Daily Tech News 27 December 2025

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Is it a bubble? Let's ask the money men lending billions to build these AI datacenters.

They say yes. (New York Times) (archive site)

9.25% interest rates for commercial construction loans that supposedly have paying customers lined up?

Yeah, they're not convinced.
The people who backed French bugfarm Ÿnsect were convinced - to the tune of $600 million. (Tech Crunch)

And lost their shirts, because the idea was irredeemably stupid.

Tech News

The Ryzen 5000 series of CPUs - now five years old - have become top sellers as users choose to stick with their older memory and upgrade the rest of the system. (Tom's Hardware)

AMD stopped making the 5800X3D probably because it was too competitive against newer models. Maybe they'll consider restarting production if nobody can afford memory for the new models, which are DDR5-only.

Intel's 12th through 14th generation CPUs support both DDR4 and DDR5 depending on the motherboard.

DDR4 memory is also astronomically expensive as well - though not quite as bad as DDR5 - but people likely already have it. A relative mentioned he'd recovered at least 50 DDR4 modules from PCs being scrapped at the office, and he's not alone in that.
AMD's long-rumoured 9950X3D2 CPU - with dual 3D V-cache modules - has started showing up in benchmark results. (Tom's Hardware)

It's only about 2% faster than the regular 9950X3D on general benchmark results, which is precisely why AMD hasn't produced such a chip before. The company already sells server chips with V-cache on every CPU die, so it was always possible, just not useful in most cases.
AMD's next-generation RDNA5 graphics chips are taped out (design completed) ready to start mass production of the chips in the second half of next year, with cards shipping in 2027. (WCCFTech)

The lead time on bringing something like this to market is pretty long.

We may also see higher-end models this time, given the fairly warm reception of the current RDNA4 series.

They will, of course, be expensive.
There's a new security vulnerability in MongoDB if you are silly enough to be running it on public-facing internet servers. (Double Pulsar)

Solution: Don't do that.
LG has also announced 5K gaming monitors (though two of them are ultrawide models - 5120x2160 rather than 5120x2880). (Notebook Check)

All with high refresh rates, so the graphics card you can't afford in the computer you can't build won't be able to keep up but if you just need a new monitor and plan to hang onto it after the present insanity dies down, the 27" model might not be bad.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Doom today. Never doom tomorrow.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 27, 2025 04:00 AM (Ia/+0)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at December 27, 2025 04:00 AM (RuTUS)

3 Poke...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 27, 2025 04:01 AM (BLOW1)

4 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 27, 2025 04:01 AM (BLOW1)

5 >>>Disclaimer: Doom today. Never doom tomorrow.

w00t today

Posted by: m at December 27, 2025 04:02 AM (RuTUS)

6 *ouch

Posted by: m at December 27, 2025 04:02 AM (RuTUS)

7 I have no reason to be up yet

Posted by: Skip at December 27, 2025 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)

8 I forgot to mention, I liked the musical bit with mel and kim earlier in the week (or was it last week? I forget.)

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at December 27, 2025 04:02 AM (gHSfI)

9 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 27, 2025 04:05 AM (iNUL3)

10 Mel & Kim (Mel Smith and Kim Wilde) was Christmas Day.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 27, 2025 04:05 AM (BLOW1)

11 The Shadows - Apache

They seem confident in their coolness.

Posted by: m at December 27, 2025 04:07 AM (RuTUS)

12 10 Mel & Kim (Mel Smith and Kim Wilde) was Christmas Day.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 27, 2025 04:05 AM (BLOW1)

https://ace.mu.nu/archives/417867.php

Posted by: m at December 27, 2025 04:10 AM (RuTUS)

13 Ah, Pixy had made a meta-joke.

I wondered why the two youtube links ended up on different performers.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 27, 2025 04:56 AM (1ld0C)

14
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 27, 2025 04:59 AM (tljrc)

15 13 Ah, Pixy had made a meta-joke.

