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Businesses finally seeing AI ROI, but 62% can’t handle the storage demands (zdnet.com)

2026-09-18 | by Kayla Solino | get Seagate Exos enterprise hard drive → | tags: ai storage demands, seagate technology, data infrastructure readiness report

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AI-induced memory shortage is changing how devices are built, Fairphone says memory now 60% of materials cost — smaller laptop and phone makers are redesigning products and have to test for fake chips (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-16 | by Kunal Khullar | get Fairphone 5 unlocked smartphone → | tags: fairphone, memory shortage, sk hynix

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AI-induced Memory shortage is changing how devices are built, Fairphone says memory now 60% of materials cost — smaller laptop and phone makers are redesigning products and have to test for fake chips (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-16 | by Kunal Khullar | get Fairphone 5 unlocked smartphone → | tags: memory shortage, fairphone, sk hynix

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Phone makers ditched 3.5mm for USB-C, but which one offers better audio quality? (engadget.com)

2026-09-14 | by Thomas Godwin | get Sony MDR-7506 headphones → | tags: usb-c, iphone 15, pixel 2

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Space debris is multiplying, so satellite makers are building better ways to survive a hit (techspot.com)

2026-09-10 | by Skye Jacobs | get Celestron NexStar 130SLT telescope → | tags: space debris, low earth orbit, odin space

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Smartphone makers don't bother to comply with EU repairability requirements (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-07 | by Dan Robinson | get iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit → | tags: right to repair europe, eu repairability rules, smartphones

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Computer Makers Are Selling Fewer PCs at Higher Prices. So Far, It’s Working (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-09-04 | get Crucial DDR5 32GB desktop RAM kit → | tags: computer makers, pcs, memory chips

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The Best Label Makers (2026): Brother, Niimbot, Dymo (wired.com)

2026-08-30 | by Alexis Berger | get Brother P-touch PT-D25BT label maker → | tags: brother, niimbot, dymo

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Overcooked? Why robotic pizza makers are failing (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-08-27 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | get Ooni Koda 12 gas pizza oven → | tags: picnic, zume, basil street

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How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-24 | by Alain Pannetrat | tags: arduino, electronz, open-source hardware

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Hardware Makers Implement Post-Quantum Cryptography as Security Threats Near (darkreading.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: post-quantum cryptography, hardware makers, encryption

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PC Partner warns of rising GPU prices and budget card shortages — analyst suggests makers are hiking prices beyond memory costs (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-17 | by Anton Shilov | tags: amd, inno3d, graphics cards

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Laptop Makers Are Desperate to Sell You PCs With 8GB of RAM. Avoid at All Costs (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: dell xps 13, 8gb ram, laptop

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I built a 500k-domain search engine for makers in a weekend for $10 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: search engine, domains, gpu rental

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I Built a 500k-Domain Search Engine for Makers in a Weekend for $10 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: search engine, domain indexing, gpu rental

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YMTC breaks into the top three NAND makers for the first time as AI servers swallow 48% of all flash — Chinese vendor has 14% share, according to research (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-12 | by Luke James | tags: ymtc, nand flash, counterpoint research

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Microsoft raises Windows OEM fees for PC makers by 7% to 10% (techspot.com)

2026-08-11 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: microsoft, windows, pc makers

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Why smartphone makers stopped using removable batteries, and why they're making a comeback (engadget.com)

2026-08-06 | by Mariella Moon | tags: batteries, battery, charge

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The RAM Crisis Is Forcing PC Makers to Team Up With a Company the U.S. Hates (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: anytime, anytime soon, doesn

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The Sound of Inevitability (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | by Brent Donnelly | tags: derivatives, susquehanna, parallax

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Three major PC makers now using Chinese memory to fight 'unprecedented memory shortage,' report claims — HP, Asus, and Acer using 'small amounts' of CXMT chips in limited number of notebooks for non-US market (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Stephen Warwick | tags: cxmt, asus, acer

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DRAM chip supply to module makers could drop by more than 70% year-on-year in 2027, says Apacer CEO — demand for HBM and server RAM continues to devour manufacturing capacity (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-29 | by Etiido Uko | tags: dram, apacer, samsung

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The hacker who humiliated spyware makers and was never caught (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-25 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | tags: finfisher, hacking team, nso group

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How to turn LinkedIn intros into actual interviews (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: linkedin, second-degree connections, hiring decision-makers

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Kode Dot Programmable pocket device for makers, pentesters and geeks (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-12 | tags: basics, begin, begin kode

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Half-Baked Product (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-03 | tags: oven market, pizza makers, pastry chefs

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Google loses final fight over $4.7 billion Android antitrust fine (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-02 | get Android Antitrust Compliance Kit → | tags: google, android, european court of justice

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ZCode: Claude Code from the Makers of GLM (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-01 | get Claude AI Coding Assistant → | tags: zcode, claude code, glm

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Tokyo has only two barley tea makers, we visited one to see how mugicha is made (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-30 | by Casey Baseel | get Barley Tea Maker → | tags: barley tea, mugicha, ogawa sangyo

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White House AI crackdown opens door for Chinese model makers to close gap (cnbc.com)

2026-06-30 | by Samantha Subin | get AI Development Kit → | tags: anthropic, openai, china