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With Apple's new iPhone lineup arriving and starting storage now set at 256GB, buyers face the usual question of whether that capacity will last. Analysts note 256GB can hold roughly 70,000 photos, enough for most casual users, but heavy 4K video recording or large AAA games can eat through that space quickly.
Kaleidescape has announced the Compact Terra Prime, a 246TB SSD-based media server aimed at ultra-luxury home theaters, likely priced above $150,000. Built with two 123TB enterprise SSDs in the same chassis as its Strato V player, it can store thousands of movies and stream up to 25 simultaneous 4K feeds. The system pairs with Kaleidescape's proprietary movie store, which sells uncompressed master-quality film transfers exceeding typical 4K Blu-ray quality.
Microsoft has launched Project Zenith, a stripped-down version of Windows 11 aimed at AI developers, requiring at least 64GB of unified memory and 250GB/s memory bandwidth. It will debut on AMD's Ryzen AI Halo hardware, a rival to Nvidia's DGX Spark, before expanding to other OEM devices, and ships preloaded with tools like VS Code, GitHub Copilot, Python, WSL, and .NET 10 already configured for coding.
The AMD BC-250 is a leftover PlayStation 5 APU that failed console binning standards and was instead sold on mining server boards built by ASRock. With mainstream GPU mining now unprofitable, these boards have flooded the secondhand market for roughly $70-$100, giving hobbyists a full single-board PC with 6 Zen 2 cores, 24 RDNA 2 compute units, and 16GB of shared GDDR6 memory.
A federal court has accelerated the timeline for finalizing Apple's $250 million settlement over false-advertising claims tied to delayed Apple Intelligence and Siri features. Apple had agreed in May to pay eligible buyers of iPhone 15 and 16 models between $25 and $95 per device after customers alleged the company advertised AI capabilities that weren't actually available at launch. The court's latest order, issued August 13, pushes forward the final approval hearing originally scheduled months later.
T-Mobile is quietly offering a Super Essentials Saver plan for $25 a month, which matches the features of its standard $50 Essentials plan, including unlimited 5G data, 50GB of premium high-speed data, and unlimited hotspot use. The offer is limited to new customers who sign up in person at Walmart, capped at two lines, excludes taxes and fees, and comes with no multi-line discount.
Leaked images on Notebookcheck and Instagram reveal upcoming Casio G-Shock GMC-2500 (steel) and GAC-2500 (resin) watches featuring pronounced side shoulders reminiscent of Patek Philippe's Nautilus. The resin GAC-2500 line reportedly draws design cues from the original 1983 DW-5000C, while Casio has not confirmed pricing, specs or release date and declined to comment when asked by WIRED.
New industry data shows token usage for AI models has surged more than 25-fold over the past year, doubling in just the last month, even as per-token costs for high-intelligence models continue to fall. Mid-tier models from providers like Google and Meta are now delivering roughly 90% of the capability of pricier flagship systems such as Anthropic's Claude Opus at around one-sixth the cost, intensifying competition on what analysts call the 'Pareto Frontier' of price versus intelligence.
South Korean gaming company Krafton will invest an additional $250 million in India over the next three to four years, expanding beyond gaming into artificial intelligence, robotics, and deep tech. This brings its total planned India investment past $500 million, on top of a separate $670 million India-focused growth fund launched with Naver and Mirae Asset.
A guide details how owners of the LG C5 OLED, running webOS 25, can restore 5 GHz Wi-Fi that is disabled by the TV's Middle East regional configuration. By enabling LG Developer Mode and using the upstream lg-geolock-bypass script over SSH from a Windows 11 PC, one user switched the set's area code from a Middle East profile to a European one with the country set to Germany, which unlocked 5 GHz connectivity without root access or a firmware update.
Dell has unveiled the Alienware AW2527HX QD-OLED monitor, a 25-inch display with a 560Hz refresh rate and 0.03ms gray-to-gray response time, making it the quickest monitor the company has built. The panel was developed with input from esports organization Team Liquid and features 99% DCI-P3 color coverage, infinite contrast, V-stripe subpixels, and a matte anti-glare coating. It supports DisplayPort 2.1 and NVIDIA G-Sync, includes a telescopic stand, narrow bezels, a rear headset hanger, and a 3-year warranty covering OLED burn-in, with launch expected in early 2027.
According to leaker Roland Quandt, Samsung's upcoming Galaxy A18 will offer 128GB and 256GB storage configurations and come in Light Blue, Black, and Silver colorways. The leak follows earlier CAD renders in July that showed the phone's design staying close to its predecessor's look.