I wondered why the two youtube links ended up on different performers.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 27, 2025 04:56 AM (1ld0C)

hahaha
I hadn't paid any attention to the second one 'til you said that!

Posted by: m at December 27, 2025 05:14 AM (RuTUS)

16 Anybody who thinks they can force me to eat insects, I cut your liver out and fry it with onions. (and probably die, because your liver is rancid with bugs)

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 27, 2025 05:15 AM (nljXp)

17 G'morning, all!

51 degrees out.

30 minutes till the morning walk.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 27, 2025 05:19 AM (iMotb)

18 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at December 27, 2025 05:25 AM (AN2gy)

19 14 degrees here, with a couple inches of fresh powder.

We typically don't have such a low temperature accompanying falling snow.

Posted by: fluffy at December 27, 2025 05:28 AM (AN2gy)

20 It seems that Amazon Echo devices sometimes have an issue with un-commanded shifts from one wifi network to another network that is available to them.

Most often noted by owners who have had them, or another echo device connected to a previous network and then shifted to a new network.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 27, 2025 05:29 AM (iMotb)

21 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at December 27, 2025 05:31 AM (2Ez/1)

22 Evening to you Saturday toilers, and morning to the early risers (you know who you are! Don't try fooling anybody!).

I'm up a bit earlier than I planned. 'Sokay, though; I have an early Trackdown episode with Robert Culp on TV, coffee with a splash of eggnog, a pipe of good burley tobacco, and Killer Kittenz to feed in a few minutes. Howzabout you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 27, 2025 05:40 AM (wzUl9)

23 Man from Texas talks about praising the Lord, through music and in other ways. Scripture is Psalm 150:1-6

https://tinyurl.com/ycyvfwxh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 27, 2025 05:54 AM (Nx5jP)

24 13 Ah, Pixy had made a meta-joke.

I wondered why the two youtube links ended up on different performers.

Posted by: Richard Cranium

Not my joke, just one I stumbled across.

Mel & Kim were a legitimate British pop duo from the late 80s. They lent their name for the Christmas video by comedian Mel Smith and Kim Wilde. Both videos are on the official Mel & Kim channel.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 27, 2025 05:57 AM (BLOW1)

25 Deputy from Va. helps save Christmas by returning packages that had fallen by road:

https://tinyurl.com/y7whd2yt

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 27, 2025 05:57 AM (Nx5jP)

26 Santa prays for sick.children at a hospital. Faithpot site

https://tinyurl.com/msfam3vn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 27, 2025 05:59 AM (Nx5jP)

27 Actor David Suchet reads psalm 150:

https://tinyurl.com/mryxn248

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 27, 2025 06:05 AM (Nx5jP)

28 AI bubble: CoreWeave pictured. Biggest scam of the AI era.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 27, 2025 06:10 AM (1Nv0l)

29 Cats really do understand human speech.

I asked Kaylee the Calico Kitty Cat (the cutest little cat of them all) if she wanted breakfast this morning.

She was "meh."

Then I asked her if she wanted treats. She immediately perked up and said, "Yes, please!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 27, 2025 06:22 AM (ESVrU)

30
*flat, blaring nerd voice*

Hi, guys!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 27, 2025 06:25 AM (tgvbd)

31 Cats really do understand human speech.

I asked Kaylee the Calico Kitty Cat (the cutest little cat of them all) if she wanted breakfast this morning.

She was "meh."

Then I asked her if she wanted treats. She immediately perked up and said, "Yes, please!"
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 27, 2025

***
His Lordship Arizona, the red tabby part-Coon, knew three words: his name, "No," and "feed." The first was reasonably important; the second he shrugged off most of the time. But "feed" really got his attention.

