Signs $6.3B Compute Deal With Reflection AI — $150M/Month July 2026 → End of 2029; NVIDIA GB300 + Colossus 2 Capacity; SpaceX Now Largest Commercial AI Infrastructure Provider With $80B+ Committed Compute Revenue Through 2029 https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/spacex-reportedly-grant-reflection-ai-162749237.html  The Sovereign AI Stack Lands — Japan's Sakana Ships Fugu + Fugu Ultra Multi-Agent System (June 22) That Beats Opus 4.8, GPT-5.5, and Gemini 3.1 Pro on 10 of 11 Benchmarks; Designed Around US Export-Control Risk; Completes the Three-Bloc Sovereign-AI Map With Mistral Compute (Europe) + DeepSeek $7.4B (China) https://www.datacamp.com/blog/sakana-fugu  The Flip Is the Era of Memory as a Commodity Over? FOR: Memory is now strategic AI infrastructure with multi-year supply lock-ins. The cycle dynamics that defined the last 30 years no longer apply. https://www.benzinga.com/markets/tech/26/06/60062500/micron-earnings-could-echo-nvidias-2023-moment-says-futurum-ceo  AGAINST: Memory is cyclical and priced for perfection. This print is either step change or top of the cycle, and the second one is more likely. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/25/apple-macbook-ipad-price-hike-memory.html Bulls & Bears NVIDIA (NVDA) $25B Bond Sale Anchors the AI Debt-Finance Boom — First Bond Offering Since 2021; Joins Alphabet $80B, Amazon $27.5B, Meta $30B, Oracle Stack; Dan: "Locking In Cheap Capital While It Can" https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nvidia-record-us-25-billion-131039687.html  Apple (AAPL) Falls −5%+ Thursday June 25 on Confirmed MacBook + iPad Price Hikes — Tim Cook RAM "Unsustainable" Comment Lands as Real Price Action; Apple Hikes Erase Micron-Driven Tech Rally Mid-Session; Memory Beneficiaries (SanDisk, Micron) Surge; Analysts "Mostly Nonplussed" https://tickerspark.ai/market/apple-inc-aapl-drops-5-3-as-price-hikes-spook-investors-1782399950638  Micron (MU) Q3 FY26 ACTUALS — Largest Beat in Company History; Revenue $41.46B (+346% YoY) Crushes $35.69B Consensus; Non-GAAP EPS $25.11 (+1,215% YoY) Beats $20.49; Record 84.9% Gross Margin (Higher Than NVIDIA); Q4 Guide $50B Midpoint vs $43B Consensus; Stock +18-19% Overnight to $1,242 https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/nvda-who-micron-blows-doors-q3-earnings-revs  Cerebras Systems (CBRS) Q1 ACTUALS — First Earnings Post-IPO; Revenue $193.4M Nearly Doubled YoY; 2026 Guide $855-$865M Beats $824M; BUT Gross Margins Forecast 38-41% (Down From 45% Q1, Half of NVIDIA + Micron); Stock −20% AH on Margin Compression; Sets Up Inference-Tier Margin Debate https://investors.cerebras.ai/news-releases/news-release-details/cerebras-systems-announces-strong-first-quarter-2026-results  

Uno de los efectos colaterales de la fiebre por la inteligencia artificial es la carestía de la memoria RAM, un componente imprescindible en cualquier dispositivo electrónico de consumo, desde los ordenadores personales hasta las consolas de videojuegos pasando, naturalmente, por los teléfonos móviles. En los últimos dos años las grandes empresas tecnológicas se han lanzado a construir inmensos centros de datos para poder mover y entrenar gigantescos modelos de lenguaje. Todos esos servidores necesitan grandes cantidades de memoria, especialmente de un tipo muy avanzado conocido como HBM o memoria de alto ancho de banda, además de los módulos DDR5 más rápidos del mercado. El problema radica en que fabricar chips no es algo que se pueda acelerar de la noche a la mañana, la capacidad de la industria es limitada. Los tres principales fabricantes a nivel mundial, que son Samsung, SK Hynix y Micron, han visto que vender memoria para los servidores de inteligencia artificial es un negocio extremadamente rentable, mucho más que destinarlo a la electrónica de consumo. Por ello, han decidido desviar gran parte de sus líneas de producción hacia ese segmento tan lucrativo, lo que irremediablemente significa que están fabricando mucha menos memoria RAM tradicional para el mercado de consumo. Al haber mucha menos oferta de la memoria estándar en las tiendas y mantenerse la demanda, los precios se han disparado, han llegado a duplicarse o triplicarse desde finales del año pasado. Además del boom de los centros de datos, venimos arrastrando una situación creada por los propios fabricantes. Hace un par de años los precios de la memoria cayeron a mínimos históricos y estas empresas empezaron a perder dinero. Su reacción fue recortar la producción de forma intencionada para secar el mercado, eliminar el exceso de stock y recuperar sus márgenes de beneficio. Cuando quisieron darse cuenta, ese recorte premeditado se chocó de frente con la sed insaciable de chips de los gigantes de la inteligencia artificial. Todo junto ha creado gran escasez y la escalada de precios actual. No parece que los precios vayan a normalizarse a corto plazo. Montar una nueva fábrica de semiconductores para producir más chips cuesta miles de millones de euros y requiere años de planificación y construcción. Aunque la industria ya está invirtiendo en nuevas instalaciones, la mayor parte de esa capacidad de producción adicional no estará lista y operativa hasta el año 2027 o 2028, por lo que nos toca vivir una temporada con los precios bastante inflados. En medio de la tormenta está Apple, acostumbrada a exprimir su cadena de suministro, pero que ahora tendrá que subir los precios. Su problema es estructural, ya que contabiliza la memoria en el coste de los productos vendidos mientras los gigantes de la nube reparten ese gasto como inversión amortizable. La presión recae sobre unos márgenes que Wall Street espera que sigan subiendo. El daño va más allá, alcanza a todo el mercado del PC. Los analistas advierten que la escasez podría prolongarse como mínimo un par de años más. Mientras tanto, el usuario que renueva su móvil o su portátil estará financiando sin saberlo los servidores de la IA. En La ContraRéplica: 0:00 Introducción 3:40 Armagedón de la RAM 31:21 El pasaporte de Begoña 36:59 Las hijas de Zapatero 40:19 El voto CERA · Canal de Telegram: https://t.me/lacontracronica · “Contra el pesimismo”… https://amzn.to/4m1RX2R · “Hispanos. Breve historia de los pueblos de habla hispana”… https://amzn.to/428js1G · “La ContraHistoria del comunismo”… https://amzn.to/39QP2KE · “La ContraHistoria de España. Auge, caída y vuelta a empezar de un país en 28 episodios”… https://amzn.to/3kXcZ6i · “Contra la Revolución Francesa”… https://amzn.to/4aF0LpZ · “Lutero, Calvino y Trento, la Reforma que no fue”… https://amzn.to/3shKOlK Apoya La Contra en: · Patreon... https://www.patreon.com/diazvillanueva · iVoox... https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-contracronica_sq_f1267769_1.html · Paypal... https://www.paypal.me/diazvillanueva Sígueme en: · Web... https://diazvillanueva.com · Twitter... https://twitter.com/diazvillanueva · Facebook... https://www.facebook.com/fernandodiazvillanueva1/ · Instagram... https://www.instagram.com/diazvillanueva · Linkedin… https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-d%C3%ADaz-villanueva-7303865/ · Flickr... https://www.flickr.com/photos/147276463@N05/?/ · Pinterest... https://www.pinterest.com/fernandodiazvillanueva Encuentra mis libros en: · Amazon... https://www.amazon.es/Fernando-Diaz-Villanueva/e/B00J2ASBXM #FernandoDiazVillanueva #ram #ia Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on June 03, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Gemma 4 12B: A unified, encoder-free multimodal modelOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48385906&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:55): Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work up to 30 minOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48383220&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:21): Pwnd Blaster: Hacking your PC using your speaker without ever touching itOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48382310&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:46): Elixir v1.20: Now a gradually typed languageOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48388324&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:12): I was recently diagnosed with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitisOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48384355&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:38): DaVinci Resolve 21Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48384482&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:03): Uber's $1,500/month AI limit is a useful signal for AI tool pricingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48383056&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:29): 32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to squeeze PC buildingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48383241&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:54): U.S. to dismantle system tracking Atlantic currents that are at risk of collapseOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48392232&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:20): MacBook Neo is so popular that Apple doubled productionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48386238&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

