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Intel is raising prices across a range of consumer and server processors, citing supply costs and surging demand. Some enthusiast chips are up by thirty to fifty dollars, but the real sticker shock is in data centers, where select Xeon processors have climbed by more than a thousand dollars. Intel is far from alone — this is part of a broader pricing wave moving through the semiconductor industry.
Shifting from silicon to spinning discs, Sony has confirmed its last remaining physical media factory, located in Austria, is already being converted into a micro-optics laboratory — just days after the company announced it will stop releasing PlayStation games on disc entirely by the start of two thousand twenty eight. The staff will stay on, but an era that produced tens of billions of gaming discs is closing faster than most fans expected.
And in India, regulators are reportedly drafting sweeping new rules targeting VPN providers. The proposals would require companies to maintain local offices, appoint compliance officers, and could impose prison terms for violations. It signals a significant escalation from a country that has been steadily tightening its grip on what its citizens can access online.
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