Daily Tech News 14 July 2026

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• Big Three memory maker SK Hynix may achieve just one sixth of its planned increases in capacity by 2028. (WCCFTech)
  
  How surprising that a company massively benefiting from a shortage is slow to resolve that shortage.
  
  
  
• SK Hynix is also planning to invest its new round of US share sales into, uh, South Korean government bonds. (WCCFTech)
  
  I don't think they're convinced the shortage is here to stay.
  
  
  
• Meta is expanding its planned Hyperion AI supercluster in Louisiana to 5GW of capacity at a cost of $50 billion. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Meta has had many major wins with customers signing up for its AI services, such as, uh, nobody.
  
  
  

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• Astronomers have found sugar among the stars. (AP News)
  
  I was wondering where I left that.
  
  
  
• Hundreds of economists say we must act now to avert disruption from AI. (AP News)
  
  They provided thousands of different theories of what must be done, with only one factor in common: Providing more funding to economists.
  
  
  
• Linux 7.2 may be dropping support for the Intel 80486, but it's getting fresh driver updates for the Sega Dreamcast. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Good to hear for everyone who wants to keep their dreams alive.
  
  
  
• If you don't have a Dreamcast, don't worry, you can run Linux on a Sega 32X. (GitHub)
  
  No surprise; the 32X runs a Hitachi SH2 CPU, very similar to but much slower than the SH4 chip used in the Dreamcast.
  
  
  
• Social media bans are coming for children right across Europe. (The Verge)
  
  Because they're communists.
  
  
  
• China, Russia, and Iran are working to inflame tensions over AI datacenters in the US. (New York Times) (archive site)
  
  Because they're communists.
  
  
  
• 55% of Americans have stopped regular use of social media. (PC Magazine)
  
  Because they're tired of dealing with communists.