Cette semaine : 007: First Light, Marathon - Nightfall (Saison 2), The Witcher 3 - Songs of the Past, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, Destiny 2 en mode maintenance, MindFocuser, Obsidian + Notebook Navigator + Ulysses + Scrivener, Taphouse, Captain's Deck, Rooster, Boards of Canada - Inferno, Nvidia et le gaming PC, et Corsair se met à la DDR5 chinoise. Lisez plutôt Torréfaction #373 : Marathon S2, 007: First Light, CoD: Modern Warfare 4, DLC pour The Witcher 3, plein d'apps pour écrire, et le DRAM de la RAM avec sa vraie mise en page sur Geekzone. Pensez à vos rétines.

In this episode, Ray Cochrane breaks down a reversible conductive glue from Newcastle University that could replace solder and finally make electronics recycling work. Additional stories cover China widening its clean energy lead, DeepMind’s AlphaEvolve scoring wins from genomics to Google’s database, Anthropic’s $200 million partnership with the Gates Foundation, Intel teaming up with McLaren Racing, and end-to-end encrypted RCS rolling out in beta. – Want to start a podcast? Its easy to get started! Sign-up at Blubrry – Thinking of buying a Starlink? Use my link to support the show. Subscribe to the Newsletter. Email Ray if you want to get in touch! Like and Follow Geek News Central’s Facebook Page. Support my Show Sponsor: Best Godaddy Promo Codes Get 1Password Full Summary Cochrane opens the show with a deep dive into Newcastle University’s reversible conductive glue, a water-based adhesive that could finally make electronics recycling economically viable. He frames the e-waste problem first: 62 billion kilos a year, with less than a quarter ever recycled. Then he walks through the silver nanoparticle chemistry, the lead-free angle on traditional solder, and the geopolitical stakes of critical mineral recovery. From there the episode pivots through energy, AI, hardware, open source, data research, space, science, and consumer privacy. A Reversible Conductive Glue That Could Replace Solder A team at Newcastle University has developed a water-based glue that conducts electricity well enough to replace solder. Unlike solder, however, the glue releases cleanly with a quick rinse of acetone or an alkaline bath. The breakthrough relies on silver nanoparticles suspended in a water-based binder. Consequently, components can be recovered intact, opening a viable path to electronics recycling at scale. Co-investigator Volker Pickert framed the second prize directly: solder has the best conductivity, but the best formulations contain lead. China Widens Its Clean Energy Lead A new Atlas Public Policy report shows Chinese firms accounted for 55 percent of $1.1 trillion in global clean energy manufacturing investment between 2019 and 2025. Battery manufacturing alone pulled in nearly half of that money. Meanwhile, U.S. companies have actively retreated from those same industries. With the Strait of Hormuz currently closed, supply chain ownership in solar, wind, and batteries matters more than ever. A separate Ember analysis showed Chinese solar panel exports doubled in March alone. DeepMind’s AlphaEvolve Scores Real Wins DeepMind published an update on AlphaEvolve, its Gemini-powered AI coding agent. The system cut genomic variant detection errors by 30 percent. Additionally, it lifted AC Optimal Power Flow feasibility from 14 to over 88 percent on the electrical grid. AlphaEvolve also found a better cache replacement policy in two days that would have taken human engineers months. Furthermore, it reduced write amplification in Google’s Spanner database by 20 percent. The pattern shows applied AI sticking, not as a chatbot but as a quiet optimizer. Anthropic and Gates Foundation Commit $200 Million Anthropic announced a four-year, $200 million partnership with the Gates Foundation across three pillars. The biggest pillar targets global health and life sciences in low and middle-income countries. Notably, the research scope includes polio, HPV, and preeclampsia. A second pillar covers AI in education across the U.S., sub-Saharan Africa, and India, in partnership with the Global AI for Learning Alliance. Finally, an economic mobility pillar focuses on agricultural productivity and crop benchmarks. Google’s AI Educator Series Launches Free Google rolled out the first 20-plus sessions of its AI Educator Series this week. The free AI literacy training targets the roughly 6 million K-12 and higher education teachers across the U.S. Modules are designed as short, snackable trainings teachers can finish in a prep period or a lunch break. Additionally, stackable workshops let educators build credentials over time. Importantly, the program requires no institutional subscription. Amazon Bedrock Prompt Optimization Goes GA Amazon Bedrock dropped its Advanced Prompt Optimization tool, now generally available across most major regions. The feature rewrites prompts to perform better on specific models and automates prompt migration when switching between models. Furthermore, a built-in evaluation feedback loop lets users benchmark against up to five models side by side. The default judge model is Claude Sonnet 4.6. Consequently, teams can stop hand-tuning string templates and focus on product work. Sponsor: GoDaddy Economy hosting $6.99/month, WordPress hosting $12.99/month, domains $11.99. Website builder trial available. Use codes at geeknewscentral.com/godaddy to support the show. Arm AGI CPU and Red Hat Go Production-Ready on Agentic AI Arm and Red Hat expanded their collaboration around Arm’s AGI CPU, which is Arm’s branding for its agentic AI chip family. The deal brings Red Hat Enterprise Linux and OpenShift to the chip as a production-ready stack. Hardware specifications include 136 Neoverse V3 cores, 96 PCIe Gen6 lanes, and 12 channels of DDR5-8800 memory in a 300-watt thermal envelope. Availability lands in Q4 through Supermicro, Lenovo, and ASRock Rack. Intel Becomes McLaren Racing’s Official Compute Partner Intel announced a multi-year deal as the official compute partner for McLaren Racing. The agreement covers the McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 team, Arrow McLaren IndyCar, and McLaren F1 Sim Racing. Trackside edge compute will power real-time race decisions, while Xeon and Core Ultra silicon drive Computational Fluid Dynamics and digital twin work. Consequently, design iterations that once took weeks now collapse to days. The deal puts Intel silicon in front of every CTO watching a Grand Prix. Rust Lands 13 Google Summer of Code Projects The Rust Project landed 13 accepted projects in Google Summer of Code 2026. Out of 96 proposals, a 50 percent jump from last year, the project selected 13. Notably, three returning contributors from prior years are back. Mentors flagged a noticeable share of AI-generated submissions as a growing challenge. Furthermore, the real bottleneck remains mentor capacity rather than funding. GitHub Innovation Graph Maps Digital Complexity Researchers used GitHub Innovation Graph data to predict GDP, inequality, and emissions through the Economic Complexity Index, or ECI. Countries are compared to kitchens; the more variety and sophistication in software output, the higher the score. Germany ranks first, followed by Australia and Canada. The U.S. lands at sixth. However, the dataset only captures public GitHub activity, leaving most proprietary software invisible. NASA and Eta Space Prepare Cryogenic Fuel Demo NASA is teaming with Eta Space on an in-orbit demonstration called LOXSAT, short for Liquid Oxygen Flight Demonstration. The nine-month mission tests cryogenic fluid management techniques required for in-space propellant depots. Launch is no earlier than July 17 aboard a Rocket Lab Electron from the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. Successful refueling in orbit could reshape what is possible for deep-space missions to the Moon and Mars. Stealth Magma Surge Under São Jorge Surprises Researchers Researchers in the UK and Spain published in Nature Communications on a 2022 magma surge under São Jorge Island in the Azores. The surge climbed from more than 20 kilometers underground to 1.6 kilometers below the surface. Surprisingly, most of the thousands of earthquakes happened after the magma stalled, not during the climb. Consequently, scientists are calling it a stealth surge and a failed eruption. A primed magma chamber now sits closer to the surface than before. End-to-End Encrypted RCS Begins Rolling Out Apple and Google led a cross-industry effort to roll out end-to-end encryption for RCS messaging. As of May 11, the feature is rolling out in beta on both platforms. Importantly, encryption is on by default and auto-applies to new and existing conversations. A lock icon in the chat indicates active end-to-end encryption. This quietly raises baseline privacy for billions of cross-platform messages. Cochrane signs off with the usual ecosystem mentions: GNC Insider at geeknewscentral.com/insider, the show newsletter, and modern podcast app recommendations at podcastapps.com. The post A Reversible Glue that could Replace Solder #1865 appeared first on Geek News Central.

