Daily Tech News 4 May 2026

• Utah has decided to make it a crime to use VPNs to bypass age verification checks. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Since anyone can set up a VPN of their own in minutes using open source software and any of a thousand cloud service providers, and tear it down right after leaving no trace of its existence, this is stereotypical malicious idiocy.
  
  So of course the UK and France are pushing similar legislations as fast as they can.

• Microsoft now recommends 32GB of RAM as a practical minimum for running games. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  That's 2GB for the game and 30GB for Windows.
  
  
  
• Anthropic is looking to buy new inference chips from British startup Fractile that don't use DRAM. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  These are specialised devices that store their data in on-chip static RAM rather than in a large pool of DRAM. But they can't perform tasks that require a large memory pool.
  
  
  
• Why TUIs are back. (Alcides Fonseca)
  
  TUI here stands for terminal user interface - what everyone had before GUIs.
  
  Also what NetHack used (and still uses).
  
  
  
• The text mode lie: Why modern TUIs are a nightmare for accessibility. (Xogium)
  
  The keyword here is modern. The same developers who crapped up the web have turned their attention to the text console with predictable results.
  
  
  
• Micron's CEO says that the memory situation is going to improve. (WCCFTech)
  
  For him, not for you. You're still screwed.
  
  
  
• Leaked documents reveal that the EU wants to force a merger of Bluesky and Twitter. (Gript)
  
  That would be hilarious.

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