Marie-Antoinette the smart black cat knew her name and any part of it, "Marie," "Twa-nette," etc. She even recognized it one evening when a character on TV mentioned the famous French queen. She looked sharply at the screen, as if thinking, "Who's calling me?" All the more remarkable because it was not her name from kittenhood; she learned it after being rescued as a young adult.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 27, 2025 06:28 AM (wzUl9)

32 Kinda quiet this morning. Probably walk into town soon for a cup of coffee.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at December 27, 2025 06:28 AM (aKh6S)

33 moar covfefe

Posted by: m at December 27, 2025 06:31 AM (RuTUS)

34 In Fort Worth and yesterday the high was 87, gas was 2.31 and the
the 7-11 was demolished by yoots yanking an ATM by steel cable with a stolen suv. I buy losing lotto tickets from that store. It's closed.

Posted by: Kingsman at December 27, 2025 06:33 AM (ehY6c)

35 My fun time with old Macs continues as the 17" Macbook Pro from 2011 finally arrived. It does not seem to have GPU issues at present. For now, I am thinking about installing High Sierra and trying to patch it up to a modern version, just to see how that goes. I am going to go through and put fresh thermal paste on the lot next week.

I have a 13" 2011 Macbook Air I bought for nostslgia as it comes from Free Geeks in Portland. I used to buy stuff from there when I could afford it. They teach people how to build a computer or laptop out of donated computers. And they put Linux Mint on them.

And there's a Thinkpad X200, that I'm hoping will be the end of it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 27, 2025 06:35 AM (+mUZM)

36 I think Mr Trouble understands more words than my dog does. And he tries to talk back to me

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 27, 2025 06:39 AM (+mUZM)

37 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 27, 2025 06:41 AM (bQ4nt)

38 From the ONT, cats know a lot of words. They just don't want you to know that they know.

Posted by: no one at December 27, 2025 06:43 AM (qFwJc)

39 34 In Fort Worth ... the 7-11 was demolished by yoots yanking an ATM by steel cable with a stolen suv.
Posted by: Kingsman at December 27, 2025 06:33 AM (ehY6c)

Did they catch those people?

Posted by: m at December 27, 2025 06:44 AM (RuTUS)

40

*yoots means black.

Posted by: Footnote at the bottom of the page at December 27, 2025 06:48 AM (2Ez/1)

41 Coffee, coffee, coffee

Posted by: Skip at December 27, 2025 06:48 AM (Ia/+0)

42 "Mel & Kim were a legitimate British pop duo from the late 80s. "

One of them died of cancer before (I think) she hit her 30s. I think it was the one with the great rack in the video.

Great rack or not, it's a sad thing to be collected for the afterlife so young.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 27, 2025 06:49 AM (1ld0C)

43 It depends. Being "collected for the afterlife" isn't terrible if you going straight to paradise and getting an early exit from this shithole.

Posted by: no one at December 27, 2025 06:52 AM (qFwJc)

44 "The impromptu ATM relocation was merely my client's creative way of calling attention to the plight of the poor Gazans who are daily genocided, the ongoing destruction of the planet by Climate Change and *dramatic pause* OrangeManBad.

I move the charges be dismissed.

Posted by: The yoot's lawyer at December 27, 2025 06:56 AM (RP04w)

45 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 27, 2025 06:56 AM (9ipOP)

46
"The impromptu ATM relocation was merely my client's creative way of calling attention to the plight of the poor Gazans who are daily genocided, the ongoing destruction of the planet by Climate Change and *dramatic pause* OrangeManBad.

I move the charges be dismissed.
Posted by: The yoot's lawyer at December 27, 2025 06:56 AM (RP04w)

*bangs gavel*

Dismissed with prejudice, restitution of costs and reparations.

