Apple ratchets up prices, blames the cost of memory
Apple bumped its prices across much of its product lineup today, in some cases adding hundreds of dollars to the cost of a new Macintosh. …
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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 hike Tesco initially requested at least 100 million pounds about $133.6 millio… …
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
… New features that Plex has added recently include the ability to create custom metadata agents and an open API for server integrations. Beyond new features, Plex has previously cited rising costs for the hike, including supporting various types of devices and codecs . …
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
… Asus and HP have also announced some early products. 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
… So we’re unsurprisingly excited about today’s announcement that Asus is preparing a new, OLED-equipped ROG Xbox Ally X20 for the coming holiday season. Still, it’s a bit worrying that Asus is positioning the new upgrade as a niche collector’s item rather than its new handheld gaming standard. …
AI costs how much? GitHub Copilot users react to new usage-based pricing system.
… As that new pricing model goes into effect today, many GitHub Copilot users are reporting some extreme sticker shock as they realize just how quickly their previous “normal” usage is burning through their newly limited monthly allotment of AI credits. …
Nvidia RTX Spark comes to Windows PCs with Arm CPU, RTX GPU, and unified memory
These days, Nvidia primarily sells AI data center products, and its traditional consumer devices feel like more of a side project. …
Review: AMD's Radeon RX 9070 GRE is a disappointing way to spend $549
… But apart from a few new integrated and entry-level GPUs, there hasn’t been much to talk about since the GeForce RTX 5060 and Radeon RX 9060 XT launched last summer. But even in our current new-product drought, the Radeon RX 9070 GRE feels like a poor consolation prize. …