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Big Tech’s AI-fueled memory shortage is set to be the PC industry’s defining story for 2026 and beyond. Standalone, direct-to-consumer RAM kits were some of the first products to feel the bite, with ...

High-capacity DDR5 prices quadrupled within weeks during the quarter of 2025 Both DDR5-5600 and DDR5-6000 moved in lockstep despite different specifications Early 2026 data indicate that sharp weekly ...

WhatsApp's new web app has frustrated a lot of desktop users. Although it allows faster feature rollouts, it does not mean that it won't come with a costly caveat. Unfortunately, the new app consumes ...

Nintendo's president says a recent increase in the price of RAM has "no immediate impact" on the company's earnings, but he believes it's something it "must monitor closely." Shuntaro Furukawa spoke ...

This year, there won't be enough memory to meet worldwide demand because powerful AI chips made by the likes of Nvidia, AMD and Google need so much of it. Prices for computer memory, or RAM, are ...

The price of RAM has been rising sharply in recent months, mainly due to the growing demand from artificial intelligence technologies. This situation has affected multiple industries, including gaming ...

Console manufacturers are reportedly debating whether or not to delay the launch of the next generation of hardware, in hopes that the sharply increased prices of RAM will come back down, as RAM ...

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For now, it’s only available to those in the Insider preview program. The core of the fix is about working smarter, not harder: Microsoft wants to stop File Explorer from performing the same indexing ...

DDR5 memory prices remain high, and relief doesn’t appear to be coming anytime soon. With demand from AI servers and data centers soaking up supply, some analysts believe tight conditions could last ...