Daily Tech News 27 June 2026

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OpenAI has restricted ChatGPT 5.6 to a select list of customers, saying such regulations shouldn't be the norm. (Tech Crunch)

After spending years pushing for regulatory capture.

The captor, captioned.

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Apple's upcoming M7 processor is expected to bring nearly 60% more memory bandwidth than the M5, and AI performance gains with a similar or greater margin. (WCCFTech)

If I can't reuse the RAM that I'm paying $25 per gigabyte for, I want the best CPU performance I can possibly get. If that means an M7 Max, so be it.

The M7 is expected in the first half of next year, after a lame-duck rollout of the M6 later this year. There won't be an M6 Pro or Max version.
Apple is seeking access to RAM from China's CXMT, previously blacklisted over dumping allegations. (WCCFTech)

The allegations were that CXMT was dumping DDR4 chips on the market not only below manufacturing cost for the Big Three, but below the price of second-hand modules.

The allegations were true, but that hardly matters at this point.
Apple is also planning to upgrade the iPhone 20 from the current 8GB to... 9GB. (WCCFTech)

Thanks, tech industry.
Which way DDR4 owner? (Tom's Hardware)

AMD's 5800X3D matches Intel's 14700K in gaming performance when both are paired with DDR4 memory, but the 20 core Intel chip mops the floor with the 8 core AMD model for multi-threaded productivity workloads.

On the other hand, the 5800X3D used a maximum of 120W in testing; the 14700K drew over 300W.
Also, you can't get a 5800X3D. (Notebook Check)

It sold out.
Intel's upcoming Nova Lake chips, built on the latest 2nm class processes, will deliver relief from these power budgets, right? Right? (WCCFTech)

The high-end Nova Lake models will have a peak power consumption of 474W and require three EPS 8-pin additional power connectors on the motherboard.
Polish memory module maker Goodram has reintroduced 4GB DDR4 modules. (WCCFTech)

The same stuff that was being ripped out of corporate PCs as they were trashed just a couple of years ago.

Make friends with your IT guy. He probably has a treasure trove of old parts like these.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Never.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 04:30 AM (6wpGE)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 04:34 AM (Ia/+0)

3 >>>The captor, captioned.

The captor, captured.
?

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 04:35 AM (6wpGE)

4 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 27, 2026 04:39 AM (K9xEt)

5
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 27, 2026 04:42 AM (AMvSw)

6 - ?

Posted by: TeeJ at June 27, 2026 04:43 AM (xI6JS)

7 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at June 27, 2026 04:43 AM (za6ca)

8 Big trouble down under?

@visegrad24

Two Australian nurses, Sarah Abu Lebdeh and Ahmad Rashad Nadir, openly admitted that they wouldn't treat Israeli patients and would let them die on purpose at Bankstown Hospital in Sydney.

They were filmed talking to an Israeli content creator on the random chat platform.

Nurse Sarah Abu Lebdeh said, "I won’t treat them, I’ll kill them," while nurse Ahmad Rashad Nadir said, "You have no idea how many Israeli sh*t dogs came to this hospital, and I sent them to hell."
...
..both nurses were immediately stood down, subsequently fired, and banned from practicing healthcare in Australia.
...
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the footage “disgusting, sickening and shameful,” and the New South Wales Health Ministry issued an official apology to the Jewish community.

A few days ago, New South Wales District Court Judge Michael McHugh ruled that the video was inadmissible as court evidence, as their trial is scheduled for August 2026.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 04:44 AM (Q8D76)

9 >>>OpenAI has restricted ChatGPT 5.6 to a select list of customers, saying such regulations shouldn't be the norm. (Tech Crunch)

from the article:

...the U.S. government puts new pressure on AI companies to restrict their most advanced systems ... The problem compounds ... when the government doesn’t have clearly defined safety standards, which could lead to endless launch delays that might not only give a hand to China in the AI race, but also jeopardize the billions of dollars going to AI infrastructure buildouts.

I don't know much about any of this, but: it seems as if the FAA offers a good analogy for the way that the government might usefully control this tech for safety's sake.