Whoops!  How did this get missed?!  Is 12vHPWR really that bad? Why aren't you mad enough about DDR and SSD pricing?!  Nvidia is BUYING ... well it's not HP.  All that "Don't track me bro" stuff is for naught, Sony sells you less and you'll buy it, and Linux stops being able to be loaded on just about anything.  You cannot wait for the segment on Ethernet cables, I know.  All that and more!0:00 Intro0:35 Patreon2:10 Food with Josh3:57 Yes, DDR5 and SSD prices are still insane7:30 NVIDIA is not buying Dell or HP9:40 Also, NVIDIA warranty payments up 1000 percent in 202512:23 NVIDIA N1 engineering board leak14:15 Desktop CPU sales tank for some strange reason17:19 Sorry, you are still being tracked21:24 Sony Bravia TVs losing some OTA functionality23:13 Copper Clad Aluminum27:57 Linux drops 486 support!30:20 MacBook Neo almost sold out34:12 (In)Security Corner44:50 Gaming Quick Hits48:50 Picks of the Week1:02:58 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Cette semaine : Absolum: Patch 1.1: Threads of Fate, Guilty Gear -Strive- S5 (Starter Edition), 37 Go de patch pour Crimson Desert, Ingrid débarque dans StreetFighter 6 en mai, Mouse: P.I. For Hire (OC), Nine Inch Noize, HUDIMM : la DDR5 32 bits du cancer, et AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2. Lisez plutôt Torréfaction #370 : Absolum: Threads of Fate, Guilty Gear -Strive- 2.0, gros patch pour Crimson Desert, Nine Inch Noize et AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 avec sa vraie mise en page sur Geekzone. Pensez à vos rétines.

When will the pricing of DDR (and fallout from it) stop being top news?  Not this week!  Get yer extra frames with DLSS 4.5, Geekbench and the newest Intel CPUs have a disagreement, plus we try and make sense of the FCC router ban (Hint:  "no").  Ubisoft is still killing games, as is their custom, and Google is giving you a chance to fix your past mistakes (with an email address like "hotbuns29@gmail.com", I can see why).  Plus so much more, enjoy!Timestamps:0:00 Intro00:45 Patreon03:46 Food with Josh04:59 DDR5 prices begin to fall?10:30 TurboQuant16:41 DLSS 4.5 Multi Fram Gen 6x is available now19:34 NVIDIA also launches auto shader compilation21:16 How was the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 not the top story?27:03 Geekbench says Intel optimizations are invalid?30:14 Google to let you change your username31:44 Goodbye Mac Pro33:27 Microsoft issues emergency Win 11 preview update fix35:22 (In)Security Corner49:57 Gaming Quick Hits58:54 Picks of the Week1:08:08 PC Perspective turns 251:09:26 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week on the podcast we go over our review of the ADATA SD820 Portable Solid State Drive.  We discuss the latest leaks regarding NVIDIA's RTX 60 series, the Core Ultra 290K Plus being cancelled, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, Apple discontinuing the Mac Studio, DDR5 prices stabilizing, and much more!

