November Edition <div><br /> </div> <h2>Top Story</h2> <div> <ul> <li>[url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/Steam-Machine-release-date-and-price-officially-confirmed.1326720.0.html]Valve's Steam machine is here, starting at <span style="text-decoration-line: line-through;">$499</span> <span style="text-decoration-line: line-through;">$599</span> <span style="text-decoration-line: line-through;">$699</span> $1049.[/url]&nbsp; (Notebook Check)<br /> <br /> Or almost almost here.&nbsp; You can enter a lottery right now, which will offer winners the chance to buy the Cube from June 29.&nbsp; Delivery will take place sometime after that.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/Price-comparison-Steam-Machine-is-significantly-more-expensive-than-faster-gaming-PCs.1326733.0.html]You can get more powerful PCs for similar amounts of money.[/url]&nbsp; (Notebook Check)<br /> <br /> But the Cube is compact and almost silent.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/Steam-Machine-tested-Red-Dead-Redemption-2-performs-impressively-at-1440p-but-there-are-compromises.1326726.0.html]And overall, it doesn't suck.[/url]&nbsp; (Notebook Check)<br /> <br /> Valve got steamrolled by the DRAM Apocalypse just like the rest of us, but it does deliver what they promised.&nbsp; Mostly.&nbsp; 4k was always a stretch.</li> </ul> <div><br /> </div></div> <div><br /> </div> <h2>Tech News</h2> <div> <ul> <li>[url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/Android-tablet-for-console-gaming-Lenovo-Legion-Tab-Gen-5-shines-in-console-and-x86-game-emulation.1321959.0.html]Lenovo's Legion Tab Gen 5 is here - and you can actually buy one.[/url]&nbsp; (Notebook Check)<br /> <br /> It launched in China a little while ago, but is now available internationally.&nbsp; MSRP is a hefty $850 but it's discounted to a still pretty hefty $650 for now.<br /> <br /> Also, the older Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 3 is now on clearance, discounted as much as 50%.<br /> <br /> At that price it is - adjusted for inflation - actually <span style="font-style: italic;">cheaper </span>than the iconic 2013 Nexus 7, while offering a higher resolution screen, larger battery, six times the memory, eight times the storage, ten times the CPU performance, and literally a hundred times the graphics performance.&nbsp; To be fair, the Nexus 7 was kind of bad at 3d gaming.<br /> <br /> No wireless charging, but it has dual USB-C ports rather than one failure-prone micro-USB socket.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>Fuck you Microsoft GameInput.<br /> <br /> But at least I know that it wasn't a hardware problem.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-nuclear-strategy-9.7244509]Canada is planning a nuclear renaissance with ten new reactors to be built by 2040 at a cost of $100 billion.[/url]&nbsp; (CBC)<br /> <br /> They achieved this using one simple trick: They targeted an operational date of 2010 on a budget of $5 billion.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/06/22/the-memory-crisis-is-getting-so-bad-that-even-retro-ram-prices-are-going-to-the-moon/5259627]DDR3 and DDR2 are the next victims of the Apocalypse.[/url]&nbsp; (The Register)<br /> <br /> I have 96GB of DDR3.&nbsp; Much less DDR2 - maybe 32GB across four old systems.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/22/the-ai-world-is-getting-loopy/]The AI world is getting loopy.[/url]&nbsp; (Tech Crunch)<br /> <br /> Do tell.<br /> <br /> (Reads article.)<br /> <br /> No.&nbsp; Don't tell.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/22/anthropic-says-claude-may-want-to-see-your-id/]Anthropic says Claude may want to see your license, registration, and insurance.[/url]&nbsp; (Tech Crunch)<br /> <br /> Not just no, but fuck no.</li> </ul> <div><br /> </div></div> <div><br /> </div> <h2>Musical Interlude</h2> <div>[ytlite=dPCu8mQZWqU]<br /> <br /> <br /> <h2>Special Bonus Apocalyptic Musical Interlude</h2> <div>[ytlite=6rIL26o1KZ0]</div> <div><br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div><span style="font-style: italic;">Disclaimer: Ihre Papiere bitte, "Santa".</span></div></div>