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Samsung, Apple, Xiaomi to Hike Phone Prices Amid DRAM Supercycle

Additional predictions for semiconductor advancements include NAND flash layers increasing to 2,000 layers from 321, along with AI semiconductors performing tens of trillions of operations per second. Read more here; https://wccftech.com/the-korean-institute-of-semiconductor-engineers-predict-0-2nm-chip-development-in-15-years/

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MSI MEG X870E ACE MAX Motherboard Review: ACE Returns On AMD's AM5 With Supercharged Design, & Zen 6-Ready

No, It’s Not Just You – Steam Is Currently Down, Website and Store Pages Offline [Update]

UPERFECT UColor O2 Review: A 16-Inch Bright 3K OLED Portable Monitor

NVIDIA aims to offer competitive prices for the H200 AI chips, according to a new report, which suggests that the newer chips for China will feature a minimal price increase over the H20. Read more here: https://wccftech.com/nvidia-plans-to-make-h200-ai-chip-an-appealing-option-by-offering-a-price-that-is-too-difficult-to-ignore/

With Native NVMe Driver, NVMe SSDs Deliver Double-Digit Gains In Random Read/Write On Windows 11

iPhone Prices Could Spike as RAM Costs Surge

The iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max already received a price hike this year, but the DRAM shortage is really going to test Apple’s mettle because it now needs to think of various strategies that will enable it to maintain its margins while also paying a hefty premium for 12GB LPDDR5X RAM chips.

The Korean Institute Of Semiconductor Engineers Predicts That The Development Of 0.2nm Chips And Monolithic 3D Structuring Can Happen In 15 Years

NVIDIA Plans to Make the H200 AI Chip an Appealing Option By Offering a Price That Is Too Difficult To Ignore For Chinese Customers

Merry Christmas Eve, The Callisto Protocol Is Free Today on the Epic Games Store

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Wccftech’s Best DLC/Expansion of 2025 – Expanding the Fun

Amazon Is Reportedly Working on A Reality Competition Fallout Show Based on *Checks Notes* Fallout Shelter?!

DLSS Swapper Now Supports DLSS Ray Reconstruction Presets And Offers Support For EA App As Well

iPhone 18 Cameras Will Be Made in the USA: What This Means for You

The ongoing AI-driven DRAM supercycle is a reality. And, almost all major smartphone OEMs are responding in a predictable fashion to this inflationary impulse: by hiking the retail prices of their smartphones to preserve margins. Read more here: https://wccftech.com/xiaomi-17-ultra-leads-and-samsung-to-follow-with-a-10-percent-price-hike-for-its-galaxy-s26-and-z-fold-flip-8-series/

Apple, Samsung, and Xiaomi are all eyeing significant price hikes for their upcoming smartphones in the wake of the ongoing DRAM supercycle. 🔗 wccf.tech/1jd2m

"Please Be Patient, It Will Be A Special Game," Says Arkane Lyon Director as we Wait for Updates on Marvel's Blade

Wccftech’s Best Horror Games of 2025 – A Year of Frights

Xiaomi 17 Ultra Leads And Samsung To Follow With A 10 Percent Price Hike For Its Galaxy S26 And Z Fold/Flip 8 Series

The Last of Us Part II Originally Had a 'Hold Up' Feature That Was Cut, But a Modder Is Looking Into Adding It Back

Back To A Fall Launch Cadence: Apple iPhone Air 2 Tipped To Launch In Fall 2026 Or Fall 2027

Memory shortages have revived DDR4, with a new report claiming that Samsung plans to delay its end-of-life to take advantage of market demand. However, all production will be directed towards server-grade customers. Read more here: https://wccftech.com/ddr4-memory-is-back-from-the-dead-but-manufacturers-are-looking-to-milk-the-shortage/

NVIDIA Did Test Intel’s 18A Process, But Reportedly Stopped Moving Forward, Suggesting No Foundry Deal From the AI Giant for Now