Episode 100: A brief chat on some news topics again, including Intel's announcement of Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs at attractive price points and FSR Diamond. Then we chat about a customer getting screwed over after his DDR5 memory diedCHAPTERS00:00 - Intro01:53 - New Intel Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs11:34 - AMD Announces FSR Diamond14:27 - DLSS 4.5 Dynamic Frame Gen Release15:59 - Umart, Corsair and Memory Failures1:07:02 - Updates From Our Boring LivesSUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCASTAudio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcastVideo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfwSUPPORT US DIRECTLYPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxedLINKSYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxedBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Not sure how this got missed last week!  Making up for time, now you get TWO episodes packed into 1 week!Intel might go back to a unified arch, Acer threatens people to buy now or else, and that Discord thing continues.  Oh, and that Nvidia money train just keeps on rolling, plus more 12VHPWR woes.  Do take a listen / look at the Moza R5 virtual driving gear bundle though, very nice.Timestamps:0:00 Intro00:56 Patreon02:18 Food with Josh04:13 News begins - Intel unified core architecture rumor10:24 AMD Zen 6 might not arrive until 202715:37 Acer sees sales jump after warning of price hikes17:15 NVIDIA to improve Linux gaming performance18:26 NVIDIA financials with Josh23:10 Apple to build Mac mini in USA26:31 Some alternatives to rising NVMe costs?33:41 DDR5 prices possibly beginning a downward trend35:11 WireView Pro II to help keep your 5090 from melting41:00 Command line automation comes to AIDA6443:22 Discord45:31 (In)Security Corner55:26 Gaming Quick Hits1:03:00 Josh reviews the MOZA R5 Bundle1:10:41 Picks of the Week1:19:51 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The second of two glorious episodes published this week!  Bask in my mistake.  (Brett isn't here this week, something about a power failure)Nvidia discovers that you probably cannot vibe code drivers, Number 9, Gaming is just not a priority for Microsoft, and Star Citizen has a data breach.  Microsoft is still pushing Copilot BTW.   All that and so much more fun below. Timestamps:0:00 Intro00:57 Patreon02:24 Food with Josh05:07 NVIDIA finds that drivers are hard07:05 Remember Number Nine?07:45 NVIDIA's 9GB GPU10:41 Some Apple news in here somewhere15:40 Musings on Android open-ness and Epic's win17:42 Intel has a new Chairman of the Board20:52 Xbox no longer a priority for Microsoft23:09 DDR5 bots25:10 Improve Arc B Series perf by 90% with new DirectX feature?27:03 IKYMI Drop is shutting down28:13 (In)Security Corner37:19 Gaming Quick Hits42:54 Picks of the Week54:16 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Chris breaks down the backlash to Ring's Super Bowl “Search Party” ad, which aimed to help find lost pets but reignited privacy concerns over AI-powered neighborhood surveillance. He also explores the surge of AI-themed Super Bowl ads, Apple's delayed Siri overhaul, rising DDR5 RAM prices driven by AI demand, SpaceX's Crew-12 launch, and the record-breaking sale of a rare Pokémon card. -Want to be a Guest on a Podcast or YouTube Channel? Sign up for GuestMatch.Pro -Thinking of buying a Starlink? Use my link to support the show. Subscribe to the Newsletter. Email Chris if you want to get in touch! Like and Follow Geek News Central’s Facebook Page. Support my Show Sponsor: Best Godaddy Promo Codes Get 1Password Full Summary – Main story — Ring Search Party: Chris summarizes Ring's first Super Bowl ad (viewed by “over 120 million”) which promoted “Search Party,” a feature that lets users upload a photo of a missing pet and alerts neighborhood Ring cameras if they spot it. He explains the ad was intended as wholesome but provoked fast backlash: viewers and privacy advocates (including the ACLU and lawmakers) warned the tech could be repurposed to track people. Chris recounts Ring's prior controversies (police partnerships, an FTC settlement in 2023 over employee access to videos) and says the ad brought those issues back into focus. He reports that four days after the ad, Amazon canceled a planned integration with Flock Safety (Amazon called it a resources-and-timing decision). He notes Search Party is opt-in for pets but emphasizes the potential scale of surveillance when aggregated across millions of Ring devices and that the underlying AI capability isn't going away. – Super Bowl AI ads and Anthropic vs. OpenAI: Chris says AI-related ads made up about 23% of Super Bowl commercials. He describes Anthropic's debut ads (titles like “betrayal, deception, treachery, and violation”) positioning Claude as ad-free for paying users and taking a shot at OpenAI's ad plans; Sam Altman criticized those ads as dishonest. He mentions Svedka ran a primarily AI-generated Super Bowl ad and that Anthropic saw a ~6.5% traffic jump and an ~11% rise in daily active users after the game. Chris frames the ads as a sign the AI assistant wars have moved to mainstream consumer marketing and raises the question of whether AI assistants will be ad-supported or paid/ad-free. – Sponsor spot: A lengthy GoDaddy sponsorship read with pricing and offers: economy hosting $6.99/month for a year with free domain, email, and SSL; WordPress hosting $12.99/month with same inclusions; domain names $11.99; GoDaddy website builder offers a 30-day free trial for certain plans. Chris urges listeners to use the provided promo links to support the show. – Apple March 4 event and Siri delay: Chris reports Apple confirmed a March 4 product launch (iPhone 17e, MacBook Pros with M5 Pro and M5 Max, an 8th-gen iPad Air and a 12th-gen iPad). He says the AI-powered Siri overhaul planned for iOS 26.4 hit testing snags and some features were pushed to iOS 26.5 in May and iOS 27 in September. He notes Apple claims Siri improvements are still coming in 2026 but have been repeatedly delayed, and frames Apple as focusing on hardware and on-device processing. – DDR5 RAM price surge: Chris covers a global memory shortage driven by AI data-center demand. He explains manufacturers shifted production to high-bandwidth AI memory with much higher margins, reducing consumer DDR supply and forcing adoption of DDR5. He gives figures: DDR5 64 GB kits rose from around $200 in mid-2025 to over $1,000 (a ~300% increase across six months, with another ~50% spike in the last month). He says inventories have fallen to about eight weeks and analysts don't expect meaningful relief until late 2027 or 2028. He warns PC builders and buyers to brace for higher upgrade and system prices. – SpaceX Crew-12 launch: Chris recounts NASA Crew-12 as a replacement following an earlier medical evacuation that left ISS short-staffed. He reports SpaceX launched four astronauts on Feb. 13 aboard a Falcon 9 with the Dragon capsule Freedom (liftoff at 5:15 AM EST) and docked on Valentine's Day. Crew named: NASA commander Jessica Mayer, NASA pilot Jack Hathaway, ESA mission specialist Sophie Adadott, and Russian cosmonaut Andrei (Andrei Fedoo/Fedu — host stumbles on the name). The mission is planned for eight months; the Falcon 9 first stage landed back at pad 40. Chris frames the launch as good news and notes ongoing reliance on SpaceX. – Pokémon card/collectibles auction: Chris discusses a record trading-card sale. He refers to Logan Paul and the Pikachu Illustrator card (one of 39 ever made). He mentions earlier reports of card sales (at first saying a card sold for “like six and a half million dollars,” then later saying Logan Paul sold one for “sixteen point five million dollars”) and then details a live auction via Golden in which the card sold for “sixty million four hundred ninety two thousand dollars,” called a new Guinness World Record for the most expensive trading card sold at auction. Chris notes Logan Paul bought his PSA 10 card in 2021 for $5.2M, the auction had about 97 bids, and the buyer was venture capitalist Adrien Scaramucci (who had the card placed on a $75,000 diamond necklace). Chris comments on collectors vs. investors, how wealthy buyers and influencers can drive pricing, and cautions that most fans shouldn't expect to find such returns. Show Links Ring Search Party – Official Feature Page Ring Super Bowl Ad Sparks Privacy Backlash Super Bowl 60 AI Ads: Anthropic, Svedka, and the AI Marketing Push SpaceX Launches NASA Crew-12 to the ISS Apple Confirms March 4 Event — Cheaper iPhone Expected DDR5 RAM Prices Surge Over 300% Amid AI Demand Logan Paul Pokémon Card Sets Record at Auction The post Ring Search Party Sparks Privacy Backlash #1858 appeared first on Geek News Central.

