Monday, January 19, 2026

Technology

PC Builders Are Getting Squeezed Again as Memory Prices Surge Across the Board

DDR5 RAM in Germany is now about 4.4x more expensive than in July 2025 DDR5 rose 27% month on month in January 2026 ...

PineDrama: TikTok’s Quiet New App That Could Redefine Short Form TV

TikTok has launched PineDrama, a stand alone microdrama app in the US and Brazil. Episodes are about one minute long, with genres like...

Texas Instruments makes a serious move on embedded ReRAM

Texas Instruments licensed embedded ReRAM from Weebit Nano, boosting confidence in ReRAM as a flash alternative. Embedded flash is harder to scale below...

Rockstar opens the door to paid modding with the Cfx Marketplace

Rockstar has launched the Cfx Marketplace, an official mod storefront Mods support GTA Online and Red Dead Online through FiveM and RedM Both...

AWS brings sovereign cloud ambitions to Europe

AWS launches a fully independent European Sovereign Cloud Operations and governance are led exclusively by EU citizens All data and metadata remain within...

Is Nvidia setting up 8GB GPUs to age badly in 2026?

Nvidia is rumored to prioritize 8GB RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti models Rising VRAM costs are likely driving reduced focus on 16GB cards ...

Fender Play Is Coming to Samsung TVs and Changing How Beginners Learn Guitar

Fender Play is launching on Samsung TVs in early 2026 The app will feature enhanced video and Dolby Atmos audio A larger screen...

Google Pushes Deeper Into Agentic Shopping

Google is launching AI agents that can research, buy, and manage purchases for shoppers Universal Commerce Protocol connects AI systems with retailers and...

HP EliteBoard G1a Turns a Keyboard Into a Full Desktop Computer

A full desktop PC is built directly into a compact office keyboard Powered by AMD Ryzen AI 300 series processors for productivity tasks ...

Asus Future Proofs AM5 With a Larger BIOS ROM

Asus has doubled BIOS ROM capacity to 64MB on new Strix Neo AM5 boards. The extra space ensures long term Ryzen CPU support...

Intel Spoke to Consumers While AMD Looked Past Them at CES 2026

AMD focused heavily on enterprise AI and gave minimal attention to consumer products. Intel delivered a concise keynote centered on clear consumer value...