Microsoft raises UK Surface prices as RAM shortage bites
… In other words, what used to be entry-level Surface pricing has been nudged firmly into mid-range territory, with a £170-£220 bump depending on which slab of Microsoft hardware you fancy. …
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Microsoft cuts cloudy desktop prices by 20 percent
… Microsoft calls the above behaviors “a new on-demand start experience” and says it “helps deliver a lower price point while preserving the full Windows 365 Business value and capabilities partners and customers expect.” Windows 365 for Business offers three cloudy PCs: a Basic $31/month machine wit… …
Prices hiked on most Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 variants
… The era of over-specifying memory is most definitely behind us, and developers will need to carefully consider exactly how much LPDDR4 their applications truly need. Upton concluded: "2026 looks likely to be another challenging year for memory pricing, but we are working hard to limit the impact. …
Usage-based billing muddles software vendor pricing
Software Usage pricing leaving software vendors guessing what lands on the invoice 'Converting AI capability into sustainable, auditable revenue remains a challenge' says PwC survey Software companies are leaving money on the table because their core financial systems haven't kept pace with the way… …
Memory-makers' shares are down. Don't blame Google
… Nobody is immune: Microsoft used the RAM panic as cover for fixing Windows 11’s memory gluttony , and Sony suspended orders for compact flash and SD cards because it can’t buy the chips to build them. …
Oracle AI obsession could mean higher prices, worse support
… Nick Walter, CTO of professional consulting at commercial advisory firm House of Brick Technologies, said that there were plenty of anecdotal reports that Oracle support outcomes are getting worse, meaning slower service, less skilled help, and “more Oracle Support responses that were obviously wri… …
Iran war piles more pain on already battered PC market
… Ultimately, these premiums are trickling down the value chain, intensifying the pricing pressure of PCs on the end-users." Before the Peace President's latest foreign adventure kicked off, analysts had already noted that prices for some types of memory have doubled or quadrupled since last year , a… …
Anthropic ejects bundled tokens from enterprise seat deal
AI + ML Anthropic squeezes enterprises by ejecting bundled tokens from seat deal Large organizations pushed toward metered pricing UPDATED More bad news for Claude users. Anthropic has revised its seat-based pricing for enterprise customers, shifting them to a new pricing plan upon contract renewal. …
Raspberry Pi leans into semiconductors as sales climb
… MORE CONTEXT The idea of using a Raspberry Pi to run OpenClaw makes no sense Microsoft engineer speedruns Raspberry Pi magic smoke in five minutes Let them eat Pi: RAM shortage bumps Raspberry prices as much as $60 Raspberry Pi flashes new branded USB drives that promise speedy performance Looking … …
Users protest as Google Antigravity price floats upward
… "We need a transparent explanation of how these Antigravity quotas are calculated and an immediate fix for these ghost-drains on our limits." AI processing makes intensive use of compute resources, and how much resource will be used by any one prompt is unpredictable, making pricing a difficult pro… …