This week on the podcast we go over our reviews of the ASRock Phantom Gaming 360 LCD Liquid CPU Cooler and the KLEVV CRAS C925G Gen4 Solid State Drive.  We also discuss Intel rethinking CPU design, the drama around the Ryzen Z1 updates, DDR5 prices going down, and much more!

Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/Analytic⁠⁠⁠Join The Normandy For Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here: ⁠⁠⁠https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0K⁠⁠⁠Dive into Episode 157 of THE NOTORIOUS MASS EFFECT with your host Analytic Dreamz, where we break down the hottest topics shaking up music, industry news, gaming, and drama right now in 2026.In Music, we lead with the big question: Is A$AP Rocky bringing a new wave to hip-hop? Fresh off his long-awaited album Don't Be Dumb (featuring heavy-hitters like Tyler, The Creator, Doechii, Gorillaz, and more), plus standout tracks like "PUNK ROCKY," Rocky is blending fury, serenity, punk influences, and experimental vibes—sparking debates on whether he's redefining the genre for a new era. We also cover Bruno Mars teasing his upcoming album The Romantic (dropping February 27) with smooth new singles like "I Just Might." NBA Youngboy stays in the spotlight amid beef discussions and his bold challenges. J. Cole surprises fans with his birthday mixtape Birthday Blizzard '26 (hosted by DJ Clue), delivering raw freestyles ahead of bigger projects. Plus, Don Toliver just unleashed his high-energy album OCTANE (with features from Yeat, Rema, and more), keeping the melodic rap wave rolling strong. And shoutout to Exo for staying relevant in the convo.Shifting to Industry News, we unpack Esports in 2026—trends point to sustainability, regional depth, fan-centric growth, bigger prize pools, and national pride driving the scene (including PUBG's expanded season). RAM prices are surging hard due to AI demand and shortages—DDR5 and DDR4 kits are seeing record hikes, with analysts warning of continued pain through the year. Ubisoft faces major resets: restructuring into Creative Houses, portfolio changes, cost-cutting, layoffs, and a tough financial outlook despite strong Assassin's Creed bookings.In Gaming, we spotlight HighGuard, PUBG Battlegrounds (with its bigger 2026 esports push), the addictive puzzle world of Royal Match, cozy vibes in Animal Crossing, and the viral chaos of Choo Choo Train trends.Finally, the Drama section heats up: Kai vs NBA Youngboy tensions, Chad vs Pharrell clashes, and the ongoing 50 Cent vs Jay-Z saga—classic hip-hop beefs and rivalries that never die.Analytic Dreamz keeps it real, no fluff—just deep dives, opinions, and the culture unpacked. Hit play now for the full episode and join the conversation! Subscribe, rate, and share if you're locked in.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analytic-dreamz-notorious-mass-effect/exclusive-contentPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Linktree: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/Analytic⁠⁠Join The Normandy For Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here: ⁠⁠https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0K⁠⁠Dive into Episode 157 of THE NOTORIOUS MASS EFFECT with your host Analytic Dreamz, where we break down the hottest topics shaking up music, industry news, gaming, and drama right now in 2026.In Music, we lead with the big question: Is A$AP Rocky bringing a new wave to hip-hop? Fresh off his long-awaited album Don't Be Dumb (featuring heavy-hitters like Tyler, The Creator, Doechii, Gorillaz, and more), plus standout tracks like "PUNK ROCKY," Rocky is blending fury, serenity, punk influences, and experimental vibes—sparking debates on whether he's redefining the genre for a new era. We also cover Bruno Mars teasing his upcoming album The Romantic (dropping February 27) with smooth new singles like "I Just Might." NBA Youngboy stays in the spotlight amid beef discussions and his bold challenges. J. Cole surprises fans with his birthday mixtape Birthday Blizzard '26 (hosted by DJ Clue), delivering raw freestyles ahead of bigger projects. Plus, Don Toliver just unleashed his high-energy album OCTANE (with features from Yeat, Rema, and more), keeping the melodic rap wave rolling strong. And shoutout to Exo for staying relevant in the convo.Shifting to Industry News, we unpack Esports in 2026—trends point to sustainability, regional depth, fan-centric growth, bigger prize pools, and national pride driving the scene (including PUBG's expanded season). RAM prices are surging hard due to AI demand and shortages—DDR5 and DDR4 kits are seeing record hikes, with analysts warning of continued pain through the year. Ubisoft faces major resets: restructuring into Creative Houses, portfolio changes, cost-cutting, layoffs, and a tough financial outlook despite strong Assassin's Creed bookings.In Gaming, we spotlight HighGuard, PUBG Battlegrounds (with its bigger 2026 esports push), the addictive puzzle world of Royal Match, cozy vibes in Animal Crossing, and the viral chaos of Choo Choo Train trends.Finally, the Drama section heats up: Kai vs NBA Youngboy tensions, Chad vs Pharrell clashes, and the ongoing 50 Cent vs Jay-Z saga—classic hip-hop beefs and rivalries that never die.Analytic Dreamz keeps it real, no fluff—just deep dives, opinions, and the culture unpacked. Hit play now for the full episode and join the conversation! Subscribe, rate, and share if you're locked in.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analytic-dreamz-notorious-mass-effect/exclusive-contentPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Recorded February 4, 2026. We also cover the upcoming Steam Machine, sad GPU trends, and the arc of the Arc B770. We've got our review of the Thrustmaster T248R and rapidly dive into AMD's glorious financial success, plus a splash of ARM's Q3 results.  Surprise!  There are discussions on memory prices, Nvidia's RTX 50 series supply, and the weeks "best" security breaches.Powered by Clippy.Timestamps:0:00 Intro00:25 Patreon01:16 Food with Josh02:36 AMD Financials08:43 Arm Financials11:45 AMD says Steam Machine still on track for early 2026 (until it isn't)13:30 New memory price outlook has DDR5 doubling again in Q114:48 Low VRAM GPUs reportedly 75 percent of NVIDIA Q1 supply16:45 AMD also in the lower VRAM game19:45 Intel Arc B770 is supposedly canceled22:17 Spinning rust lives on25:33 Qualcomm loses chief CPU architect27:09 PCPer (possibly) influences Microsoft to backpedal on AI features!31:31 5GbE is getting more affordable33:44 (In)Security Corner43:32 Gaming Quick Hits47:56 Josh reviews the Thrustmaster T248R55:45 Picks of the Week1:07:56 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Linktree: ⁠https://linktr.ee/Analytic⁠Join The Normandy For Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here: ⁠https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0K⁠In the Notorious Mass Effect segment, Analytic Dreamz dives deep into the RAM Price Crisis (2025–2026), unpacking the key data, market drivers, and real consumer impact behind the dramatic surge in memory costs.RAM prices have skyrocketed into a sustained inflation cycle heading into 2026, fueled by explosive AI data center demand that prioritizes high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and diverts supply from consumer DRAM. Manufacturing bottlenecks, limited cleanroom capacity, and lithography constraints exacerbate the shortage, while major players like Micron exit consumer RAM sales (Crucial brand in December 2025) to focus on higher-margin AI segments. Samsung and SK hynix report massive profit surges amid the boom.DDR5 RAM has seen prices more than quadruple (+340–344%) since July 2025, with a +27% month-on-month jump from December to January 2026. DDR4 and older standards are rising even faster recently (+46% MoM in January), narrowing the gap with newer tech. ComputerBase's fixed-basket analysis confirms average prices have quadrupled versus September 2025, with Germany's retail tracking—Europe's largest PC hardware market—mirroring global trends, including growing secondary-market distortions.Secondary effects hit related components hard: SSDs up +79%, hard drives +53%, GPUs +14% (with street prices far exceeding MSRP on models like RTX 5070 Ti). Specific examples include 2TB NVMe drives jumping 60–159% and NAS HDDs doubling.Analyst forecasts from TrendForce and Omdia point to +50–60% DRAM contract price hikes in Q1 2026, following 40–70% YoY increases in 2025. PC shipments grew +9.2% in 2025 but face potential declines in 2026, while smartphone output forecasts drop ~20% for some brands, risking +30% price hikes or spec downgrades. Gaming consoles may see delays or higher launch prices.Apple's upgrade costs (e.g., $400 for 16GB→32GB) already outpace comparable DDR5 sticks, with M6 Macs potentially facing steeper hikes or supply delays if AI firms continue outbidding.The core takeaway: This AI-driven structural shift has quadrupled RAM prices in under six months, with volatility persisting through 2026. A plateau is the most optimistic scenario—no full reversal in sight. Analytic Dreamz breaks down the data, root causes, and widespread ripple effects across PCs, smartphones, and beyond.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analytic-dreamz-notorious-mass-effect/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rambus (RMBS) has historically been known as an IP and patent powerhouse—but in 2026, the story has changed. With a massive memory chip shortage driving demand, Rambus is pivoting hard into becoming a fabless chip designer of memory interfaces. In this video, Nick and Kasey break down exactly how Rambus fits into the electronics manufacturing supply chain today. We analyze their transition from pure licensing to selling their own silicon (like memory interface chips for DDR5 and HBM), review their latest Q3 2025 financials, and discuss whether the current valuation makes sense for your portfolio.Join us on Discord with Semiconductor Insider, sign up on our website: www.chipstockinvestor.com/membershipSupercharge your analysis with AI! Get 15% of your membership with our special link here: https://fiscal.ai/csi/Sign Up For Our Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/b1228c12f284/sign-up-landing-page-short-form

