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The screwed-up Mad Men 4K stream on HBO Max is getting fixed

The new, 4K version of Mad Men on HBO Max was supposed to deliver the ground-breaking AMC series with near-perfect visual fidelity. Instead, it was a debacle. Not only were a number of episodes mislabeled, but in a crucial scene early in the period series—the infamous moment when an inebriated Roger Sterling tosses up the oysters he ate for lunch—a pair of crew members in modern-day…
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RAM is so expensive, Samsung won’t even sell it to Samsung

The price of eggs has nothing on the price of computer memory right now. Thanks to a supply crunch from the “AI” bubble, RAM chips are the new gold, with prices on consumer PC memory kits ballooning out of control. In an object lesson in the ridiculousness of an economic…
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Walmart Onn 4K Plus review: Fast and cheap 4K streaming

Walmart has another winner on its hands with the Onn 4K Plus Streaming Device. For $30, you get a compact streaming box with 4K HDR, Dolby Vision, and Dolby Atmos support. It’s a surprisingly speedy streaming player for the money, with a generous 16GB of storage for apps and its Google TV software is generally useful (at least when it’s not shoving banner ads in your face). Roku’s budget…
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Intel makes a tiny comeback in PC graphics cards at 1 percent

Little has changed in the PC graphics-card market, according to a new report Monday. Nvidia still controls the vast majority of the PC graphics card market, but Intel actually has a small share. Yes, Intel and its partners managed to sell enough PC graphics cards (or add-in boards, as researcher Jon Peddie Research calls them) to capture a modest one percent of the market. The real race…
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Best DisplayLink docks 2025: Move over, Thunderbolt

Historically, you’ve had two options to expand the port capabilities of your laptop: an inexpensive USB-C dongle or a more powerful, pricey Thunderbolt docking station. A third option is quietly emerging, trying to split the difference. A DisplayLink docking station…
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RAM is so expensive that stores are selling it at market prices

Generative “AI” data centers are gobbling up trillions of dollars in capital, not to mention heating up the planet like a microwave. As a result there’s a capacity crunch on memory production, shooting the prices for RAM sky high, over 100 percent in the last few months alone. Multiple stores are tired of adjusting the prices day to day, and won’t even display them. You find out how much…
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