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Microsoft's own Surface Laptop, released in two thousand twenty six, is shipping with just eight gigabytes of RAM — and reviewers say Windows eleven struggles to handle it. That's a remarkable admission, given that Microsoft sets the hardware standards. It raises a real question about who modern software is actually being designed for.
Meanwhile, Ukraine is pressing forward with an ambitious plan to launch its own low Earth orbit satellite constellation through a company called Stetman, with SpaceX providing launch support beginning in two thousand twenty seven. The three hundred sixty satellite network, valued at roughly one billion euros, is designed to give Ukraine communications infrastructure that doesn't depend on any single foreign provider.
And France has ordered internet service providers to block Polymarket, the prediction market platform. Regulators cited addictive design mechanics, a lack of self-exclusion tools, and evidence that large numbers of French users were already circumventing earlier financial restrictions. It's the latest sign that governments are drawing harder lines around platforms that blur the boundary between information and gambling.
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