Recorded January 1, 2026 - but only due to popular demand.  We cover the GOG purchase, the ever rising price of DDR and the fallout from all that, and talk about getting a Dumb TV again.Thanks to Copilot Money for the sponsorship again!  Get all your financials on a single piece of glass and bring order to your spending with smart analysis.  Support our show and check them out https://try.copilot.money/pcper0:00 Intro01:21 Patreon02:24 No food segment this week02:57 The rising cost of RTX 5090 and what this means for GPUs in 202604:50 SSD prices rising05:43 DDR5 continues to rise08:51 ASUS reportedly increasing DDR4 motherboard production in 202613:28 GOG acquired by co-founder18:37 Cinebench 2026 arrives22:47 Direct3D 6 support comes to D7VK as retro gaming on Linux evolves26:56 When you don't want a "smart" TV30:17 Podcast sponsor - Copilot Money31:47 (In)Security Corner37:16 Gaming Quick Hits42:39 Picks of the Week53:18 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

There are FOUR lights!But besides that, we have AMD news on Redstone, their B650 chipset and so much DDR pricing and related news that you'll platz.  Oh, Kohler has got a toilet cam security issue (seriously) and your One Time Password use is so very passé.  Microsoft also plans to finally make Windows 11 better for gaming in 2026 - Steam and Bazzite reportedly not worried.Thanks to Notion and their AI enfused Notion Agent for the sponsorship this week, help us out and check out their very cool offer at:notion.com/pcperTimestamps:00:00 Preroll00:04 Intro00:25 Patreon01:34 Food with Josh03:15 Weekly DDR5 price check04:44 Micron is making more than ever before on DRAM06:51 A DDR4 / DDR5 combo board!08:57 The DRAM problem - now vs. 201712:11 AMD Redstone is out16:45 AMD extending life of B65020:05 Heavy SSD writes due to AMD chipset driver?22:55 Steam client back-ported to Windows 7, 824:50 NVIDIA allowed to export H200 to China now26:25 Noctua beige and brown 3D printer filament28:24 Windows update removes Start Menu and Explorer31:36 Podcast sponsor - Notion32:50 (In)Security Corner45:18 Gaming Quick Hits52:37 Picks of the Week1:03:47 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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Things are getting so dire in the PC-building space that we had to revisit the subject again this week, primarily to discuss the sudden and shocking end of longtime RAM and SSD maker Crucial, with a deeper dive into the way the memory supply chain works and a glimpse into a very dark future where building your own PC might be out of reach for many. We also dig into some new reporting about the Steam Machine's HDMI output, and why open gaming platforms are going to be in conflict with proprietary HDMI standards going forward. Plus, the latest AI nonsense (and how to work around it) in Firefox and Google News.NOTE: We're working on freeing ourselves from the need for Adobe products, so bear with us if the podcast sounds a little different this week. Feedback welcome!Crucial press release: https://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-announces-exit-crucial-consumer-businessGamersNexus video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A-eeJP0J7cSteam Machine and HDMI 2.1: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/12/why-wont-steam-machine-support-hdmi-2-1-digging-in-on-the-display-standard-drama/Disable Firefox AI features: https://flamedfury.com/posts/disable-ai-in-firefox/The Verge on Google News AI headlines: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/838354/googles-ai-news-bot-is-still-confused-but-no-longer-replacing-our-headlines Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, a monthly bonus episode, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod

