It looks like more memory price hikes may soon be on the way, as Samsung and SK Hynix reportedly inform customers of yet another DRAM price increase

If you were looking for good news surrounding the ongoing memory crisis, you’ve clicked on the wrong article. According to South Korean news outlet SEDaily, its sources have informed it that both Samsung and SK Hynix have notified their customers of another second-quarter DRAM price increase, and are currently entering into price negotiations. Smaller customers…

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UK games collector raided by police after purchasing £10,000 worth of hardware, including old dev kits, disposed of by Sega

Preserving videogame history is no easy feat. Besides the ephemeral nature of digital downloads these days, a significant obstacle over the decades has been the interests of corporate entities as they seek to protect their intellectual property. For example, a London-based collector was raided by the police last year after he purchased dev kits reportedly…

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Microsoft banned the word ‘Microslop’ in its Copilot Discord server, then began restricting access after users started posting ‘Microsl0p’ and other funnies

I’m sure I’m not the first person to tell you that “Microslop” is rapidly becoming internet vernacular for Microsoft’s Copilot-based, AI efforts. Some would say that the appropriate MS response to this term would be to simply ignore it. However, according to Windows Latest, Microsoft has instead been fighting what looks suspiciously like a losing…

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Battlefield 6 explains how its Javelin anticheat system works—and it kind of boils down to ‘just trust me bro’

Battlefield Studios updates players on the success of Battlefield 6’s anticheat EA Javelin every so often, with its last report revealing that over 580,000 attempts at cheating were stopped. But some players have queried how the devs would know what percentage of cheaters have been foiled when the most successful perpetrators can’t be found. It’s…

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