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Sam Altman says it’s “terrible” for RAM to sit inside PCs instead of data centers

In an interview on the YouTube channel Cheeky Pint, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman argued that it’s more efficient to direct the world’s tightening supply of memory to AI data centers than to local devices. The comments drew immediate backlash as hardware prices continue to climb.

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9to5Mac Overtime 088: Finally, a touchscreen MacBook

Jeff and Fernando discuss everything from Apple’s big week of new hardware releases, including the M6 MacBook Pro, iPad mini 8 with OLED, and, of course, Apple’s new MacBook Pro w/ PROLED XDR Display. Is finally having a touchscreen Mac resonating with the Overtime crew?

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Intel stock plunges nearly 30%, its worst day in 52 years

Oddly enough, the quarter itself went well. Intel beat Wall Street’s earnings estimates. Its data center revenue jumped nearly 80% from a year earlier to $7.3 billion, too. But its forecast for the last three months of the year landed well short: analysts had penciled in about $17 billion in...

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The AI hardware crunch has reached the humble circuit board

While planning their 2027 lineups, executives at HP and Dell have started worrying about whether they’ll get enough boards, Nikkei Asia reports. Even with PC shipments possibly sliding again next year, one manager at an American PC maker said the company still can’t get enough of them.

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