Apple ratchets up prices, blames the cost of memory
…The iPad line is also getting more expensive, between $100 and $200, depending on the model. Smaller price increases have been applied to products like the Apple TV and HomePod. The price…
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Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's “abusive conduct”
…Tesco is also dealing with migration challenges related to data security because its new, unnamed virtualization software is incompatible with the Veeam and Zerto products it uses. “Manifestly unfair and excessive” price…
South Korea to spend $1T on more memory chip production and humanoid robots
… The government’s goal is to double South Korea’s production of dynamic random-access memory DRAM within five years. …
Year of free HPE software a “step in the correct direction” in VMware rivalry
Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s HPE new virtualization software promotion will likely pique the interest of end users and resellers who are unhappy with Broadcom’s pricing of VMware. …
Plex's 200% Lifetime Pass price hike tries forcing users to another subscription
… Notably, Plex didn’t announce any pricing hikes for its monthly or annual subscription tiers. …
Anthropic "pauses" token-based billing for its Claude Agent SDK
… The sudden pullback on forcing API pricing comes just weeks after GitHub Copilot rolled out its own token-based billing changes, leading to sticker shock for many users who found themselves blowing past the new limits on their subscriptions. …
We're starting to see some PC makers respond to Apple's MacBook Neo
… Most manufacturers that have announced Wildcat Lake laptops are playing coy about pricing and availability—this is somewhat understandable, given ongoing pricing volatility and component supply shortages. …
ROG Xbox Ally X20 adds OLED screen, control upgrades
… That price—plus the “Asus’ 20th anniversary” branding for the hardware—would suggest a device with a very limited market and thus a limited production run. …
AI costs how much? GitHub Copilot users react to new usage-based pricing system.
… But others say they have been able to adjust to the new world of usage-based pricing. …
Nvidia RTX Spark comes to Windows PCs with Arm CPU, RTX GPU, and unified memory
… Nvidia and its partners offered nothing about expected pricing, but both “slim Windows laptops with all-day battery life and premium displays” and “compact desktop PCs” are slated to be “available this fall” from partners including Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft, MSI, Acer, and Gigabyte. …