Samsung and other memory manufacturers reportedly leave DDR5 buyers hanging as prices expected to surge 30–50% every quarter from the end of 2025 through the first half of 2026

Memory has been in a weird spot as of late. The increased demands presented by the rise of AI, plus the expansion of data centres, stock shortages, and the winding down of DDR4 have all left the typical gamer caught out in the rain. Adding to this, Samsung was reportedly supposed to have finalised memory…

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Square Enix, Bandai, and other Japanese studios demand OpenAI stop using their content without permission, drop a not-too-subtle hint about legal trouble if it doesn’t

The Content Overseas Distribution Association, a Japanese industry group whose members include Square Enix, Bandai Namco, FromSoftware parent Kadokawa Corporation, and Cygames, has issued a formal notice to OpenAI demanding that it stop using its members content to train its Sora 2 video generation tool without permission. In a way, it feels like this was…

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After the Saudi-backed EA buyout, OG Sims director says diversity isn’t just ‘critical,’ it’s ‘existential for the business’: ‘Love is love and people are people’

The future of EA has looked, well, uncertain since it got picked up in the biggest leveraged buyout in private equity history. For one thing, it’s now on the hook for $20 billion in debt. For another, the buyout came from a group of investors that included Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Affinity Partners—founded…

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Where to find Rusted Tools in Arc Raiders

Arc Raiders has a boatload of materials for you to loot topside, and while most of them say what they’re used for, Rusted Tools certainly do not. They’re considered a rare recyclable material, and that’s likely what you’ve done if you’ve found some already, and now you’re frantically searching for more upon the grave realisation…

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