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 04:46 AM (6wpGE)

10 Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 04:46 AM (6wpGE)

Other companies are avoiding the problem by the slick technique of keeping their mouths shut. OpenAI wanted industry regulation that they could use to limit competition, so they were claiming that their models were so powerful they needed to be regulated, and got bespoke export/foreign use limitations. Hoist on their own petard, not a general issue.

Posted by: SciVo at June 27, 2026 05:05 AM (Sy6m/)

11 - AI - My ignorant take.

Seems like it would still suffer from maybe the earliest computer saying I heard,,, GIGO
Have seen a couple of vids that showed this.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 27, 2026 05:12 AM (xI6JS)

12 This "petard" concept is intriguing

Posted by: Mayor Pete at June 27, 2026 05:14 AM (6VErX)

13 Was there an article highlighting the indifferent quality of those CXMT chips?

Posted by: clarence at June 27, 2026 05:22 AM (za6ca)

14 @Pixy: "The captor, captioned."

Autocorrect again?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2026 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

15 Unsettled weather today, planned to go to scap yard again, don't have truck loaded yet

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 05:38 AM (Ia/+0)

16 I see Pixy struggling with hardware costs and I'm sitting over here on my 8 year old PC with a growing list of cloud and streaming platforms on it and I say to myself "yeah I'm glad I don't have to worry about RAM prices...."

Posted by: Defenestratus at June 27, 2026 05:39 AM (j+z74)

17 10 Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 04:46 AM (6wpGE)

Other companies are avoiding the problem by the slick technique of keeping their mouths shut. OpenAI wanted industry regulation that they could use to limit competition, so they were claiming that their models were so powerful they needed to be regulated, and got bespoke export/foreign use limitations. Hoist on their own petard, not a general issue.
Posted by: SciVo at June 27, 2026 05:05 AM (Sy6m/)

Thank you! I'll read and reread this several times and maybe I'll get it?

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 05:42 AM (6wpGE)

18 12 This "petard" concept is intriguing
Posted by: Mayor Pete at June 27, 2026 05:14 AM (6VErX)

Oh, you!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 05:44 AM (6wpGE)

19 Rabbi's daughter writes on Proverbs 14:2
I liked it it part because it mentioned someone who seems like an upright and interesting man- the "disco rabbi":

"Walking an upright path":

https://tinyurl.com/nhja42nr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 05:44 AM (ELdpA)

20 There was lots and lots of tech stuff on the ONT.

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 05:46 AM (6wpGE)

21 14 @Pixy: "The captor, captioned."

Autocorrect again?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2026 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

3 >>>The captor, captioned.

The captor, captured.
?
Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 04:35 AM (6wpGE)

Maybe not? Maybe he's making a joke?

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 05:50 AM (6wpGE)

22 Storms are passing through and we're in a power outage. My trusty generator is running but not supplying any power. I recently did a remodel and I guess something got shut off and was never turned back on.

I have candles!

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2026 05:57 AM (l26NL)

23 >>>Maybe not? Maybe he's making a joke?

Like, there's a photo of Sam Altman at the top of the Tech Crunch article, and you could maybe "caption" it

The Captor

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 05:59 AM (6wpGE)

24 Went into a computer store yesterday, looked at the prices for GPUs, memory, and hard drives. I was absolutely floored by how expensive they all are.

The employees looked worried, too. I chatted with some of them, and they told me they're not selling components to customers right now (oh, they're there to buy, but customers aren't building DIY systems due to the insane prices.)

And insane they are.

64 Gb packs of DDR5: $1,300 to $1,700 CDN.

Video cards were priced in the thousands. I saw one video card going for $5,258 CDN. (!!)

12 TB hard drives were $900 CDN.

The store is able to sell pre-built systems (for now) as the prices are still way cheaper than assembling the components yourself. I pointed out that'll stop as soon as all of the NOS (new old stock) dries up at the big computer manufacturers. Then those prices will rise dramatically as well. One of the employees said they're already seeing the prices start to tick up on pre-builts.

