Daily Tech News 19 June 2026

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Apple CEO Tim Cook says prices are going to increase so that the company can maintain its 1000% markup on commodity components. (Tom's Hardware)

Apple is, right now, only achieving a 500% markup on memory.

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Microsoft's latest version of Outlook takes just 10 seconds to take you from a notification to reading the corresponding email. (Windows Latest)

One small problem: It used to be instantaneous.
Valve's new Steam Controller is a runaway success. (The Verge)

This being The Verge, that's not how they frame the story.
Amazon employees are facing extermination for fighting against datacenter construction. (The Verge)

If I were a doctor and fighting to abolish medicine, I wouldn't expect to retain my board certification for long.
Nope, too stupid. (WCCFTech)

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Nothing! Absolutely nothing!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2026 04:30 AM (y1wyK)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:30 AM (6wpGE)

3 I need to go walking in the sun later. Right now, gotta take the lemon pesto chicken out of the over and prep the shoulder roast.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2026 04:32 AM (y1wyK)

4 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at June 19, 2026 04:32 AM (quqLE)

5 G'Day and
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)

6 >>>(Jump to bottom of comments)

Like, to the dregs.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:32 AM (6wpGE)

7 3 I need to go walking in the sun later. Right now, gotta take the lemon pesto chicken out of the over
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2026 04:32 AM (y1wyK)

What's the under/over on that?

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:33 AM (6wpGE)

8 Andy Burnham, mayor of Manchester, won a parliamentary by-election with 55% of the vote, ten percentage points more than the winning Labour candidate obtained in that seat in the 2024 general election. It seems voters are desperate to push Starmer out of power.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 19, 2026 04:46 AM (ZVw6f)

9 Smash Mouth - Walkin' On The Sun

That's fun!

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:47 AM (6wpGE)

10 *poke*

^Starts filling bucket with cold water^

Posted by: clarence at June 19, 2026 04:47 AM (quqLE)

11 Amazon employees are facing extermination for fighting against datacenter construction. (The Verge)

headline:

LOL extermination

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:51 AM (6wpGE)

12 I should get moving, wish could go back to bed

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 04:53 AM (Ia/+0)

13 subhead of the Verge article:

After speaking up for regulation on data centers, Seattle activists say they were called into meetings with HR.

whodathunkit

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:55 AM (6wpGE)

14
Speaking of the Sun, today, June 19th, is the shortest of two local maxima of the apparent solar day. These occur close to the solstices, with the Dec. one being the longest.

Anyway, the apparent solar day, the time between successive high noons, will be about 13.1 seconds longer than 24 hours. The apparent solar day will then continue to decrease reaching the yearly minimum around the Autumn equinox.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 04:56 AM (w6EFb)

15 East bound and down, see you when I get there

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 04:58 AM (Ia/+0)

16 Smash Mouth - Walkin' On The Sun

There's a very Petticoat Junction moment in there.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 05:02 AM (6wpGE)

17 Microsoft's latest version of Outlook takes just 10 seconds to take you from a notification to reading the corresponding email.

Vibe coding, across the universe
We keep slowing workflows
Because we're so diverse!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 19, 2026 05:03 AM (O7YUW)

18 What's the under/over on that?

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:33 AM (6wpGE)
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Assuming you're referring to thermometer prob temps, chicken thighs 79C/174F, meat till 48C/188F on low heat, rest for 30-45 minutes and then sear.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2026 05:07 AM (y1wyK)

19 18 What's the under/over on that?

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:33 AM (6wpGE)
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Assuming you're referring to thermometer prob temps, chicken thighs 79C/174F, meat till 48C/188F on low heat, rest for 30-45 minutes and then sear.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2026 05:07 AM (y1wyK)

I was making a joke about your typo:

... gotta take the lemon pesto chicken out of the over ...

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 05:08 AM (6wpGE)

20
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 19, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)

21 Verge article:

Seattle officially enacted a one-year moratorium on large-scale data centers

... where the author has omitted the word "new," leaving a mess in her wake

-->Seattle officially enacted a one-year moratorium on new large-scale data centers

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 05:13 AM (6wpGE)

22 Yesterday, on the board someone was talking about a bllack man they admired -as opposed to Barack Obama. They mentioned George Washington Carver . He was a man of faith and
perseverance. Here's a devotional on Proverbs 3;1-6. and it is a devotional appropriate for interested Christians and Jews:

https://tinyurl.com/musw576v

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:16 AM (n3VHW)

23 I was making a joke about your typo:

... gotta take the lemon pesto chicken out of the over ...

