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Microsoft promises to fix Windows 11 for 8GB PCs, but it put the cart before the horse with low-memory Surfaces

Microsoft has promised fixes for bloated Windows 11 context menus and to optimize the OS for 8GB of RAM, which makes me ask why low-memory Surfaces are already for sale.

Windows Central · Aug 2

Consumer Tech (July 27-31): AI Boom Drives Tech Earnings As Apple, Amazon Lead Markets & More

Senators from across the aisle have reportedly sent a letter to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Tim Cook, urging the company to refrain from using memory chips from ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) and Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp (YMTC) in its devices, even if the products are meant solely for the Chinese…

Benzinga · Aug 2

RTX 5060 Ti survives car crash after being bent in half — short PCB saves the day, single memory chip resolder restore full performance

What happens when a graphics card gets in a car crash? If you're lucky, the damage is limited to just cosmetic scars that can go away over time with no serious damage under-the-hood.

Tom’s Hardware · Aug 2

5 Lessons From Swami Sivananda on Discipline and Self-Control That Actually Work in Daily Life

Wake at a fixed hour, no matter whatSivananda's own day began at 4 a.m. He called Brahmamuhrta, the pre-dawn window between roughly 3:30 and 5:30 a.m., the single best hour for building any practice, because the mind has not yet accumulated the friction of the day. He was not making…

Times Life · Aug 2

Why Indian Grandmothers Still Give the Most Honest Beauty and Skincare Advice for Women

She Had No Product to PushThink about the last ten beauty recommendations that reached you. A reel, a sponsored post, a "honest review" with a discount code buried in the caption. Every single one had something to sell. Your grandmother had a steel dabba of haldi, a bottle of coconut…

Times Life · Aug 2

Startup swaps costly AI GPUs for Arm cores and up to 128TB of 'cheap' LPDDR6 RAM instead of expensive HBM to smash through the memory wall

Majestic Labs unveiled an Arm-based AI server replacing GPUs with unified LPDDR6 memory, claiming lower costs and dramatically larger capacity.

TechRadar · Aug 2

$10 billion startup gets SK Hynix backing to build a transformer that does just one thing but exceedingly well

Etched secured SK Hynix backing at a $10.3 billion valuation while expanding custom AI inference hardware using Low Voltage Inference technology.

TechRadar · Aug 1

A Mario dev burned the handmade diorama he used to pitch a Zelda game because Shigeru Miyamoto said no: "It was such a bad memory that I decided to let it die"

"I burned it"

GamesRadar · Aug 1

Why Investors Shouldn’t Sweat the Dip in Qualcomm’s Handset Revenue, According to Experts

Qualcomm's handset business is under pressure. But experts say its expanding AI and connected-device ecosystem represent the bigger story.

Barchart · Aug 1

Microsoft vows to make Windows 11 fly on 8GB RAM amid memory shortage — optimizations to reduce OS memory footprint have begun

While the company's minimum OS specifications officially say 4GB, most PC builders know that 16GB is the bare minimum for a smooth experience on Windows 11. However, the memory chip shortage and the resurgence of 8GB laptops are likely forcing Microsoft to optimize Windows.

Tom’s Hardware · Aug 1