Apple TV rolls out fourth price hike since 2019 Apple is one of four companies that raised its streaming prices in 2026 The Independent UK · Aug 28
Australian Holocaust survivors turned into AI clickbait Facebook pages publishing AI depictions of Australian Holocaust survivors have been accused of cashing in on the memory of one of history's darkest chapters. AAP · Aug 28
Console Prices Kept Rising After The Supreme Court Killed IEEPA Tariffs Xbox, PS5 and Switch 2 prices kept rising after the Supreme Court struck down IEEPA tariffs as memory costs and replacement duties squeezed hardware. Player One · Aug 28
America Wants More AI Chips Made At Home. SK Hynix's Has Broken Ground In Indiana. SK Hynix says the project will create about 7,000 direct and indirect jobs, while federal and state incentives could exceed $1 billion. International Business Times · Aug 28
MSI brings DDR4 back to gaming laptops amidst DRAM crisis — Katana 15 HX C14 available with up to Core i9-14900HX and RTX 5070 With 32GB DDR4 SO-DIMM memory kits costing roughly half as much as comparable DDR5 kits, MSI’s new Katana 15 HX C14 could help reduce the impact of soaring memory prices. Tom’s Hardware · Aug 28
Chinese memory maker YMTC wants to dethrone Samsung and SK hynix by the end of 2027 YMTC has some big plans. PC Gamer · Aug 28
In 2018, NASA invited people worldwide to send their names to the Sun. More than 1.1 million did and their names are still travelling aboard Parker Solar Probe Over one million names traveled to the Sun aboard NASA's Parker Solar Probe. These names were digitally stored on a memory card, becoming part of the mission. The spacecraft, named after physicist Eugene Parker, studies the Sun's outer atmosphere. Parker Solar Probe has flown through the Sun's corona and reached… The Economic Times · Aug 28
Cloudflare frees up 100TB of RAM by shrinking 1.1.1.1's DNS cache entries — 250 billion cached DNS entries at any given time means one wasted byte costs 250GB Cloudflare says that it has freed up roughly 100TB of RAM across its global fleet without reconfiguring any physical RAM modules in its servers. Tom’s Hardware · Aug 28
Micron workers increasingly support strike over bonus pay — labor union wants profit-sharing scheme, as employees at Samsung, SK hynix enjoy bonuses worth hundreds of thousands of dollars 80% of Micron workers in Taiwan have signaled that they're willing to go on strike if the company does not strike a deal over bonuses. The employees want to replace the current bonus system with a profit-sharing scheme, allowing them to take advantage of the AI-driven memory boom. Tom’s Hardware · Aug 28
'I'm done. I used up my luck for this timeline': Redditor accidentally saves $5,000 on RTX 5090 Razer Blade 18 thanks to labelling error Why can't this kind of thing ever happen to me? PC Gamer · Aug 28
Google clamps down on Android app RAM usage amid AI memory crisis — developers have until February 2027 to adapt to new memory-optimizing rules Google implements stricter memory limits and introduces new performance standards for Android apps. Tom’s Hardware · Aug 28
Claude's new memory feature solves my biggest AI frustration — here are 5 prompts to try first Anthropic just upgraded Claude's memory across Chat and Cowork. Use these five copy-paste prompts to see what it remembers and test its limits. Tom’s Guide · Aug 28
How Abraham Lincoln's Self-Education Habits Can Help You Learn Anything Without Money or Resources He Had Fewer Books Than You Have Browser TabsLincoln's formal schooling totalled less than twelve months across his entire childhood. No single teacher, no fixed curriculum, no library card. He borrowed books from neighbours across miles of Indiana wilderness, read them by firelight when candles ran out, and returned them… Times Life · Aug 28
India's Ancient Gurukul System Knew the Secret to Deep Learning and Lasting Memory Before Silicon Valley Did The Gurukul Wasn't Teaching Content. It Was Engineering Conditions.Every major critique of modern education, distraction, shallow retention, passive consumption, traces back to the same structural problem: learning is separated from living. The gurukul solved this before the problem had a name. A shishya didn't attend lessons and then go home… Times Life · Aug 28
Times Life · Aug 28 Why Indian Women Hit Menopause Earlier and Feel It Differently Than Western Women The age gap is real, and it mattersThe average age of natural menopause in Indian women is 46.2 years, compared to 51 in the United States and most of Western Europe. That figure comes from a large-scale study published in the Journal of Midlife Health, drawing on data from women…
Times Life · Aug 28 8 Perimenopause Symptoms That Indian Women Commonly Mistake for Thyroid Problems Why the Confusion Happens in the First PlaceThyroid dysfunction and perimenopause both peak in Indian women between the ages of 38 and 52, and both produce symptoms so similar that even experienced physicians routinely conflate them. A 2021 study published in the Journal of the Association of Physicians of India…
Tom’s Hardware · Aug 27 China's YMTC aims to become the world's largest NAND maker by the end of 2027, report says — company plans to overtake Samsung and SK hynix The target would require YMTC to nearly double its market share in 16 months.
The Independent UK · Aug 27 Exclusive: British Airways passenger’s eyes ‘misaligned’ after metal water bottle fell on head during flight, lawsuit says Exclusive: Kentucky resident Andrea Stendel says she now also suffers from ‘severe neurocognitive functional deficits,’ subsequently testing in the bottom third percentile for visual memory
T3 · Aug 27 The days of cheap phones "is over" – we need to get used to elevated prices, claims report The next few years will not be kind to the smartphone market.
The Economic Times · Aug 27 SK Hynix holds groundbreaking ceremony for $4 billion Indiana AI chip packaging facility The facility, at the Purdue Research Park in West Lafayette, is scheduled to begin cleanroom operations in the second half of 2028, according to SK Hynix's website and press statements. The site will house a next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM) packaging line as well as an AI semiconductor research and development…
The Guardian - UK · Aug 27 The best mattress for side sleepers – and how to choose one, according to doctors and osteopaths Do you need a soft mattress if you sleep on your side, or are firm models better for your back? And what about pillows? Here’s what the experts say
Barchart · Aug 27 Micron Stock Faces Tight Supply as AI Demand Accelerates Micron stock is in focus as AI chip demand outpaces supply. Here's why analysts and executives say the memory shortage could last years.
The Economic Times · Aug 27 A neuroscientist dropped people from a 150-foot tower in Dallas to find out if time really slows down when you think you're about to die A fascinating study investigated whether fear alters our perception of time during intense moments. When volunteers simulated a fall from a tower, they struggled to read numbers quickly. Interestingly, their recollections of the experience felt much longer, indicating that our memories of emotional events are rich and detailed. Thus, the…
Bored Panda · Aug 27 70 ’90s Things That Somehow Feel Like They Happened Yesterday Few things bring people together quite like shared childhood memories—spending forever trying to pick a movie at the video store, putting up with the one PC speaker that never worked, hitting the power button with your big toe, or going to war over which Power Ranger was the best. Growing…
PC Gamer · Aug 27 Nvidia says it would be making a whole lot more money if it weren't for the memory crisis it's contributing to And gaming doesn't even get a mention in its earnings call.