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Security researchers have detailed a technique called FROST that lets websites quietly fingerprint your computer by measuring the activity patterns of your solid-state drive, all using ordinary JavaScript running in your browser. No special access required, no permission prompt — just a page load and a listening ear inside your own machine.
Shifting from surveillance to sticker shock, PC buyers in Europe are facing double-digit price increases on notebooks and desktops, driven by a serious crunch in memory components. The culprit is a familiar one — chip manufacturers are prioritizing high-bandwidth memory for AI servers, where margins are fatter, leaving DRAM and NAND for consumer machines in short supply. The cost of memory has more than quadrupled in twelve months, and analysts say relief is not imminent.
And on the AI limitations front, a detailed look from IEEE Spectrum asks why large language models perform so poorly at video games. The short answer involves a fundamental mismatch — games demand real-time spatial reasoning and consequence tracking, while language models are built to predict text, not navigate a world where every decision changes the next ten moves.
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