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The average smartphone will get more storage in 2026, despite price hikes (androidauthority.com)

2026-03-24 | get Samsung 512GB EVO Plus SSD → | tags: smartphone storage, nand flash, android authority

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Report: AI requirements could push higher smartphone storage in 2026 amid supply constraints (9to5mac.com)

2026-03-23 | by Marcus Mendes | get Smartphone Storage Expansion Kit → | tags: nand flash, apple, huawei

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Apple’s most affordable laptop gets a DIY storage boost, but it’s not for the faint of heart (androidauthority.com)

2026-03-17 | get MacBook Air SSD Upgrade Kit → | tags: macbook neo, apple a18 pro, nand chip

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YouTuber upgrades MacBook Neo to 1TB, posts ASMR video of the process (9to5mac.com)

2026-03-17 | by Marcus Mendes | get MacBook Pro 1TB SSD Upgrade Kit → | tags: apple, macbook neo, nand

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Samsung ends Galaxy Z TriFold sales three months after launch (engadget.com)

2026-03-16 | get Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 Case → | tags: samsung, galaxy z trifold, dram

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Apple's MacBook Neo modded to a 1 TB SSD, breaking the firm's 512 GB barrier — base 256 GB model gets modded in expert NAND swap surgery (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-15 | by Hassam Nasir | get MacBook Neo SSD Upgrade Kit → | tags: macbook neo, nand swap, apple

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How to protect yourself from bad external SSDs during the PC hardware apocalypse – newer drives will definitely cost more, and some may offer up shockingly poor performance (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-13 | by Matt Safford | get SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD → | tags: external ssd, ai hyperscalers, orico drive

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2026 PC shipment forecast slashed amid memory shortages — IDC says total PC market value to nonetheless increase to $274 billion due to ongoing price hikes (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-13 | by Anton Shilov | get Dell Inspiron 15 Laptop → | tags: pc shipments, memory shortages, apple

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The uncomfortable truth about hybrid vehicles (theverge.com)

2026-03-08 | by Andrew J. Hawkins | get Electric Motor → | tags: hybrid vehicles, semper vivus, toyota prius

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Data Has Weight but Only on SSDs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-04 | by .Wp-Block-Post-Author-Name Box-Sizing Border-Box | get Solid State Drive → | tags: ssds, nand flash, linux

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RAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials for HP PCs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-26 | get RAM → | tags: ram shortage, dram, nand

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RAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials for HP PCs (arstechnica.com)

2026-02-25 | get Display → | tags: ram shortage, dram, nand

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9to5Mac Overtime 059: Starts with Air ends with Power (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-13 | by Jeff Benjamin | get AirPower → | tags: apple, features, fernando

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9to5Mac Overtime 058: Give me your phone (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-07 | by Jeff Benjamin | get iPhone → | tags: apple, benjamin, favorite

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AI infrastructure surge begins squeezing Apple’s component costs — company considering supplier other than TSMC for lower-end chips, report claims (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-02 | by Luke James | get Smartphone → | tags: apple, costs, iphone

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SanDisk stock price jumps by 1,500% in almost a year — growth fueled by strong demand from AI data centers and enterprise clients, consumer revenue also up by 52% (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-31 | by Jowi Morales | get CloudDrive → | tags: chips, increase, memory

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Micron starts building new 3D NAND fab in Singapore – Fab 10B promises to more than double the company's local flash production capacity (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-28 | by Anton Shilov | get NAND → | tags: facility, micron, nand

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9to5Mac Overtime 056: Powered by Google Gemini (9to5mac.com)

2026-01-25 | by Jeff Benjamin | get Google Gemini → | tags: apple, benjamin, cleaner

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High-bandwidth flash progress and future (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-21 | by Chris Mellor | get Memory → | tags: hynix, nand, sk hynix

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9to5Mac Overtime 055: Yet another subscription?! (9to5mac.com)

2026-01-14 | by Jeff Benjamin | get Apple Music → | tags: apple, case, fernando

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Animal Crossing’s big 3.0 update has fans itching to return to the cozy life (theverge.com)

2026-01-14 | by Ash Parrish | get NFTs → | tags: animal, animal crossing, crossing

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9to5Mac Overtime 054: How’s it better than AltaVista? (9to5mac.com)

2026-01-09 | by Jeff Benjamin | get Search Engine → | tags: apple, benjamin, cleaner

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Micro Center lists 8TB WD_Black SSD at $2,419 MSRP, real price tag up 50% since October — pricing surges on high-capacity SSDs in response to AI demand (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-29 | by Jake Roach | get WD Black → | tags: center, listed, micro

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Micro Center puts up 8TB WD_Black SSD at $2,419 MSRP, real price tag up 50% since October — pricing surges on high-capacity SSDs in response to AI demand (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-29 | by Jake Roach | get WD Black → | tags: center, listed, micro

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Apple’s App Course Runs $20,000 a Student. Is It Really Worth It? (wired.com)

2025-12-24 | by Paresh Dave | get E-learning Platform → | tags: academy, apple, coding

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Micron Says Memory Shortage Will 'Persist' Beyond 2026 (slashdot.org)

2025-12-18 | by Posted | get Memory → | tags: billion, demand, dram

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Kioxia's next-gen 3D NAND production gets expedited to 2026, report claims — high-capacity 332-layer BiCS10 devices to sate growing demand from AI data centers (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-17 | by Anton Shilov | get BiCS10 → | tags: array, high, kioxia

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Why a 17-Year-Old Built an AI Model to Expose Deepfake Maps (darkreading.com)

2025-12-16 | by Joan Goodchild | get Deepfake Maps → | tags: anand, geospatial, imagery

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Don't wait if you're planning to upgrade your RAM or SSD, Kingston rep warns — says 'prices will continue to go up,' NAND costs up 246% (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-16 | by Jowi Morales | get NAND → | tags: crandall, kingston, memory

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Apple’s AI chief paid the price for the company’s stalled progress (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-02 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: ai company, ai devices, apple