DDR4 Memory Is Back from the Dead, But Manufacturers Are Looking to Milk the Shortage by Delaying the Phase-Out Cycle

Samsung Deliberately Doesn’t Want To Sell Many Galaxy Z TriFold Units Because It Cares More About Its Brand Image And Durability Fears Than Profitability

Spyro 4 Game Leaked via Ex Toys for Bob Developer’s Resume

Apple is now being forced to pay a 230% premium for each 12GB LPDDR5X RAM chip found on its premium iPhone 17 models. 🔗 wccf.tech/1jcr2

Given the national security threat that foreign-made drones - including those from China's DJI - represent, it was only a matter of time before the US banned such "uncrewed aircraft systems" (UAS). And, that ban has now come in the form of a formal inclusion in the FCC's "Covered List." Read more here: https://wccftech.com/the-fcc-effectively-bans-foreign-made-dji-drones-by-adding-them-to-its-covered-list/

China enforced a 'national policy' that forced domestic AI giants to focus on adopting chips from companies like Huawei, Cambricon, and BirenTech, which eventually meant that the prospect of NVIDIA and AMD re-entering China had significantly diminished. Read more here: https://wccftech.com/nvidia-amd-are-back-in-china-once-again/

On paper, switching from 4K to 5K resolution doesn't seem that dramatic, but 5K brings nearly 77% more pixels to the screen (3840x2160 vs 5120x2880), which is a significant increase. Recently, ASUS launched the world's first 5K IPS gaming monitor, which also boasts a dual-mode configuration, offering 5K@180Hz and 2K@330Hz modes for those who would like to switch between immersive/vivid and competitive gaming. The monitor is quite a beast when it comes to the details, but it's perhaps too much for even the current flagship hardware. Read more here: https://wccftech.com/5k-resolution-brings-rtx-5090-d-to-its-knees/

US delays tariffs on Chinese-origin chips until June 2027. Initial rate will remain at 0% for first 18 months.

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Intel Showcases Its Next-Level & Massively Scalable Packaging Capabilities: >12X Reticle With 16 Compute Tiles On 18A/14A Nodes, Up To 24 HBM Sites & Leveraging Advanced Foveros 3D & EMIB Technologies

Stories Of Vince Zampella's Kindness and Greatness Pour In From Across the Industry After his Tragic Death

U.S. export restrictions prevent the standard GeForce RTX 5090 from being sold through official channels in China. Images shared on Reddit show a large warehouse filled with hundreds, possibly thousands, of boxed RTX 5090 cards, all appearing to be the standard model that should not be available in China.

MAINGEAR Fights The DDR5 Memory Crisis By Letting Gamers Build PCs Without RAM, Gives Users The Choice To Bring Self-Purchased Kit

The RTX 5080-Powered ThundeRobot Radiant 16 Is The Most Affordable Gaming Laptop On Amazon With This GPU, Available For $1,999 To Drive Those FPS To New Heights

AMD Preps EXPO 1.20 Memory Technology For Enhanced DDR5 OC Profiles, CUDIMM Support Coming To AM5 Next Year

PlayStation and security: a match made in hell. Following the major PlayStation Network crash of 2011, which brought the network down for 23 days, users often encountered various issues, including account security concerns and prolonged downtime, sometimes caused by DDoS attacks. Judging from a new report, however, all these may pale in comparison to the possibility of an account being hacked, even with every security measure in place, including 2FA and passkey.

