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RAMageddon has come for Microsoft’s Surface Pro and Surface Laptop

RAMageddon has come for Microsoft’s Surface Pro and Surface Laptop

Microsoft just raised the prices across its line of Surface devices amid the global RAM shortage. Now, the 13-inch Surface Pro 11 and the 13.8-inch Surface Laptop 7 cost $500 more than their original starting price, going from $999 to $1,499, as reported earlier by Windows Central. Last year, Microsoft stopped selling the $999 versions of the Surface Pro 11 and the 13.8-inch Surface Laptop 7 in favor of the $1,199 models with more storage. At the time, it seemed like Microsoft was trying to make room for the cheaper 12-inch Surface Pro and 13-inch Surface Laptop that launched last May. However, these newer devices aren't safe from the pric … Read the full story at The Verge.

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Hacker News

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AI

RAMageddon has come for Microsoft’s Surface Pro and Surface Laptop

RAMageddon has come for Microsoft’s Surface Pro and Surface Laptop

Microsoft just raised the prices across its line of Surface devices amid the global RAM shortage. Now, the 13-inch Surface Pro 11 and the 13.8-inch Surface Laptop 7 cost $500 more than their original starting price, going from $999 to $1,499, as reported earlier by Windows Central. Last year, Microsoft stopped selling the $999 versions of the Surface Pro 11 and the 13.8-inch Surface Laptop 7 in favor of the $1,199 models with more storage. At the time, it seemed like Microsoft was trying to make room for the cheaper 12-inch Surface Pro and 13-inch Surface Laptop that launched last May. However, these newer devices aren't safe from the pric … Read the full story at The Verge.

Marine Animals in the Strait of Hormuz Don’t Get a Ceasefire

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AI influencers are ‘everywhere’ at Coachella

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Linux

'Job seekers have to be detectives': 3 signs that listing is a scam

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I see why Ubuntu 26.04 is more than just a performance bump for thrill-seeking gamers

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Crypto

Bitcoin erases weekend decline, returns to $73,400 as oil retreats back under $100

Bitcoin erases weekend decline, returns to $73,400 as oil retreats back under $100

Risk assets shrugged off the failed weekend negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, and the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

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White House crypto adviser Witt says other Clarity Act hurdles being cleared

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U.S. SEC says software allowing crypto wallet transactions not considered broker

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Crypto exchange Kraken targeted in extortion attempt but says there was no breach and no client funds at risk

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Technology

The state of social media and Silicon Valley with Mike Solana and Nate Silver

The state of social media and Silicon Valley with Mike Solana and Nate Silver

Full episode here.

Sunrise on the Reaping teaser brings us a Second Quarter Quell

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IBM folds to Trump anti-DEI push, admits no misconduct but pays $17M penalty

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You can make a multicolor MacBook Neo out of Apple’s spare parts

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BYD’s Fastest-Charging Car in the World Is Astonishing—in Good and Bad Ways

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Development

What It Really Means to Be Cloud-Native: A Practical Checklist

What It Really Means to Be Cloud-Native: A Practical Checklist

The term "cloud-native" has been diluted by marketing. Here's what it actually means and the honest checklist to find out where your stack stands.

Moth Delusion

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Azuma-zi’s Machine Cult

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Tools

Home Depot Spring Black Friday (2026): Best Tool and Grill Deals

Home Depot Spring Black Friday (2026): Best Tool and Grill Deals

Home Depot's spring sale offers deals on some of WIRED's favorite grills, plus "buy one get one free" deals on tools from Ryobi, DeWalt, and Milwaukee.

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Startups

The VC Funding Party Is Over

The VC Funding Party Is Over

The glory days of venture capital are winding down, leaving in their wake a host of overstuffed tech firms and a bear market ready to maul.

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World News

Pope Leo Denounces The 'Delusion Of Omnipotence' He Says Fuels The U.S.-Israeli War In Iran

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Our World in Data

Many countries are “leapfrogging” landlines and going straight to mobile phones

Many countries are “leapfrogging” landlines and going straight to mobile phones

The concept of “leapfrogging” is popular in development. It suggests that, as they develop, lower-income countries can skip intermediate technologies or systems and go straight to the modern equivalent.One example of this is the use of landlines and mobile phones.The landline telephone was invented in 1876 and became a dominant form of communication across Europe and North America. As you can see in the chart, it was increasingly adopted in the United States and the United Kingdom throughout the 20th century.However, mobile phone adoption increased rapidly in the 1990s, and landlines have declined since the millennium. Mobile phones have become a substitute.But many countries have almost skipped landline adoption entirely. Ghana and Nigeria are good examples: landline subscriptions have remained extremely low, and instead, mobile phone adoption has exploded.Explore landline and mobile subscriptions in more countries.

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Cybersecurity

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Open Source

Microsoft is testing OpenClaw-like AI bots for Copilot

Microsoft is testing OpenClaw-like AI bots for Copilot

Microsoft is looking into ways it can integrate OpenClaw-style features into its Copilot AI assistant, according to a report from The Information. The test reportedly comes as part of efforts to make Microsoft 365 Copilot "run autonomously around the clock" while completing tasks on behalf of users. Omar Shahine, Microsoft's corporate vice president, confirmed to The Information that the company is "exploring the potential of technologies like OpenClaw in an enterprise context." OpenClaw is an open-source platform that allows users to create AI-powered agents that run locally on a user's device. The platform rose in popularity earlier this … Read the full story at The Verge.

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Developer Blogs

George Hotz

tinygradcomma.ai

The ‘Everyone’s a Billionaire’ act

I heard that while this blog is good at diagnosing the problem, it falls short when proposing solutions. Today I’m proposing a solution that everyone (except the haters and losers) can get behind. We have a real problem in America, and it’s billionaires. I mean, it’s actually fiat money that the state can print arbitrary amounts of, but that’s a complicated idea, so we’ll just say it’s billionaires. You, as an American, have the same right to be a billionaire as everyone else. You know that feeling of resentment you have when you see rich people on social media. Watch the resentment fade once we give everyone a billion dollars. The implementation of this act would be straightforward. Americas population is 342.6 million. First, we issue new billion dollar bills and print 342.6 million of them. Then we hand them out. A beautiful thing about this bill is it gives plenty of things for the Democrats and Republicans to squabble over. Should we give the billion dollars to undocumented immigrants (or illegal aliens, if you prefer)? Should children get the billion? Should we hold it in a trust for them? Should existing billionaires get it? They are already billionaires, this act is for the needy. Should we charge tax on the billion dollars? Should TurboTax get a cut? Let’s do an analysis, including second order effects which I know is more advanced political thinking than most politicians do, but we are a new kind of politician, the kind that wants to give you one billion dollars. The first order effects is that everyone is rich and the rich people aren’t more rich than you. This is pure awesome. I hear that rich people love being rich, and I’m sure you will love it too. This also makes it easy to pay back the national debt. The second order effects is that the US dollar is over, and everyone will have to switch to something else. Perhaps this time we’ll switch to something that some dude can’t just print trillions of. Like gold. When America is ready for a revolution, this is the way to do it. A jubilee. Non violent and through one simple democratically passed bill. We do live in a democracy, right? Don’t fall for scams like a wealth tax, that is just the elites squabbling over which seat at the large marble table they get. We are giving everyone a billion dollars so they can buy their own large marble table. I non-ironically support this bill, and you should too. Call your congressman, let’s get it passed!

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Jon Skeet

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