The RAM shortage of 2026 has fundamentally altered the landscape for PC enthusiasts, forcing builders to abandon the luxury of choosing memory based on aesthetics, overclocking potential, or adherence to qualified vendor lists. Availability has contracted sharply while prices have climbed, pushing many toward compromises that would have seemed unthinkable just months earlier.
Builder Adaptations During the Crisis
PC builders have split into distinct camps as they navigate the scarcity. Those fortunate enough to have completed builds before the shortage intensified are redirecting budgets...
Grok has launched a new feature called Automations that enables the AI assistant to execute tasks independently based on user-defined parameters. The functionality allows users to set up jobs that run autonomously, handling activities such as conducting research during off-hours or monitoring incoming emails for priority messages. The feature is now accessible through grok.com and the mobile applications for both iOS and Android platforms.
Setting Up Automated Tasks
Creating an automation follows a conversational format similar to standard chat interactions with Grok. Users can outline...
Enterprise hard drive storage technology stands at a critical juncture as traditional recording methods reach their physical limits and data demands surge. Western Digital has confirmed that conventional Perpendicular Magnetic Recording without energy assistance has peaked at approximately 28TB per drive, constrained by fundamental physics rather than market factors. The company now advances two parallel pathways to overcome this barrier: energy-assisted PMR, which currently achieves 32TB when combined with UltraSMR technology, and Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording, which targets 100TB...
Microsoft's June 2026 Patch Tuesday alters how Windows treats desktop.ini-based folder customizations, hiding untrusted custom folder names and icons until trust is established. The change affects recent Windows 11 and Windows 10 builds and is described by Microsoft as expected behavior tied to security hardening rather than a bug.
June 2026 update rollout detailsMicrosoft issued KB5094126 for Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2 and KB5093998 for Windows 11 23H2, while Windows 10 22H2 receives the update as KB5094127, according to publisher notes cited in reporting. The company updated its support...
For more than two decades, Google has invested in machine learning, research and infrastructure to integrate AI into products across healthcare, crisis response and education. The company published a roundup of its May 2026 announcements that emphasize agentic AI, new multimodal creation tools, hardware built for these experiences and initiatives applying advanced computation to science and life sciences.
OverviewMay’s announcements centered on making AI more proactive and integrated. At Google I/O 2026, Google introduced Gemini 3.5 and Gemini Omni, alongside a range of product...
Intel outlined a suite of data center updates on June 1, 2026, centered on new Xeon processors, an expanded Ethernet portfolio, and progress on its next-generation AI accelerator. The company framed these releases as a systems-level response to increasingly agentic AI workloads, arguing that CPUs remain the orchestration and data-movement hub for scalable AI deployments across cloud, network, and edge environments.
Intel Xeon 6+ processorsIntel introduced the Xeon 6+ family as an extension of Xeon 6, built on the Intel 18A process and targeted at high-density, power-constrained data center...
NVIDIA has extended its Jetson edge platform into agentic AI with the release of JetPack 7.2 and support for the NemoClaw agentic framework, bringing production-grade agent capabilities to robotics, inspection and industrial automation. The announcement, made at COMPUTEX and timed with GTC Taipei’s Build-a-Claw event, packages operating system improvements, developer-focused agent skills and NemoClaw integration on Jetson hardware including Orin and Thor.
Platform updates and performance gainsJetPack 7.2 delivers several foundational upgrades: Yocto-based OS support for lean,...
Gabe Newell pushed back against claims that Valve’s Steam platform exerts monopoly power over PC game distribution during court-ordered testimony connected to a long-running antitrust case.
Testimony and contextNewell appeared in person in 2023 to testify in the lawsuit brought by indie developer Wolfire Games in 2021. Bloomberg published a detailed write-up of that testimony, which included Newell’s emphatic rejection of the idea that Steam dominates the PC market or stifles competition. He told the court that consumers face “enormous choice” when deciding where...
007 First Light delivers an authentic James Bond story, but its gameplay struggles to match the strength of its narrative ambitions. While IO Interactive successfully captures the spirit of the iconic spy across multiple eras of the franchise, the studio's attempt to merge cinematic action with its signature sandbox design often produces uneven results.
A New Bond Takes the Stage
The game follows a young James Bond during his introduction to the world of espionage. Early missions establish him as talented yet reckless, setting the stage for an origin story that explores his rise within...