Posted by: Soft-Hearted Judge at December 27, 2025 06:59 AM (tgvbd)

47
Unappealing choices for today.

- Mow the back acreage
- Edge and trim the lawn
- Scrub down the kennel

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 27, 2025 07:00 AM (tgvbd)

48 The back here is covered in a inch of frozen water

Posted by: Skip at December 27, 2025 07:02 AM (Ia/+0)

49 Today I'll take Boy F. to Shoe Palace in Union Square so he can buy himself a new pair of sneakers.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 27, 2025 07:06 AM (9ipOP)

50 San Franpsycho, hoping the rain situation is ok where you are.

Posted by: m at December 27, 2025 07:07 AM (RuTUS)

51 That means last night was New Shoes Eve. Hope you celebrated responsibly.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 27, 2025 07:08 AM (2Ez/1)

52 Then there was the great Tulip Mania/Bubble in the 1630s; Plenty of people had their savings wiped out when that bubble burst.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 27, 2025 07:11 AM (7cpPc)

53 51 That means last night was New Shoes Eve. Hope you celebrated responsibly.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 27, 2025 07:08 AM (2Ez/1)

; )

Posted by: m at December 27, 2025 07:12 AM (RuTUS)

54 Morning peeps

It's 52F this morning. Monday morning it's supposed to be 15F with a dash of cold rain, freezing rain and snow in-between.

Oh... tomorrow it's forecast to be 72F. Winter cannot make up its mind.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 27, 2025 07:13 AM (NwnyJ)

55 Ok, had to go find the "impromptu ATM relocation" story:

https://tinyurl.com/n6fkzbpz

Turns out the store was open with customers inside about 3 AM
Pretty wild video.

The best part: it happened in a part of town known as "White Settlement."
LOL

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 27, 2025 07:20 AM (2Ez/1)

56 Gah! Dog has an upset stomach so this is the third time I've had to get up so I stayed up this last time. I'm tired though. Good thing I have no plans today.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 27, 2025 07:20 AM (VCgbV)

57 42 "Mel & Kim were a legitimate British pop duo from the late 80s. "

One of them died of cancer before (I think) she hit her 30s.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 27, 2025 06:49 AM (1ld0C)

Wikipedia: Melanie died of cancer in January 1990 at the age of 23

Posted by: m at December 27, 2025 07:20 AM (RuTUS)

58 San Franpsycho, hoping the rain situation is ok where you are.
Posted by: m at December 27, 2025 07:07 AM (RuTUS)
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Thanks it was not as bad as predicted although a street tree did snap off at its base 2 blocks from here. The car parked there was lucky it didn't get smashed.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 27, 2025 07:22 AM (9ipOP)

59 26 Santa prays for sick.children at a hospital. Faithpot site

https://tinyurl.com/msfam3vn
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 27, 2025 05:59 AM (Nx5jP)

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Moving photo of Santa. That picture of Jesus is the same as the one we grew up with in our house.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 27, 2025 07:24 AM (xDQPT)

60 It got to at least 84 here yesterday. Today and tomorrow is supposed to be slightly cooler in the upper 70's. Monday the Arctic blast arrives... high of 51, might even freeze at night. It will also be very windy. Monday is the day I get to sit outside and help with the spawn's competition. Yay me!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 27, 2025 07:26 AM (VCgbV)

61 Doom you say, give me Dhoom 2 with Hrithik Roshan. Peak Hrithik who puts robert downey jr to shame, Hrithik would never tell me to eat bugs.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 27, 2025 07:26 AM (2NHgQ)

62 It will be the first time going to Union Square to shop since before the covids. I'm hoping to see crowds of people spending lots of money.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 27, 2025 07:27 AM (9ipOP)

63 48 The back here is covered in a inch of frozen water
Posted by: Skip at December 27, 2025 07:02 AM (Ia/

----

I'm kind of expecting the same tomorrow night here. Forecasting an all day rain with a temperature drop from 60 to 14.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 27, 2025 07:29 AM (DGAza)

64 *looks out window* We got a LOT of snow. Our street is not plowed.

Yeah, I'm staying inside.

Coffee morning, everyone.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 27, 2025 07:32 AM (O7YUW)

65 64 *looks out window* We got a LOT of snow.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 27, 2025 07:32 AM (O7YUW)

Like, how much?

