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It’s not just the RAM crisis PC users have to worry about — a new report suggests there’s a new motherboard crisis on the cards

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The RAM crisis has reportedly resulted in a motherboard manufacturer crisis, according to DigitimesDigitimes’ report suggests motherboard shipments have plummeted for four major Taiwanese manufacturersConsumers no longer have the incentive to buy motherboards for new PC builds due to unaffordable RAM kitsThe AI boom and ongoing economic struggles continue to leave the PC hardware market…

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Nintendo announces price hike for Switch 2 handheld, and I don’t think anyone should be surprised

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Nintendo announced the Switch 2’s price will increase in the US, Canada, Europe, and JapanIt will now cost $499.99, effective from September 1, 2026All Switch hardware prices will increase in Japan, including Nintendo Switch Online subscriptionsNintendo has held strong amid the memory crisis, successfully avoiding price hikes for its Switch 2 hardware — but all…

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Anthropic’s Mythos AI System Might Actually Create More Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities

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gguy/Shutterstock Anthropic, the company behind the popular AI assistant Claude, is now testing an unreleased version of its frontier AI model: Claude Mythos Preview. It’s currently only available to select tech firms, but findings have shown that it has the potential to create numerous cybersecurity vulnerabilities when it is released to the world. According to Anthropic,…

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The RAMpocalypse has made most mainstream memory kits super-expensive — but Chinese RAM can be an exception

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Chinese RAM is available on AliExpress and other third-party sellers at slightly cheaper pricesNot all options are cheaper than mainstream RAM kits in the west, thoughThis is not a solution to the RAM crisis, but it’s an alternative some people may want to exploreThe RAM crisis feels relentless for consumers looking to buy PC memory,…

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There’s good and bad news on RAM pricing — but I’ll take anything vaguely optimistic at this point

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DDR5 RAM prices appear to be dropping in EuropePrice tags have eased by around 10% to 15%, albeit that evidence is a limited snapshot of the marketOn the downside, Chinese RAM — which some hoped would be an affordable alternative — isn’t looking so goodThere’s a hopeful sign that RAM prices might be finally dropping…

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Google Is Paying Android Users $135 Million – Here’s How To Check Your Eligibility

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Cheng Xin/Getty Images Google has been under fire, facing allegations that mobile devices with its operating system transmitted data to the company without user permission. To close this case, Google reached a $135 million settlement, though the company denies any wrongdoing. However, if you use an eligible device, you might actually be entitled to some…

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‘There’s no way around it’ — Lenovo warns another price hike beckons and pushes partners to panic buy

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Lenovo has warned its partners of March price hikes for select productsThe price hikes are a result of the ongoing RAM crisisLenovo is yet another company to be hit by the RAM crisis in 2026The RAM crisis is spiraling out of control, with multiple PC hardware manufacturers, companies, and resellers forced to implement price hikes…

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Dell and Lenovo laptops with Nvidia CPUs could be here in a few months — but I wouldn’t bank on it

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New rumor suggests laptops with Nvidia’s new CPUs could arrive in the first half of 2026These are the long-rumored N1 and N1X processors, which are Arm-basedThere’ll be notebooks from Dell and Lenovo, plus other vendors, tooIf you’re wondering when laptops will start shipping with Nvidia’s new Arm CPU inside, the latest rumor suggests the initial…

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‘Linux is going to prime time for PCs. This is just a clue’: Nvidia looks set to make its GPU drivers better in Linux

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A couple of new job adverts from Nvidia have been spotted They are for software engineers to work on Nvidia GPU drivers in LinuxIt’s a hint that Nvidia is getting more serious about making Linux a better alternative for PC gamers — though there’s speculation it could be about something else, tooThere are some exciting…

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Faster video RAM we might see in Nvidia RTX 6000 GPUs – or even RTX 5000 Super refreshes – just turned up

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Micron has unveiled faster new GDDR7 video memoryIt runs at 36Gbps compared to 32Gbps for the initial incarnation of GDDR7This memory also comes in 3GB modules rather than 2GB, which is an important step forward for graphics card VRAM capacityMicron has released a new type of GDDR7 memory for graphics cards, which is the firm’s…

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