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 05:08 AM (6wpGE)
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How typecal of me!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2026 05:18 AM (y1wyK)

24 Disclaimer: Nothing! Absolutely nothing!

Rejoinder: Stupid! You're so stupid!

(clarification: Just carrying on Kuni's line in the movie UHF from the "Wheel of Fish" segment. Love that movie...)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 19, 2026 05:19 AM (O7YUW)

25 LOL extermination
Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:51 AM (6wpGE)

If the traps don't work, seal it up and fog the place.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2026 05:22 AM (Ot/FD)

26 23 I was making a joke about your typo:

... gotta take the lemon pesto chicken out of the over ...

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 05:08 AM (6wpGE)
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How typecal of me!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2026 05:18 AM (y1wyK)

And of me.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 05:23 AM (6wpGE)

27 9 Smash Mouth - Walkin' On The Sun

That's fun!

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:47 AM (6wpGE)

Less fun is Black Hole Sun...
https://youtu.be/3mbBbFH9fAg

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 05:25 AM (l3cgK)

28 Biden"s dog,

You seem to cook a LOT! Plus it always sounds delicious. How many folks do you feed?

Posted by: Brunnhilde at June 19, 2026 05:30 AM (3AwA+)

29 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 05:31 AM (RIvkX)

30 Evening and morning, all! 'Tis Friday at last, the consummation devoutly to be wished! And a holiday for some, so there's that.

I made the mistake of looking at the current weather conditions on the CBS outlet's website. The temp is 81, heat index is 94 effin' degrees at 4:30 am. Gawd I want out of here --!!!

The day has started off poorly on another front. I forgot to set up my coffee water and grounds last night, so I had to do that just now and am waiting until I can pour a cup. It's minor, but it's a harbinger of worse things, I'll bet.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:31 AM (wzUl9)

31 Ever get the feeling that all those "land acknowledgement statements" are ultimately just a flex?

"We recognize that this used to be yours but it's ours now and we put a big ugly boondoggle of steel and concrete on it. "

"So.... give it back?"

"Lol no."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2026 05:35 AM (Ot/FD)

32 Wolfus,

Something like this?

https://tinyurl.com/52n6frj2

Posted by: pawn at June 19, 2026 05:35 AM (+rSJz)

33 G'morning, all!

Morning downpours should be here within the next 30 minutes.

So...another day of no morning walk.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 19, 2026 05:36 AM (iMotb)

34 Oh, that's right. We're almost at the longest day of the year.

Just what I need. More hot sunlight. (Grump, grump, grump)

On the good front, the furry thugs are doing well. Big black Stirling woke me by kicking me as he leapt over me -- three times, and all at his usual time of 3:45 am -- but they are both healthy, and waiting for me to feed them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:36 AM (wzUl9)

35 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:31 AM (wzUl9)

I am sorry about the temps and other aspects of NOLA are so uncomfortable I am praying that rough places are made smooth and that God opens just the right house and location for you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:37 AM (OYsYV)

36 The day has started off poorly on another front. I forgot to set up my coffee water and grounds last night, so I had to do that just now and am waiting until I can pour a cup. It's minor, but it's a harbinger of worse things, I'll bet.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:31 AM (wzUl9)
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I had to make my own coffee this morning. Yuk.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 05:38 AM (RIvkX)

37 Wolfus,

Something like this?

https://tinyurl.com/52n6frj2
Posted by: pawn at June 19, 2026

***
Pawn!! That happens to be the *exact* home I put the offer in on last month!!

I loved it the moment I saw it . . . until the inspection revealed it would need close to $30K of serious work, including termite repair to the garage, newer electrics, and a new A/C system. The sellers were not willing to do all that or any part of it, and did not counteroffer lowering their price.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:40 AM (wzUl9)

38 Smashmouth song lyrics say "25 years ago" while it was released 29 years ago. Great album BTW. "Disconnect the Dots" is a great tune as well as "Heave-Ho."

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at June 19, 2026 05:41 AM (S8cdb)

39 From the unfortunate names dept. The head of the ccofCICP,
Assadollah Badamchian

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 05:41 AM (0beLq)

40 I am sorry about the temps and other aspects of NOLA are so uncomfortable I am praying that rough places are made smooth and that God opens just the right house and location for you.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026

***
Thanks, Fen. I have to concentrate on the things I can control, and let God do the rest.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:41 AM (wzUl9)

41 Woman's book on vocabulary becomes best seller after 40 years. Sunny Skyz site

https://tinyurl.com/yeyvsthp

I am thankful that Tik Tok is responsible for at least one good thing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:41 AM (OYsYV)

42 On the plus side, the changing out of fuel injectors ion the Volvo wagon started out very well yesterday.

On the minus side, due to age and brittleness, part of the plastic end flange on two of them broke into tiny pieces, falling down the injector ports and next to the intake valves.

