Tech giants and chipmakers are facing off as AI-fueled memory shortages trigger sweeping price hikes on everything from Macs to game consoles. Hear why global supply chain standoffs, long-term contracts, and old-school market forces are quietly reshaping your daily technology. 
• Apple and Microsoft hike prices on devices amid global memory shortages 
• Surge in AI data centers drives RAM and storage crisis 
• Intel's comeback: Core Ultra chips compete with AMD in handheld gaming 
• Microsoft's pivot to ARM, Qualcomm-NVIDIA alliance, and x86 rivalry 
• AI fear and backlash; organic concern amplified by international actors 
• White House abruptly pulls Anthropic's Fable model, sparking industry uproar 
• US government U-turns on AI regulation, restricts top models to select partners 
• Tension over AI innovation vs. regulatory "rug pull" and global competition 
• Smart home chaos: Matter 1.6 standard, Samsung and Level Lock shake-up 
• Debate over local vs. cloud smart home control and API access fees 
• Ring and Flock cameras ignite privacy and surveillance state concerns 
• Social media bans for under-16s fail in Australia, UK, and Norway plan similar rules 
• BBC Radio 4 long wave broadcast ends after a century 
• Meta gets caught tracking employees for AI; PlayStation deletes owned movies 
• US regulators propose removing brake pedals from Robotaxis 
• Ford's automated systems flop, company rehiring engineers 
• Farewell to tech journalist and GigaOm founder Om Malik 
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