Hard drive prices jumped 4 percent compared to last quarter, which marks the biggest spike in two years, and the whole mess stems from data centers gobbling up storage capacity for AI workloads. Big Tech companies are building massive facilities that need exabytes worth of HDDs because storing training data, backups, and inference logs requires cheap bulk storage that only spinning disks can provide at scale.
Manufacturers are running factories at full capacity but still cannot keep up with demand from cloud service providers, especially American ones. Supply shortages could hit regular consumers by next year since HDD makers would rather sell to AI data centers where profit margins look better.
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Neon Giant dropped NO LAW at The Game Awards, and yeah, everyone immediately compared it to Cyberpunk 2077 because both games lean into the cyberpunk first-person open-world shooter RPG thing. Creative Director Tor Frick admits the studio deals with those comparisons internally, but insists their game feels way more compact and personal instead of being some massive sprawling city experience. The main character, Grey Harker, is a retired soldier who ditched violence to grow plants until someone messed with him, which sounds pretty John Wick-ish.
Co-Founder Arcade Berg mentioned they're going for a slightly tongue-in-cheek vibe mixed with 80s and 90s action movie campiness, plus Hong Kong fight choreography influence. The tone differs...
Capcom keeps printing money by bouncing between Resident Evil remakes and fresh entries, and the publisher's strategy hit different after RE7 went first-person. The studio dropped remakes of RE2 and RE3 back-to-back before Village wrapped up the seventh game's story arc, then the RE4 remake crushed it by moving 11.10 million copies.
Some leaker named Dusk Golem claims Code Veronica is getting announced next year for a 2027 drop, with a Resident Evil Zero remake following in 2028. The Code Veronica remake would pick up three months after RE2, with Claire and Chris Redfield dealing with outbreaks at a prison island and an Antarctic research facility, while Zero serves as the franchise prequel starring Rebecca Chambers and Billy Coen at...
Apple might slap a $2,399 price tag on the iPhone Fold, but the prototype is apparently ditching Face ID to keep things skinny. Some leaker on Weibo says the foldable will pack a 7.58-inch inner screen and a 5.25-inch outside display, with authentication handled by a side-mounted fingerprint sensor instead of the usual facial recognition setup.
The device could rock a vapor chamber for cooling, which already made it thick enough that Apple had to skip the TrueDepth camera gear. One analyst mentioned the whole thing will basically feel like two iPhone Air models slapped together. The camera setup includes one sensor hidden under the screen, another in a punch-hole cutout, and a 48-megapixel dual-camera system on the back.
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Apple might ditch the iPhone 19 label and jump straight to iPhone 20 for the 20th-anniversary model dropping in 2027, and some researcher from Omdia says the device could feature a completely bezel-free screen with all four edges curved. LG is apparently dropping close to $300 million to retool its factories for this wild display tech that bends the panel circuits around the borders, while Samsung is busy working on foldable screens for the rumored iPhone Fold.
Getting rid of bezels means stuffing the front camera and Face ID sensors under the display, which requires making the moisture-blocking film way thinner. The iPhone 18 lineup might test under-display Face ID first before Apple goes full bezel-less, and LG could be setting up...
Deputy Transport Minister David Kihenzile swung by the Land Transport Regulatory Authority booth at some transport conference in Arusha, and he was hyped about their tech setup that makes getting around less of a hassle. The authority rolled out digital tools like the Safari Ticket System for bus and train passes, plus a mobile app that feeds travelers info about long-distance routes.
LATRA Director General Habibu Suluo said they're leaning hard into tech systems to keep passengers and cargo moving smoothly across regulated transport sectors. The whole conference runs for three days at the Arusha International Conference Centre, with people talking about how connected transport networks could juice up the economy.
Mbeya Regional Commissioner Beno Malisa told government workers in the Southern Highlands Zone to start using the National Electronic Public Procurement System because the whole point is getting transparency and accountability locked down when buying stuff with taxpayer money. He said this while kicking off training sessions in Mbeya City that brought together people from different public offices who handle procurement.
The government upgraded the system to make sure public money gets spent right, and the training sessions are rolling out across the country. Public Procurement Regulatory Authority Manager Pascal Manono mentioned they're hitting every zone to get all government employees up to speed on managing contracts better through...
Tanzania scooped up five trophies at the World Travel Awards in Bahrain, and Natural Resources Minister Ashatu Kijaji grabbed them at a ceremony in Dodoma. Serengeti National Park got tagged as the planet's dopest national park, while Zanzibar landed recognition for meetings and conferences across Africa.
The private sector pulled wins through Serengeti Balloon Safaris, getting called the top safari outfit globally, and some resort on Mafia Island called Jumara Thanda got named best leisure spot worldwide. Kijaji gave everyone in the tourism game props for making Tanzania look legit on the international stage.
Tanzania Posts Corporation is running a writing contest for kids between 9 and 15 to get them into letter writing and thinking about stuff happening around them. Marketing Director Ferdinand Kabyemela said the whole thing connects to digital changes, and kids can enter in either Kiswahili or English if they're in primary or secondary school.
Some participants, like Ramadhani Ndogwala and Innocent Laurent, pointed out that writing letters helps young people sharpen their brains and get better at putting words together. The corporation has been doing these competitions since 1971, and this year's round is the 55th time they've tried to keep letter writing alive among teenagers.
