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Joined October 2008
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Windows 11 8GB RAM configurations get a performance boost — As AI demand keeps pushing prices up, Microsoft says Windows is now 20% more responsive, multitasking 40% faster on memory-constrained machines tomshardware.com/software/wi…
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Apple faces unprecedented memory cost increases as RAM prices continue to surge, manufacturing bill climbs by $33 billion — rising component expenses threaten margins through the holiday quarter and into 2027 tomshardware.com/pc-componen…
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Nvidia tells data center operators to limit business from Chinese customers with new global restrictions, report claims — allegedly restricted to 49% of the total, ensuring 51% are non-Chinese outfits tomshardware.com/tech-indust…
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Google reveals new Gemini 4 Carbon AI model, narrowly beating Claude Opus 5.5 — frontier AI model is also the least likely to hallucinate, benchmarks claim tomshardware.com/tech-indust…
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Chinese survey ship loitering near undersea cable ignores Philippine demands to withdraw — evasive action point to growing PRC threats to data lines in the Pacific tomshardware.com/tech-indust…
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AI chip smugglers exploit trade control loophole to bring banned HBM from South Korea into China — expensive memory chips packaged with cheap, unsanctioned processors to become legal exports tomshardware.com/tech-indust…
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Developer manages to run Windows 11 26H2 with just 128MB of RAM, just 3.1% of recommended minimum — stripped-down installation can access Desktop, File Explorer, and Notepad tomshardware.com/software/wi…
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