Samsung will earn more profit in 2026 than it did over the previous 40 years combined thanks to the AI boom
Samsung is maximizing profit in the AI era
Sony clarifies that it will still make PlayStation discs after 2028, just not for new games
Publishers will be able to reorder existing disc releases, but post-2028 games are still going digital-only
Tesla launches a longer six-seat Model Y to replace the Model X for many buyers
The Model Y Long Wheelbase adds a third row, captain chairs, and 325 miles of range
Bending Spoons bought Vimeo, Evernote, and AOL instead of chasing AI, it just had a $25.7 billion IPO
Can old Internet brands still make billions?
Microsoft's new EU disclosure shows exactly how tech giants separate profits from where the work happens
Microsoft booked 40% of its profits in Ireland, where only 3% of its employees work
Lenovo laptops are now shipping with YMTC SSDs, a sign of Chinese NAND entering the mainstream
Chinese-made SSDs are starting to appear in ordinary laptops
The US now has three microreactors running – and data centers are watching closely
DOE-backed microreactors from Deployable, Antares, and Valar Atomics have now all reached criticality
Amazon's satellite internet service is finally ready for real users – sort of
Amazon Leo begins commercial rollout with 396 satellites, targeting Starlink's early 2020 beta performance
Jensen Huang's signed leather jacket could sell for up to $60,000 at charity auction
The auction estimate puts Huang's jacket in the same ballpark as some Nvidia AI hardware
In brief: These days Jensen Huang is better known for turning Nvidia from a beloved gaming company into a somewhat disliked AI supercorporation. But he used to get a lot of attention for his leather jacket. Now, one of those famed items of clothing is going up for auction, and it's expected to raise $40,000 to $60,000 – for charity, of course.
US homeowners installed a record amount of battery storage this year, and it's reshaping the grid
Home batteries are becoming a serious power source for utilities and AI data centers
iFixit is creating a repairability scoring standard for US electronics
A voluntary standard could give shoppers and lawmakers a clearer way to judge how fixable a device really is
Singapore charges two people over a scheme to smuggle Nvidia chips to China through a $42 million property deal
Singapore accounts for 28% of Nvidia's revenue but only 1% of its GPU shipments
Meta is using old DDR4 memory in DDR5-only AI servers to save on hardware costs
Cutting corners: Faced with rising memory costs, Meta says it is reusing old DDR4 RAM in its servers rather than buying new hardware. The company revealed this week that it is repurposing DDR4 memory from decommissioned servers into its new DDR5-only machines, using a custom CXL ASIC that avoids the compatibility issues and major latency penalties that typically come with mixing memory generations. The design reportedly cuts AI inference server count by up to 25% and reduces job-restart and fragmentation overhead by 33%.
OpenAI may give the US government a 5% stake, following Trump's Intel playbook
Altman frames it as a national investment in AI, not just a regulatory truce
Dell just overtook HP as the top PC maker in the US as the entire market shrinks
US PC shipments just had their worst quarter since 2023, and AI-driven memory prices are to blame
Google just lost its final appeal over Android, $4.7 billion EU fine stands
The EU's top court found Google forced phone makers to bundle Search and Chrome to access the Play Store
Intel raises prices on the Core Ultra 200S Plus CPUs people actually liked
Intel's most recommendable recent CPUs have become less recommendable
Former PlayStation exec says PC ports were about marketing, not money – and Sony's new leadership disagrees
PC gamers were never going to buy a new PlayStation console anyway
SpaceX offers half-price Starlink to Memphis residents while facing a lawsuit over data center's pollution
Cheaper internet, same emissions concerns
Apple's fight with Epic over App Store fees reaches the Supreme Court
The justices will decide whether Apple's 27% external-payment fee amounted to compliance or contempt
More companies are rehiring workers they replaced with AI after automation fails to deliver
Ford, IBM, and Commonwealth Bank are among the firms discovering that AI cannot always replace human
The Comcast-NBCUniversal split is about betting on data centers over cable, and gaming over TV
Executives see gaming as a potential growth engine
Fox apologizes after Mr. Wonderful accuses data center opponents of China ties
A not-so-wonderful apology
RAM prices expected to rise another 40-50% in Q3 2026, and then 30% more in Q4 as AI demand outpaces supply
Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron have been sued for price-fixing before. Now it's happening again
Winners & losers: The memory shortages pushing consumer electronics prices higher are expected to worsen through the rest of this year and into 2027, with possible relief not arriving until 2028. While manufacturers and industry analysts largely attribute the spike to AI infrastructure demand, a new California lawsuit accuses the three companies that dominate DRAM and NAND production of conspiring to exploit those conditions and artificially inflate prices.
Big Tech's $8 trillion AI bet is making consoles, cars, and electricity more expensive for everyone else
The cost of artificial intelligence is now showing up in the inflation data