Posted by: m at December 27, 2025 07:39 AM (RuTUS)

66 The 7-11 busted store is on Cherry Lane in White Settlement, in Cowtown.

Posted by: Kingsman at December 27, 2025 07:39 AM (ehY6c)

67 I'd have to go out and measure it m, that's not happening right now.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 27, 2025 07:40 AM (O7YUW)

68 Don't blame the holidays.
You were fat in July.

Posted by: Truth bomb at December 27, 2025 07:40 AM (2Ez/1)

69 I've been a windows guy for the last thirty years. Today today i'm going to open up a new 13" macbook. I do not like apple, but I hate what i've heard about Windows 11

Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 27, 2025 07:41 AM (JbPL7)

70
Don't blame the holidays.
You were fat in July.
Posted by: Truth bomb at December 27, 2025 07:40 AM (2Ez/1)

Yeah, I'm about 10 pounds over where I want to be and it's my own fault.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 27, 2025 07:43 AM (tgvbd)

71 66 The 7-11 busted store is on Cherry Lane in White Settlement, in Cowtown.
Posted by: Kingsman at December 27, 2025 07:39 AM (ehY6c)

The news stories online are saying they haven't caught the guys yet! Got the ATM, tho.

Posted by: m at December 27, 2025 07:44 AM (RuTUS)

72 The prediction here is a foot of snow, falling tonight to Monday morning.

Posted by: davidt at December 27, 2025 07:45 AM (Q+gd/)

73 I'm debating whether I should take down the outside Christmas lights today, or wait until the bitter cold subsides later next week. Might be more "winter like" for a while...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 27, 2025 07:46 AM (NwnyJ)

74 "Wikipedia: Melanie died of cancer in January 1990 at the age of 23"

Normally you have to go somewhere where people are being killed in job lots, like a WW1 or WW2 battlefield or Chicago on the weekends to die that young.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 27, 2025 07:48 AM (1ld0C)

75 It's quite foggy in my neck of the woods.

Where's Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer when you need him?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 27, 2025 07:50 AM (ESVrU)

76 New York Post on the ATM story:

https://archive.is/TGdUH

Posted by: m at December 27, 2025 07:51 AM (RuTUS)

77 There be noodity.

Posted by: Noodist at December 27, 2025 07:58 AM (2Ez/1)

78 I don't have any Christmas decorations outside, but would suggest as when I did to keep up until New Year day.
Its early March and people still have stuff up and lit its really over done.

Posted by: Skip at December 27, 2025 07:59 AM (Ia/+0)

79 78 I don't have any Christmas decorations outside, but would suggest as when I did to keep up until New Year day.
Its early March and people still have stuff up and lit its really over done.
Posted by: Skip at December 27, 2025 07:59 AM (Ia/+0)

It is pretty to see outside Christmas decorations until NYD!

Posted by: m at December 27, 2025 08:01 AM (RuTUS)

80 And there's a Thinkpad X200, that I'm hoping will be the end of it.
Posted by: Notsothoreau
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My primary monitor came from Computer Geeks out of CA. They were like Radio Shack for builders with a lot of used merch on the side. Stopped delivering because the couldn't compete w/Amazon. I think they lost business because they had zip customer service.

I checked out the 11" on Ebay. It's tantalizing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ asd at December 27, 2025 08:05 AM (U5+2P)

81 The best Christmas decorations belong to other people.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 27, 2025 08:05 AM (2Ez/1)

82 Adventures of AOP and his Suburbans in the evening and Notsothoreau and her Macs in the morning.
Cool.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ asd at December 27, 2025 08:07 AM (U5+2P)

83 74 "Wikipedia: Melanie died of cancer in January 1990 at the age of 23"

Normally you have to go somewhere where people are being killed in job lots, like a WW1 or WW2 battlefield or Chicago on the weekends to die that young.
Posted by: Richard Cranium
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I pray for kids in hospitals most every night.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ asd at December 27, 2025 08:08 AM (U5+2P)

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