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"This Is What AI And Greed Does" - Video Game 'Preservation Service' Myrient Is Shutting Down
"This Is What AI And Greed Does" - Video Game 'Preservation Service' Myrient Is Shutting Down
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💸 Hetzner: 50% price hike, no fooling, from April 1st
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/24/ai_isnt_done_yet_memoryrelated/
💸 Hetzner: 50% price hike, no fooling, from April 1st
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/24/ai_isnt_done_yet_memoryrelated/
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💹 Hetzner increases prices 30-40%, blaming the current RAM/SSDs shortage.
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Hetzner-increases-prices-from-April-1-11185981.html
💹 Hetzner increases prices 30-40%, blaming the current RAM/SSDs shortage.
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Hetzner-increases-prices-from-April-1-11185981.html
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Nvidia and OpenAI abandon unfinished $100bn deal in favour of $30bn investment // FT
｢ The company has argued that access to computing resources will be the best defence against rivals, and it has made efforts to lock in as much infrastructure and supply of electrical power as possible to meet what executives anticipate will be limitless demand for AI tools ｣
Nvidia and OpenAI abandon unfinished $100bn deal in favour of $30bn investment // FT
｢ The company has argued that access to computing resources will be the best defence against rivals, and it has made efforts to lock in as much infrastructure and supply of electrical power as possible to meet what executives anticipate will be limitless demand for AI tools ｣
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The RAM crunch could kill products and even entire companies
｢ The RAM shortage may affect everything that computing touches over the next several years, as only three companies control 93 percent of the entire DRAM market, and while those three companies are building more facilities, they don’t want to build too fast. All three have decided to prioritize profits instead of risking overproduction that could lose them money later ｣
https://www.theverge.com/tech/881062/ram-shortage-kill-products-companies-phison-ceo-interview
The RAM crunch could kill products and even entire companies
｢ The RAM shortage may affect everything that computing touches over the next several years, as only three companies control 93 percent of the entire DRAM market, and while those three companies are building more facilities, they don’t want to build too fast. All three have decided to prioritize profits instead of risking overproduction that could lose them money later ｣
https://www.theverge.com/tech/881062/ram-shortage-kill-products-companies-phison-ceo-interview
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Valve’s Steam Deck OLED will be ‘intermittently’ out of stock because of the RAM crisis. The PC gaming handheld has been out of stock in the US for a few days.
https://www.theverge.com/games/879845/valve-steam-deck-oled-out-of-stock-memory-storage-ram-crisis
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｢ If the current trend continues, the memory crisis could extend into 2030 or even beyond ｣
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Phison-CEO-warns-of-manufacturer-deaths-and-a-long-crisis-11180146.html
｢ If the current trend continues, the memory crisis could extend into 2030 or even beyond ｣
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Phison-CEO-warns-of-manufacturer-deaths-and-a-long-crisis-11180146.html
Valve’s Steam Deck OLED will be ‘intermittently’ out of stock because of the RAM crisis. The PC gaming handheld has been out of stock in the US for a few days.
https://www.theverge.com/games/879845/valve-steam-deck-oled-out-of-stock-memory-storage-ram-crisis
🚽 Japan’s largest toilet maker is undervalued AI play, says activist investor // FT
｢ Ubiquitous in Japan and now famous across the world, Toto is best known for its heated toilet seats and “Washlet” bidet features. But the manufacturer “has quietly evolved from a traditional domestic sanitary ware champion into a rising powerhouse in advanced ceramics for semiconductor manufacturing”, Palliser said ｣
https://www.ft.com/content/4252e45f-75fb-4dfc-aebe-72de48b7fb8e
Fuck AI and the price gouging RAM makers! #ramshortage
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AI's Insatiable Hunger For RAM Is Going To Play Havoc With The Emulation Handheld Industry In 2026
｢ Emulation handheld maker Retroid is the first to signal the alarm, and has recently announced that it is ending Retroid Pocket 6 pre-order pricing early due to RAM shortages. ｣
