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Le Creuset has released a limited-edition Star Trek collection, developed after the cookware maker approached Paramount years ago, timed to the franchise's 60th anniversary. The lineup includes a $68 communicator-shaped cheese grater, a $40 Spock oven mitt, a $500 Enterprise-themed casserole pot, and a $450 Klingon casserole dish, all featuring show-inspired details and engravings.
Rising memory chip prices driven by the AI boom are pushing up the cost of new smartphones, even as many flagship models already exceed $1,000. This is prompting consumers who damage their phones to weigh repair costs, often under a few hundred dollars, against the appeal of new features found only in devices like the Pixel 11 and iPhone 17.
New housing data shows list prices falling across 36 of the 50 largest U.S. metro areas as autumn approaches, with Austin, Tampa, and Memphis registering the steepest drops. The pace and severity of price cuts vary widely by region, forcing many sellers to lower their expectations.
The national average price for regular gasoline reached its highest point ever recorded for a Labor Day weekend, driven by ongoing refinery disruptions and continued instability tied to the Iran conflict. Despite the record for this specific holiday period, prices remain below the all-time high of $5.02 per gallon reached in June 2022.
A shopper known as @whateversunnyfinds bought a $30 Asus Hyper M.2 x16 Gen 4 expansion card at Kuwait City's Souq-al-Juma flea market and discovered three 2TB Samsung 980 Pro SSDs concealed beneath its heatsink. Each drive currently retails for roughly $400-$500, meaning the find could be worth $1,300-$1,500 despite one of the card's four M.2 slots being empty.
Apple's upcoming iPhone launch is expected to carry higher prices, driven by a persistent global shortage of memory chips. Industry data shows hundreds of companies flagging memory costs and shortages last quarter, reversing decades of falling memory prices that once let devices grow more powerful without becoming pricier.
Safari now includes a Notify Me tool that lets users describe custom conditions, such as a price drop or restocked item, and get alerted when those conditions are met. The feature is accessed through the address bar menu, works on iPhone, iPad and Mac, and lets users choose how often it checks for changes.
Corsair is offering discounts of up to 23% on its Vengeance RGB DDR5-6400 memory kits in 32GB and 64GB capacities. The 64GB kit uses four 16GB modules running at DDR5-6400 with 32-40-40-84 timings and 1.4V, while the 32GB kit shares the same specs and comes in white, black, and RGB variants. All kits support Intel XMP and are backed by Corsair's limited lifetime warranty.
The Department of Justice has widened its investigation into surging beef prices to include eight large grocery and retail chains, among them Walmart, Costco, Aldi and Publix. Investigators are examining how pricing decisions across these retailers may have contributed to the sharp rise in beef costs for consumers.
Personal computer manufacturers are shipping fewer units but charging more per device, and the strategy is currently paying off financially. The shift is being driven by a shortage of memory chips, whose prices have surged due to massive demand from AI infrastructure buildouts.
Diesel prices in the United States climbed to an unprecedented average of $5.85 a gallon on Friday, driven by disruptions to global fuel supplies stemming from the six-month conflict with Iran. Regular gasoline also rose, averaging $4.15 a gallon, though still below its 2022 record, according to AAA data.
Jon Peddie Research says standalone graphics processor shipments for consumer PCs rose 12.2% quarter-over-quarter and 14.1% year-over-year in Q2 2026, even as component shortages pushed prices higher and overall CPU shipments fell. Notebook GPU shipments jumped 16.8% sequentially while desktop GPU shipments slipped 4%, with AMD picking up market share in the process.