On the plus side, I was able to extract the easily visible small chinks without any further disassembly.

On the minus side, the borescope showed two of the intake valves still had small chinks of plastic sitting next to them, requiring removal of the intake manifold.

On the plus side, the manifold came off rather easily, and I was able to remove the remaining chunks from both intake ports, including a larger piece that wasn't visible until the intake was off.

On the minus side, I don't have a new intake gasket, and the new one won't arrive till tomorrow afternoon.

And so on......

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 19, 2026 05:42 AM (iMotb)

43 Wolfus you would love our weather. The sun hasn't come out but 10 minutes the last 6 days.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 05:42 AM (RIvkX)

44 You seem to cook a LOT! Plus it always sounds delicious. How many folks do you feed?

Posted by: Brunnhilde at June 19, 2026 05:30 AM (3AwA+)
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Tonight, the Sabbath, we and our pups and grndpups are a dozen. Often, we're 16-20, depending on who can come.

Mrs. BD does the bulk of everything. I handle sashimi, some of the chicken, and most grilling.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2026 05:42 AM (y1wyK)

45 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:41 AM (wzUl9

That sounds like a positive approach.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:42 AM (OYsYV)

46 Wolfus you would love our weather. The sun hasn't come out but 10 minutes the last 6 days.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026

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Yes! If I could just move to SF in, say, 1955 . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:44 AM (wzUl9)

47 VIA, what year and model is your Volvo? I had a 264, a '75 I think, for a brief time in the winter of '85. It was a fun car to drive until a fuel line broke and the car burned up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9)

48 And so on......
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
****

I have had more than my share of house remodels go that way.

Posted by: clarence at June 19, 2026 05:46 AM (quqLE)

49 BD,

Sounds like a lot of fun (and love).

Posted by: Brunnhilde at June 19, 2026 05:49 AM (3AwA+)

50 I got a (semi urgent) prompt doctor appointment (primary care) with a huge organization. Per Murphy’s law, they gave me a prompt time on the only day in the next two months that I was scheduled out of town for family get-together. So, contacting huge organization for a change is durn near impossible. Plus the huge organization is abusive to primary care docs, and I don’t want to mess up his productivity statistics.

Posted by: Fenderbender at June 19, 2026 05:49 AM (1FEc1)

51 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 19, 2026 05:36 AM (iMotb)

Sorry. I know that you enjoy your walks. I enjoy mine as well . Yesterday I saw a morning glory plant as well as some tiny weed with a flower the size of a top of my fingernail with some shade of purple. When I came back to look for it I couldn't find it again .

When the weather is too cold or too hot go to the
market and get a small cart and bring a bag and walk up and down the aisles for about half an hour or so . Eventually I find something I need, but the store security overhead may think I'm nuts. 😉. I don't belong to a gym, so at least it's exercise.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:49 AM (OYsYV)

52 "VIA, what year and model is your Volvo?"

This one is the 2006 V-70, 2.5T with 280,000 miles on it. And we are the original owners.

The other is the 2009 S-60, 2.5T with full Polestar tune, hi-flow induction and exhaust, and other fun modifications. And about 190,000 original miles.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 19, 2026 05:51 AM (iMotb)

53 We have a pretty small family Shabbat is usually not more than 5-6.

SiL's family in Sydney is huge, so many aunts and uncles and cousins Shabbat was packed.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 05:51 AM (RIvkX)

54 @31/Warai-otoko: "Ever get the feeling that all those "land acknowledgement statements" are ultimately just a flex?"

I think it's an intentional strife-and-conflict generator to pit one group of citizens against another, and keep people fighting amongst themselves.

With news coming out about how much tax revenues are filtered directly to fraud, were the people not divided, their ire would rightfully turn on the politicians stealing so much from us to line their pockets. Divide-and-conquer continues to be the best defensive strategy for the leviathan.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 19, 2026 05:55 AM (O7YUW)

55 This is a lovely psalm read by David Suchet/-Psalm 132:

https://tinyurl.com/yzc4mvc2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:55 AM (OYsYV)

56 Second cup of coffee. In a few minutes I'll change and stretch, and hit the workout trail: slower and shorter, thanks to the heat. More walking than trotting, in other words. I'll bring water with me, of course.