Yes, we talked about DDR5 pricing a lot, again.  But we also talked about a very special Intel 18A customer, one billion PCs screaming out in pain (it's a metaphor!), AMD CPU / GPU pricing trends, ASUS router vulnerabilities (again), alternatives to Windows for playing games which includes playing web based old console games.  It's a thing.  Also, we virtually pour one out for Crucial (Micron).Timestamps:00:00 Intro00:33 Patreon01:03 Food with Josh02:35 Micron shutting Crucial down07:54 Pricing a budget AM5 build on PCPartPicker11:47 Reports of Ryzen price increases (and then more DDR5 price talk)16:10 A new, faster Ryzen X3D is coming19:11 Intel to fab Apple silicon?21:48 NVIDIA reportedly stops bundling RAM with GPUs27:50 1 billion PCs still on Windows 1033:57 Plex starts their free remote streaming crackdown40:01 (In)Security Corner48:35 Gaming Quick Hits59:32 Check out our short video on the HyperX SoloCast 21:00:31 Picks of the Week1:11:17 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Cloudlflare asks Amazon to hold it's virtual "beer", HEVC and H.265 support being removed from CPUs ... sorta, Steam Machine priced like lobster and will Intel bLLC compete with AMD 3D-vCache?  But we mostly complain about DDR5 in this exciting episode!00:00 Intro00:30 Patreon01:44 Food with Josh04:10 We talk about the DDR5 problem for the third week in a row18:44 TSMC confirmed September power outage at Arizona fab23:01 Dell and HP removing HEVC from some laptops26:33 Unpowered SSDs slowly lose data32:32 Is Intel bLLC really an X3D competitor?34:13 (in)Security Corner42:01 Gaming Quick Hits46:18 Picks of the Week1:06:12 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on November 24, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Shai-Hulud Returns: Over 300 NPM Packages InfectedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46032539&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:53): Claude Opus 4.5Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46037637&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:17): Pebble Watch software is now 100% open sourceOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46037626&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:41): Claude Advanced Tool UseOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46038047&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:05): Ask HN: Hearing aid wearers, what's hot?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46029699&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:29): Shai Hulud launches second supply-chain attackOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46035533&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:53): RuBeeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46029932&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:17): PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory. RAM jumps to $600 due to shortageOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46038143&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:40): Unpowered SSDs slowly lose dataOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46038099&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:04): NSA and IETF, part 3: Dodging the issues at handOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46033151&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

What do you get after 844 episodes?  This one.  We've got hacked Android photoframes, DDR5 driving up prices on everything, Nvidia financials for the win, and even some Fallout mods.  Join in the fun!Oh, do check out our sponsor this week, it definitely helps the show!  Notion AI!Don't just start your projects, bring it all together and get it *done*.  See what Notion Agent can do for you.Timestamps:00:00 Intro00:59 Programming update (livestream next week but no pod)02:27 Patreon04:40 Food with Josh06:44 NVIDIA financials20:18 DDR5 prices are skyrocketing25:00 Intel "ai" chief joins OpenAI29:37 AMD to release the latest FSR on December 1033:06 Microsoft makes Sysmon native to Windows36:05 SilverStone's retro case family grows37:48 The accessory market for Steam Machine has begun38:13 Podcast sponsor Notion39:30 (In)Security Corner53:32 Gaming Quick Hits1:02:48 Crucial Pro DDR5-6400 CL32 review1:11:23 Picks of the Week1:20:13 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

professorjrod@gmail.comWhat if the real cause of your random reboots isn't the GPU at all—but the power plan behind it? We take you end to end through a stability-first build, starting with the underrated hero of every system: clean, properly sized power. You'll learn how to calculate wattage with 25–30% headroom, navigate 80 Plus efficiency tiers, and safely adopt ATX 3.0 with the 12VHPWR connector—no sharp bends, modular cable sanity, and the UPS/surge stack that prevents nasty surprises when the lights flicker.From there, we shift into storage strategy that balances speed and safety. HDD, SATA SSD, and NVMe each earn their place, and we break down RAID 0/1/5/6/10 in plain language so you can pick the right array for your workload. We underline a hard truth: RAID protects against disk failure, not human error, so versioned offsite backups remain non-negotiable. Real-world stories—including a painful RAID 5 rebuild gone wrong—highlight why RAID 6 and RAID 10 matter for bigger or busier systems.Memory and CPU round out the backbone. We simplify DDR4 vs DDR5, explain how frequency and CAS affect real latency, and show why matched pairs and dual channel deliver the performance you paid for. You'll get quick wins like enabling XMP/EXPO, when ECC is worth it, and how to troubleshoot training hiccups. Then we open the CPU: cores, threads, cache, sockets, chipsets, and why firmware comes before hardware when upgrades fail to post. Cooling decisions—air, AIO, or custom—tie directly to performance ceilings, along with safe overclock/undervolt practices and thermal targets under sustained load.By the end, you'll have a practical checklist to build smarter, troubleshoot faster, and feel ready for the CompTIA A+ exam: power headroom, cable stewardship, airflow planning, RAID with backups, memory matching, BIOS compatibility, and validation testing. If this guide helps you ship a rock-solid PC, share it with a friend, leave a quick review, and hit follow so you never miss the next masterclass.Support the showIf you want to help me with my research please e-mail me.Professorjrod@gmail.comIf you want to join my question/answer zoom class e-mail me at Professorjrod@gmail.comArt By Sarah/DesmondMusic by Joakim KarudLittle chacha ProductionsJuan Rodriguez can be reached atTikTok @ProfessorJrodProfessorJRod@gmail.com@Prof_JRodInstagram ProfessorJRod

