Microsoft Is Retconning Windows 11 Memory Recommendations

From ExtremeTech: How times have changed. After previously suggesting that 16GB of RAM should be the baseline for most Windows laptops and desktops, Microsoft has now removed any mention of 32GB from its Learning Center guides, as Windows Latest reports. This comes alongside its re-release of last...

Anthropic Reportedly Wants to Make Its Own AI Chips for Claude

From PC Mag: Following in the footsteps of Google, Meta, Amazon, and OpenAI, Claude developer Anthropic is reportedly building a new team to design its own custom AI chips, Business Insider reports.

For most companies designing their own chips, this solves two key problems: a demand for chips that...

Popular YouTuber Steps Back From Video Creation Over AI Use

From PC Mag: Popular YouTube content creator Hank Green is pulling back from making YouTube videos over what he calls an "unhealthy" relationship with the AI he uses for research.

Green makes science, AI, and comedy videos and has over 3 million YouTube subscribers. He's known for authentic...

SpaceX’s Future Plans Hinge Heavily on Starlink and Grok

From CNET: SpaceX hosted its first-ever public earnings call since its record-breaking IPO on Tuesday. And while billionaire CEO Elon Musk spun a web of lofty promises (as he is wont to do) about a future moon catapult and a space-based economy, it seems the company’s more practical businesses are...

Microsoft May Soon Let You Digitize Your Xbox Game Discs

From PC Mag: Microsoft may quietly be laying the foundation for an all-digital future for Xbox games. A leaked document has revealed that the company is planning to launch a disc-to-digital program this month to help gamers digitize their physical Xbox games.

The program will reportedly let users...

The global memory shortage hits the MacBook Air

From TechCrunch: The global memory chip shortage is affecting the availability of Apple’s most popular Mac, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.

Gurman said the shortage — caused by the demands of chip-hungry AI companies — had already affected Apple’s more niche computers, the Mac mini and Mac...

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