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Apple Price Shock: Macs And iPads Jump $200 Or More As Memory Crisis Worsens
Apple Price Shock: Macs And iPads Jump $200 Or More As Memory Crisis Worsens
Readers were warned as early as late January to front-run the coming memory shortage by purchasing their favorite electronics, whether PCs, laptops, TVs, smartphones, or anything else dependent on high-end memory chips, as unprecedented data-center demand was already beginning to emerge.
Fast forward nearly five months, and just two weeks after Apple CEO Tim Cook warned that "price increases are unavoidable" for laptops and other devices, a Wall Street Journal report has confirmed that those hikes have...
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Jan 21, 2023 / Bobby Caina Calvan
Obnoxiously loud car? A traffic camera might be listening
NEW YORK (AP) — After the relative quiet of the pandemic, New York City has come roaring back. Just listen: Jackhammers. Honking cars and trucks. Rumbling subway trains. Sirens. Shouting.
Over the years, there have been numerous efforts to quiet the cacophony. One of the latest: traffic cameras equipped with sound meters capable of identifying souped-up cars and motorbikes emitting an illegal amount of street noise.
At least 71 drivers have gotten tickets so far for violating noise rules during a yearlong pilot program of the system. The city’s Department of Environmental Protection now has plans to expand the use of the roadside sound meters.
Jun 23, 2026 / Dave DeCamp
Lebanese President and Hezbollah Leader Both Call for Full Israeli Withdrawal from Lebanon
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem both issued calls on Tuesday for a full Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, which Iran says is required for a full implementation of the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding. As a fifth round of talks between Israel and Lebanon began in Washington on Tuesday, Aoun said that he […]
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Apr 22, 2026 / Tyler Durden
China Loads Up On US Chip Tools Via Southeast Asia Amid Supply Chain Shift
China Loads Up On US Chip Tools Via Southeast Asia Amid Supply Chain Shift
China's imports of chipmaking equipment from Malaysia and Singapore rose sharply in 2025 to surpass those from the US, which sank to an eight-year low, an analysis by Nikkei Asia has found - even as American companies remain a vital source of advanced tools for the country.
While the Netherlands and Japan remain China's primary foreign sources of critical semiconductor manufacturing machines by shipment origin, imports from the two Southeast Asian countries reached record levels: $5.7 billion...
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