NVIDIA & AMD Are Back in China Once Again —This Time With Far More Powerful AI Chips, But Regulatory Guardrails Have Tightened Significantly

PlayStation Network Accounts Can Be Hacked Despite 2FA, Passkey

Samsung Unveils World's First 6K 3D And The First 1040Hz Gaming Monitors; Introduces More High-End Models

‘Squadron 42 Is 40+ Hours Long, Will Launch in 2026’, Confirms Chris Roberts

ASRock Releases New BIOS For 600/800-Series Motherboards; Adds Support For "Upcoming" AMD And Intel CPUs

We Almost Could've Had Grand Theft Auto Games Set in Tokyo, Istanbul, Rio De Janeiro, and Moscow

IO Interactive Delays 007 First Light by Two Months, Pushing the Release Into May 2026

'UE 5.7 Is Close to a Magic Bullet' for Performance, Says ARK Developer, Though It Won't Fully Eliminate Stutters

Wccftech’s Best Platformers of 2025 – Jumping and Smashing to Victory

Claiming a warranty on a consumer electronic is one of the most interesting experiences you’ll ever have, and even more so if you have a smartphone that has suffered catastrophic failure, such as a swollen battery. On this occasion, one customer took her afflicted device to a Google service center, and she encountered a representative who either wanted to refuse her service with an utterly absurd remark or was entirely confident in his claims. According to the unnamed employee, the Pixel’s swollen battery was the result of using a Samsung charger.

Ready to Return to The Continent? Analyst Expects a 'Big' The Witcher 3 DLC Expansion To Drop Next Year

5K Resolution Brings RTX 5090 D To Its Knees; GPU Struggles To Even Reach 60 FPS

'It's A Fatal Security Flaw With Sony's Security Systems': PlayStation Network Accounts Can Be Hacked Even If Protected by 2FA, Passkey

Netflix’s Assassin’s Creed TV Series Adaptation Has Found a Director in Johan Renck

Is the MMO genre dead for Western AAA developers? We asked industry veterans. Greg Street ( @Ghostcrawler) says MMOs aren’t dead in the West but funding them is brutal. Publishers want steady revenue yet balk at the live-service commitments required. 🔗 wccf.tech/1jbi3

AM4 CPUs See A Sudden Surge In Sales; Ryzen 5 3600 Also Makes A Comeback In The Top 10

EA Shareholders Have Officially Approved the $55Bn Sale to Saudi Arabia PIF, Silver Lake

Apple Will Now Pay A 230% Premium For Each 12GB LPDDR5X RAM Chip Found In Its iPhones

Linux 6.19 Improves Radeon HD 7950’s Performance By 30% With AMDGPU Driver

Samsung Charger May Cause Google Pixel Battery Damage

A number of former Samsung executives and employees have been charged with illegally equipping China's CXMT with trade secrets related to the 10nm DRAM tech. 🔗 wccf.tech/1jcr1

The FCC Effectively Bans Foreign-Made DJI Drones By Adding Them To Its "Covered List"

‘GTA 6 Will Cost $70 and Won’t Get Another Delay’, Ex Rockstar Animator Says

Samsung Ex-Execs Charged In Massive Tech Espionage Case Involving China

Tomb Raider 2013 Maintains A 60+FPS Average At 4K Ultra Settings On A Snapdragon 8 Elite In Emulation Mode, Signaling A Promising Release When The Actual iOS & Android Port Arrives

'EGS Is a Shop, and Steam Is a Home' - Developer Explains Why Most PC Users Are Attached to Valve's Platform

Amazon Sends DDR4 RAM Inside DDR5 Packaging To User; Another RAM Scam Unfolds

Apple Reportedly Facing 2nm Production Shortages, Despite Securing Nearly Half Of TSMC’s Initial Supply

Call of Duty Is Coming to Nintendo Switch, Switch 2 In 2026, It’s Claimed

Samsung, likely realizing that its competitor has a better design that could arrive in less than 12 months, has reportedly begun developing a rival dubbed the “Wide Fold,” with a launch planned for fall 2026.

Epic Head Honcho Still Has Beef With Apple, Won’t Launch Fortnite On iOS In Japan

Samsung to Launch ‘Wide Fold’ to Rival iPhone Fold

Kingcool Pure Flow 360mm AIO Liquid Cooler Review: High-Speed External Pump With ARGB Goodness For Just $90