This AI/data center bubble needs to pop, and soon, or we're going to lose the wholesale-to-retail computer parts supply chain.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2026 06:05 AM (O7YUW)

25 Mr. Mister - Broken Wings

Mesmerizing video.

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 06:05 AM (6wpGE)

26 Evening and morning to all the Saturday toilers and early risers across the system and beyond!

Is it really Saturday? The little readout in the upper right corner of my MacBook Air says so, but you know how computers can be.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9)

27 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 06:14 AM (RIvkX)

28 At last, yesterday, I got the first of my checks from that long ago XPO Pension plan -- the part that, they say, has to be given to me as a cash payout. It's taxable, and they took state and Fed taxes out (without asking or telling me about it), but now I have a tiny bit of $$ I didn't have before. The big check, the one that I'll send to my IRA, should show up today or Monday. ("Should" is the tricky word here.)

I'm up, I'm wearing my robe and drinking coffee. Whatta bout choo?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:15 AM (wzUl9)

29 Wolfus, it appears that for once the computer is not lying!

Posted by: RandomDave at June 27, 2026 06:15 AM (aJQbY)

30 Storms are passing through and we're in a power outage. My trusty generator is running but not supplying any power. I recently did a remodel and I guess something got shut off and was never turned back on.

I have candles!
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2026 05:57 AM (l26NL)
====

There should be a transfer switch to change your house supply from the public power to generator power. Sometimes the switch fails.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 06:17 AM (RIvkX)

31 "Two Australian nurses, Sarah Abu Lebdeh and Ahmad Rashad Nadir, openly admitted that they wouldn't treat Israeli patients and would let them die on purpose at Bankstown Hospital in Sydney."

I think I have spotted the real problem here. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:18 AM (wzUl9)

32 Storms are passing through and we're in a power outage. My trusty generator is running but not supplying any power. I recently did a remodel and I guess something got shut off and was never turned back on.

I have candles!
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2026

***
Don't blame us!
( -- Generac)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:19 AM (wzUl9)

33 Not seeing much interesting news out there

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 06:19 AM (Ia/+0)

34 Mr. Mister - Kyrie (Eleison)

https://tinyurl.com/46mc3t2n

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 06:21 AM (6wpGE)

35 Last time I asked bluebell for grammie's address she said grammie wasn't ready yet. I am not sure if the note in the sidebar is good news or bad news.

{grammie}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 06:22 AM (RIvkX)

36 I dreamed that I was taking a class at work, something which involved plotting two graphs. One was rising and the other falling ("consumer confidence" and "oil prices," maybe?). The intersection point, I saw, was the sweet spot where an economy should be. (I know less about econ than Stirling my black cat knows about serial ports, though.)

We were going to have another class in the afternoon, and I was looking forward to it. Then somehow I was driving at night in a town that I understood to be Detroit, and was having to negotiate around gigantic potholes on opposite sides of a narrow downtown street. A right turn had me bumping along a badly paved major avenue in a light rain. All the while I was wondering *where the hell I was driving to*. Then I woke up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)

37 Last time I asked bluebell for grammie's address she said grammie wasn't ready yet. I am not sure if the note in the sidebar is good news or bad news.

{grammie}
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Bluebell was on last night. Said Grammie is very, very ill and will share more,info this morning on the prayer thread.

Posted by: Tuna at June 27, 2026 06:28 AM (lJ0H4)

38 There should be a transfer switch to change your house supply from the public power to generator power. Sometimes the switch fails.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

It failed. All good now. Thanks. Outage map says should be good by 6:15 CST.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2026 06:28 AM (l26NL)

39 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 27, 2026 06:29 AM (Hbeqj)

40 Thank you Tuna

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 06:30 AM (RIvkX)

41 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 27, 2026 06:32 AM (CJnkZ)

42 Checking in. Remember during the Obama era when Sefton would start each day with a ton of m words. Bad m words (sorry m). Like Muzzies and MaoMaos. Also, there was a commenter then, older who (Vick?) would post news stories in the morning.

Posted by: meh at June 27, 2026 06:33 AM (kK7U2)

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