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Do not send to know for whom the memory shortage tolls. (WCCFTech)

Today it's Apple, whose cost for the memory in the iPhone 17 has jumped from $29 to $70.

But doesn't Apple have long-term agreements to lock in costs?

Yes. Yes they do. Some of those agreements are expiring in January.

Others expired this month.
Former Samsung executives and employees have been hit with criminal charges for leaking trade secrets on memory production to Chinese memory manufacturer CXMT. (WCCFTech)

Cool. I mean, tut tut, don't do that again.

Tech News

Intel's new Fab 52 plant in Arizona is larger and more advanced than TSMC's Fab 21, also in Arizona. (Tom's Hardware)

It does not produce memory, though.
The launch of the PlayStation 6 and the Steam Machine could be delayed by soaring memory prices. (Notebook Check)

Ya think?
How AI broke the smart home in 2025. (The Verge) (archive site)

When all you have is an LLM, everything looks like a chat room.
This morning, I asked my Alexa-enabled Bosch coffee machine to make me a coffee. Instead of running my routine, it told me it couldn't do that. Ever since I upgraded to Alexa Plus, Amazon's generative-AI-powered voice assistant, it has failed to reliably run my coffee routine, coming up with a different excuse almost every time I ask.

It's 2025, and AI still can't reliably control my smart home. I'm beginning to wonder if it ever will.
You know what this reminds me of?
Tech Enthusiasts: Everything in my house is wired to the Internet of Things! I control it all from my smartphone! My smart-house is Bluetooth enabled and I can give it voice commands via Alexa! I love the future!

Programmers / Engineers: The most recent piece of technology I own is a printer from 2004 and I keep a loaded gun ready to shoot it if it ever makes an unexpected noise.
And a second gun to shoot the first one if worse comes to worst.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: If not food, why food shaped?

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