Consumer Reports on Windows 10 updates. Waste (not fraud or abuse) within DoD Cyberoperations. China's DeepSeek produces deliberately flawed code. WebAssembly v3.0 officially released. Firefox v143 updates and new features. Firefox for Android now offers DoH. A nearly terminal flaw in Microsoft's Entra ID. Chrome hits its 6th 0-day this year. Emergency update. DRAM (now DDR5) still vulnerable to RowHammer. SAMSUNG kitchen refrigerators begin showing ads. China says no to NVIDIA. 300 more (new) NPM maliciouspackages found and removed. The EU is already testing proper online age verification. Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1044-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bigid.com/securitynow go.acronis.com/twit zscaler.com/security 1password.com/securitynow hoxhunt.com/securitynow

Consumer Reports on Windows 10 updates. Waste (not fraud or abuse) within DoD Cyberoperations. China's DeepSeek produces deliberately flawed code. WebAssembly v3.0 officially released. Firefox v143 updates and new features. Firefox for Android now offers DoH. A nearly terminal flaw in Microsoft's Entra ID. Chrome hits its 6th 0-day this year. Emergency update. DRAM (now DDR5) still vulnerable to RowHammer. SAMSUNG kitchen refrigerators begin showing ads. China says no to NVIDIA. 300 more (new) NPM maliciouspackages found and removed. The EU is already testing proper online age verification. Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1044-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bigid.com/securitynow go.acronis.com/twit zscaler.com/security 1password.com/securitynow hoxhunt.com/securitynow

Consumer Reports on Windows 10 updates. Waste (not fraud or abuse) within DoD Cyberoperations. China's DeepSeek produces deliberately flawed code. WebAssembly v3.0 officially released. Firefox v143 updates and new features. Firefox for Android now offers DoH. A nearly terminal flaw in Microsoft's Entra ID. Chrome hits its 6th 0-day this year. Emergency update. DRAM (now DDR5) still vulnerable to RowHammer. SAMSUNG kitchen refrigerators begin showing ads. China says no to NVIDIA. 300 more (new) NPM maliciouspackages found and removed. The EU is already testing proper online age verification. Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1044-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bigid.com/securitynow go.acronis.com/twit zscaler.com/security 1password.com/securitynow hoxhunt.com/securitynow

Consumer Reports on Windows 10 updates. Waste (not fraud or abuse) within DoD Cyberoperations. China's DeepSeek produces deliberately flawed code. WebAssembly v3.0 officially released. Firefox v143 updates and new features. Firefox for Android now offers DoH. A nearly terminal flaw in Microsoft's Entra ID. Chrome hits its 6th 0-day this year. Emergency update. DRAM (now DDR5) still vulnerable to RowHammer. SAMSUNG kitchen refrigerators begin showing ads. China says no to NVIDIA. 300 more (new) NPM maliciouspackages found and removed. The EU is already testing proper online age verification. Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1044-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bigid.com/securitynow go.acronis.com/twit zscaler.com/security 1password.com/securitynow hoxhunt.com/securitynow

Consumer Reports on Windows 10 updates. Waste (not fraud or abuse) within DoD Cyberoperations. China's DeepSeek produces deliberately flawed code. WebAssembly v3.0 officially released. Firefox v143 updates and new features. Firefox for Android now offers DoH. A nearly terminal flaw in Microsoft's Entra ID. Chrome hits its 6th 0-day this year. Emergency update. DRAM (now DDR5) still vulnerable to RowHammer. SAMSUNG kitchen refrigerators begin showing ads. China says no to NVIDIA. 300 more (new) NPM maliciouspackages found and removed. The EU is already testing proper online age verification. Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1044-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bigid.com/securitynow go.acronis.com/twit zscaler.com/security 1password.com/securitynow hoxhunt.com/securitynow

Consumer Reports on Windows 10 updates. Waste (not fraud or abuse) within DoD Cyberoperations. China's DeepSeek produces deliberately flawed code. WebAssembly v3.0 officially released. Firefox v143 updates and new features. Firefox for Android now offers DoH. A nearly terminal flaw in Microsoft's Entra ID. Chrome hits its 6th 0-day this year. Emergency update. DRAM (now DDR5) still vulnerable to RowHammer. SAMSUNG kitchen refrigerators begin showing ads. China says no to NVIDIA. 300 more (new) NPM maliciouspackages found and removed. The EU is already testing proper online age verification. Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1044-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bigid.com/securitynow go.acronis.com/twit zscaler.com/security 1password.com/securitynow hoxhunt.com/securitynow

Consumer Reports on Windows 10 updates. Waste (not fraud or abuse) within DoD Cyberoperations. China's DeepSeek produces deliberately flawed code. WebAssembly v3.0 officially released. Firefox v143 updates and new features. Firefox for Android now offers DoH. A nearly terminal flaw in Microsoft's Entra ID. Chrome hits its 6th 0-day this year. Emergency update. DRAM (now DDR5) still vulnerable to RowHammer. SAMSUNG kitchen refrigerators begin showing ads. China says no to NVIDIA. 300 more (new) NPM maliciouspackages found and removed. The EU is already testing proper online age verification. Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1044-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bigid.com/securitynow go.acronis.com/twit zscaler.com/security 1password.com/securitynow hoxhunt.com/securitynow

A new self-replicating malware infects the NPM repository. Microsoft and Cloudflare disrupt a Phishing-as-a-Service platform. Researchers uncover a new Fancy Bear backdoor campaign. The VoidProxy phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform targets Microsoft 365 and Google accounts. A British telecom says its ransomware recovery may stretch into November. A new Rowhammer attack variant targets DDR5 memory. Democrats warn proposed budget cuts could slash the FBI's cyber division staff by half at a heated Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. On our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Abhishek Agrawal from Material security discussing challenges of securing the Google Workspace. Pompompurin heads to prison.  Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest On our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Abhishek Agrawal, CEO and Co-Founder of Material Security, discussing challenges of securing the Google Workspace. You can hear Abhishek's full conversation here. Selected Reading Self-Replicating Worm Hits 180+ Software Packages (Krebs on Security) Microsoft disrupts the RaccoonO365 Phishing-as-a-Service operation, names alleged leader (Help Net Security) Fancy Bear attacks abuse Office macros, legitimate cloud services (SC Media) VoidProxy phishing operation targets Microsoft 365, Google accounts (SC Media) UK telco Colt's cyberattack recovery seeps into November (The Register) Ruh-roh. DDR5 memory vulnerable to new Rowhammer attack (The Register) Senators, FBI Director Patel clash over cyber division personnel, arrests (CyberScoop) House lawmakers move to extend two key cyber programs, for now (The Record) BreachForums founder caged after soft sentence overturned (The Register) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at cyberwire@n2k.com to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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