Palworld is going quiet as Pocketpair takes an iron to its ‘quirks and jank,’ with full release planned for 2026

It’s easy to forget amid the enormous success, Nintendo court cases, and that time its dev started a publisher, but Palworld isn’t even really out yet. The game’s been in early access since its release almost two years ago—1.0 remaining eternally on the horizon. But that horizon draws nearer. In an update published today to…

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AI cloud companies have guzzled up so much HDD storage that they might be coming for our SSDs next

Oh the times they are a-changin’. A few years ago, I don’t think I’d have predicted that HDDs, of all things, would be selling out, but here we are. According to TrendForce’s investigations, “nearline” HDDs are “facing severe supply shortages”, which is pushing cloud providers towards QLC SSDs. Nearline HDDs are ones used for infrequently…

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