My new Casio watch with stopwatch function works quite well: a button press gives a bright dial light that lets me see the elapsed time easily. My older Casio illuminates only the left half of the dial, the minutes elapsed. I need to see the seconds to know how I'm doing. There is a vast difference between 10:05 and 10:50.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:55 AM (wzUl9)

57 When the weather is too cold or too hot go to the
market and get a small cart and bring a bag and walk up and down the aisles for about half an hour or so . Eventually I find something I need, but the store security overhead may think I'm nuts. 😉. I don't belong to a gym, so at least it's exercise.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026

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That's a great idea. Go early before the crowds flock to the store. (Even then, with Walmart anyway, the employees jam the aisles picking out stuff for delivery and pickup.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:57 AM (wzUl9)

58 SanFranpsycho, I have been reading about the lighting of the candles for Shabbat .

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 05:57 AM (0beLq)

59 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:57 AM (wzUl9

Our closest store opens at 6:00 so yes, I get there early.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:59 AM (n3VHW)

60 @Wolfus: Keep a towel with you in bed. Next time Stirling wakes you up, see if you can grab him by the scruff of the neck and then wrap him up tightly in the towel, lay back down and hold him (now prevented from moving) against you while you lay still and pretend to go back to sleep (you won't be able to due to the kitty's struggling) but it should make the point to him that waking you is a BAD idea.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 19, 2026 06:01 AM (O7YUW)

61 SanFranpsycho, I have been reading about the lighting of the candles for Shabbat .
Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 05:57 AM (0beLq)
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How nice. The prayers are Boy F's longest utterances so I look forward to hearing them every week.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 06:01 AM (RIvkX)

62 I like late night shopping to search out interesting markdowns and exercise. Annoyingly, the stores in my area have been cutting back their hours. First, Vons/Albertsons, one of the two 400 pound gorillas of the region, starting closing at 10 PM at all but one location that was expected to close last year due to a merger. The other player in that proposed merger was Kroger, whose Ralphs chain is the other 400 pound gorilla in these parts. Nearly all of their stores used to be open until 1 AM. Added bonus for my gym, open 24 hours on weekdays, is in the same plaza as one of those Ralphs. They're gradually adding more store to the close at midnight list.

I miss when supermarkets in a section of town would take turns staying open 24/7, as a form of community service. I can distinctly remember being horribly bored and awake on a summer night and going over at 2 AM to find a book to read. Back then, there used to be a good chance of finding something decent, like John Steakley's 'Armor'. A few years later, I'd have my own car and could go down to Hollywood for the big 24 hour newsstand and bookstore at the corner of Hollywood and Cahuenga.

Posted by: Epobirs at June 19, 2026 06:07 AM (/0z9K)

63 @56/Wolfus: Casio 3488 on my wrist. Good watch, decent price.

Only two minor quips I have with it:

a) The glass isn't glass, it's some sort of hardened plastic so it does get scratched

b) It gains a second or two every week.

That last one is easy enough to deal with. It has a good "set seconds to zero" function. You push the button in time set mode, and the seconds are reset to zero. If Seconds was at 29 or less when you did it, the minute stays the same. If at 30 or above, it bumps the minute forward by one. Makes it real easy to get the time set accurately right to the second against the accurate time.

I'd definitely buy another one of these if this one ever breaks.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 19, 2026 06:08 AM (O7YUW)

64 Tommy's, which was like In'n'Out with just a handful of locations then, was ahead of the curve in being open 24/7. So a triple chili burger was a requirement for the outing.

Posted by: Epobirs at June 19, 2026 06:09 AM (/0z9K)

65 Wolfus: Keep a towel with you in bed. Next time Stirling wakes you up, see if you can grab him by the scruff of the neck and then wrap him up tightly in the towel, lay back down and hold him (now prevented from moving) against you while you lay still and pretend to go back to sleep (you won't be able to due to the kitty's struggling) but it should make the point to him that waking you is a BAD idea.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 19, 2026

***
Good idea, G & R. But he is gone so fast, leaping across me and the bed, that I'm not sure I can catch him.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 06:09 AM (wzUl9)

66 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 19, 2026 06:12 AM (sAmhv)

67 ONT reminds me: The blood alcohol level that traditionally sufficed to allow me to dance, now exceeds the blood alcohol level that puts me to sleep.

Posted by: Fenderbender at June 19, 2026 06:14 AM (1FEc1)

68 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at June 19, 2026 06:14 AM (PzBTm)

69 Morning Horde! Gonna go donate plasma later today. Wolfus, have you considered Oklahoma?

Posted by: RandomDave at June 19, 2026 06:15 AM (aJQbY)

70 Tomorrow is the great NoVaMoMe . A good time will be had by all.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 06:16 AM (0beLq)

71 I'm back

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 06:16 AM (sgkY8)

72 Wish I could go

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 06:17 AM (sgkY8)

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