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Meta is rolling out an AI Mode inside the Facebook search bar, and the pitch is appealing — a smarter way to answer questions like what to do this weekend. The catch is that this AI is drawing from Facebook posts, which means it's only as reliable as the internet's most chaotic comment section. Useful, potentially. Accurate, not yet.
Shifting to the hardware front, AMD has confirmed the first official details about its next-generation Threadripper processors, code-named Mustang Peak. Built on the Zen six architecture, these chips will support DDR five memory, PCIe six point zero, and introduce an entirely new socket. For creative professionals and workstation builders, this is a significant generational leap worth watching closely.
And if you've been holding off on upgrading your PC storage or memory, the news is not encouraging. A new report suggests the retail market for solid-state drives has, in the words of industry sources, almost disappeared, with prices remaining stubbornly high. DDR five RAM shows no sign of dropping either, and hard drive costs are reportedly climbing too. The component squeeze is far from over.
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