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Raspberry Pi 5 to get price hike due to expensive RAM, new base model to offer just 1 GB of memory

Rising memory costs have forced the Raspberry Pi Foundation to increase prices across all Pi 4 and Pi 5 models, with the 2GB Pi 5 jumping from $50 to $55 and the top-tier 16GB model rising from $120 to $145. To maintain affordability, the company introduced a new $45 base model with just 1GB of RAM, though users must choose carefully since the memory cannot be upgraded later due to being soldered to the mainboard.

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Data center energy demand forecasted to soar nearly 300% through 2035

Data center electricity demand will triple from 40 to 106 gigawatts by 2035, driven by AI companies building larger facilities. This growth raises concerns about grid reliability and electricity costs.

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Robots and American Manufacturing

American manufacturing declined dramatically from 2000-2010 due to cheap Chinese labor, but rising Chinese costs haven't brought jobs back due to labor expenses and skills gaps. Industry experts propose using AI-enabled robotics...

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4 Ways to Describe the Awesome Power of Nano Banana Pro

Google released Nano Banana Pro, a new version of its image generation model that demonstrates significant advances in AI reasoning capabilities. The tool can create accurate charts, graphs, and dashboards from unstructured...

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Google unkills JPEG XL?

Google's Chromium team reversed its 2022 decision to remove JPEG XL support after pressure from major tech companies. Chrome's market dominance will likely make JPEG XL a standard web format with 30% smaller file sizes.

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Netflix quietly drops support for casting to most TVs

Netflix now restricts casting to older devices for users on ad-free plans ($18+ monthly), eliminating this feature for the $8 ad-supported tier to prevent password sharing.

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Amazon, Google’s new ‘interconnect’ might prevent major web outages

Amazon and Google launched a cross-cloud interconnect system enabling high-speed, private connectivity between AWS and Google Cloud with automatic failover protection. Microsoft Azure will join in late 2026.

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Why Honda is suddenly launching reusable rockets

A 20-foot prototype rocket built by Honda successfully launched and landed at the company's facility in northern Japan this June, marking the carmaker's surprising entry into the space race. Kazuo Sakurahara, who leads Honda's...

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It doesn’t end at Neuralink

Brad Smith, the third Neuralink patient who controls his computer with thoughts due to ALS, independently researched and added a webcam to his brain-computer interface setup despite initial confusion from the company. Smith's...

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Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out

OpenAI is internally testing advertisements within ChatGPT, marking a significant shift from the platform's ad-free experience to a model similar to Google Search. Code references in ChatGPT's Android beta reveal plans for...

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Netflix's Assassin's Creed TV show could kick off in ancient Rome

Netflix's upcoming Assassin's Creed TV series will take place in Ancient Rome during Emperor Nero's reign from 54 to 68 AD. The show, greenlit in July after five years of development, will be a "high-octane thriller centered on...

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The MacRumors Show: Apple's Big Plans for iPad Mini 8

Apple will launch the iPad mini 8 next year with OLED display, A19 Pro chip, water resistance, and vibration-based speakers. The upgrades may increase the price by $100 from the current $499.

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Apple gave Vision Pro two big, very needed upgrades recently

Apple recently delivered major improvements to the Vision Pro through visionOS 26 and new hardware, addressing two critical weaknesses. The software update transformed Personas from a widely criticized beta feature into...

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How Spacecoin Broke Into the $1 Trillion Space Race With a Successful Satellite Launch

Spacecoin successfully launched three satellites on November 20 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, becoming one of the first Web3 companies to deliver real hardware infrastructure rather than just promises. The satellites will test...

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Next year, Apple Home could finally become what I’ve always wanted

Apple's HomeKit smart home platform has struggled with reliability and limited product options since launching a decade ago, but rumors suggest 2025 could mark a major breakthrough with Apple reportedly developing five new home...

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The original 1976 contract that founded Apple is heading to auction

The 1976 Apple Computer Company founding contract between Jobs, Wozniak, and Wayne will auction at Christie's in January 2026 for an estimated $2-4 million.

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The Ayaneo Next II is a hulking gaming handheld with a 9-inch display

Ayaneo's Next II is a premium Windows gaming handheld with a 9.06-inch OLED display, 165Hz refresh rate, and AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor, priced around $2,000.

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Nano-PDF: Edit PDF files with Nano Banana

Nano-PDF is a command-line tool that enables users to edit PDF files using natural language prompts like "change the chart to a bar graph" through Google's Gemini 3 Pro Image AI model. The tool converts PDF pages to images,...

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Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.

A former NASA engineer with space electronics expertise and Google datacenter experience explains why space-based datacenters are fundamentally flawed. The largest space solar array ever built could only power 200 GPUs versus the...

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New Apple research hints at how future AirPods could read brain signals

Apple researchers created PARS, an AI method that analyzes brain activity from earbud-collected EEG data. This technology could enable future AirPods to monitor brain health for sleep and seizure detection.

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The Ultimate CES 2026 Guide: Hottest AI Panels, Parties And Robots

CES 2025 in Las Vegas will showcase AI's evolution from novelty features to core product foundations, with major companies demonstrating future visions across vehicles, robotics, and consumer tech.

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SpaceX’s Starship program is already bouncing back from Booster 18 fiasco

SpaceX has quickly recovered from Booster 18's destruction during pressure testing earlier this month by rapidly assembling its replacement, Booster 19, achieving the fastest booster assembly pace ever at four sections in just...

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Rare Look at Karaoke Studio, the Nintendo Famicom Cartridge That Turned Consoles into Sing-Alongs

Bandai's 1987 Karaoke Studio for Nintendo Famicom was the first karaoke video game, using special hardware and microphone with pitch detection. The system included 25 songs and expandable cartridges.

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Elon Musk reveals what will make Optimus’ ridiculous production targets feasible

Elon Musk revealed Tesla's ambitious strategy to achieve massive production volumes for its Optimus humanoid robot through self-replication technology. Musk plans production lines reaching one million units annually at Fremont...

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