Daily Tech News 3 July 2026

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SK Hynix - the third of the Big Three memory manufacturers after Micron and Samsung - is planning to invest $712.5 billion to expand production. (Tom's Hardware)

Which I am pretty sure is still a lot.

The article says the total amount involved is 1.1 trillion won (KRW), but that's a mistake; it's actually 1.1 quadrillion won.

$64 billion goes to expanding the company's existing facilities at Cheongju for producing NAND flash and packaging chips. $389 billion goes to the new campus at Yongin with initial production planned for next year and meaningful scale in 2028. The site was originally planned for completion in 2045, but that's been accelerated to 2033 - still a fair way out, but factories will come online in stages throughout those years.

And $259 billion to a brand new campus that they have not even settled on a location for just yet.

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SpaceX has categorically denied that it is working on an AI device thinner than an iPhone running a proprietary operating system that is coloured mint green and makes random South American frog noises when you drop it into wet cement. (Tom's Hardware)

Seems oddly specific.
Intel is planning to restart supply of 10th, 12th, 13th, and 14th generation processors... In China. (WCCFTech)

14th - and for some reason, 12th - generation chips are still readily available, and Intel has committed to continued production. 13th generation chips have disappeared from the market but nobody really misses them because they are the same as 14th generation chips only slightly worse.
The Rootboard is a Linux-based handheld computer based around a Raspberry Pi. (Liliputing)

Aren't Raspberry Pi board extremely expensive now, I hear two of you ask.

Well, yes, but actually no. This project is built around the Pi Zero family, which while low-end (all versions have 512MB of RAM) has weathered the DRAM Apocalypse better than other models.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Plink.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at July 03, 2026 04:31 AM (6wpGE)

2 One Dae

Posted by: m at July 03, 2026 04:31 AM (6wpGE)

3 Mornin' everyone.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 03, 2026 04:32 AM (O7YUW)

4 >>>Aren't Raspberry Pi board extremely expensive now, I hear two of you ask.

snark!

Posted by: m at July 03, 2026 04:34 AM (6wpGE)

5 @4/m: "snark!"

It's what's for breakfast.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 03, 2026 04:44 AM (O7YUW)

6 (Made even better by the fact that it seems like you and I are the only two around this morning.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 03, 2026 04:45 AM (O7YUW)

7 >>>The article says the total amount involved us

us-->is

Hard one to catch.

Posted by: m at July 03, 2026 04:45 AM (6wpGE)

8 6 (Made even better by the fact that it seems like you and I are the only two around this morning.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 03, 2026 04:45 AM (O7YUW)

Lurkers, come out and play!

Posted by: m at July 03, 2026 04:46 AM (6wpGE)

9 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 03, 2026 04:47 AM (6PUpl)

10 >>>$389 billion goes the the

the the-->to the

Another hard one to catch.

Posted by: m at July 03, 2026 04:47 AM (6wpGE)

11 Good morning. I have absolutely no tech abilities or understanding so I am just a reader.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 04:48 AM (afJtY)

12 Thanks for keeping the government running over the holidays, Puddleglum.

Posted by: m at July 03, 2026 04:50 AM (6wpGE)

13 fron the ONT:

416 Aspen Acres wildfire getting uncomfortably close here. Not in the evacuation zone, but next to it.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 03, 2026 03:58 AM (WRB3H)

Posted by: m at July 03, 2026 05:01 AM (6wpGE)

14 Belated BOING!

Sashimi prepped. Chicken trimmed and ready for grilling. Big batch of chicken skins frying in their own fat on the stove.

Time for lunch. Maybe l8r. Lotsa pups and grandpups over.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 03, 2026 05:03 AM (Z3R2R)

15 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at July 03, 2026 05:03 AM (V0/Sp)

16 Raise and call...

2CELLOS - Thunderstruck [Live at Arena di Verona]
https://youtu.be/gNVNsuh5B8g

The fire pots going off in an ancient Roman amphitheater is rather sublime.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at July 03, 2026 05:05 AM (obVEo)

17 from-->from

Posted by: m at July 03, 2026 05:06 AM (6wpGE)

18 One Dae

Posted by: m at July 03, 2026 04:31 AM (6wpGE)
-

Musical interlude:

https://youtu.be/WRmBChQjZPs

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 03, 2026 05:06 AM (Z3R2R)

19 Good morning. I got up early because insomnia.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 03, 2026 05:06 AM (qFwJc)

20 12: No problem. I've spent a large percentage of my life working holidays. It's been busy tonight though. Day shift should be wandering in soon. Well, 50 minutes or so.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 03, 2026 05:06 AM (6PUpl)

21 Evening and morning, AoSHQ satellites and satraps. It's Friday, the consummation devoutly to be wished -- even more so if you are off from work today!

Happy 250th, tomorrow anyway, to America! Reading the ONT last night before bed, I'd known that July 2 was the actual day of the vote, but not about the Delaware guy who rode through a storm to cast his vote for independence. Maybe he balances out the career of Mushbrain Biden? Dunno. One critical vote vs. fifty years of damage to the country . . .

Anyway, I'm up and sipping coffee. You?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 05:07 AM (wzUl9)

22 They never told us that it would be so expensive to build Skynet. To terminate us.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 03, 2026 05:08 AM (sPWil)

23 hahahaha

fron-->from

Posted by: m at July 03, 2026 05:11 AM (6wpGE)

24 16 Raise and call...

2CELLOS - Thunderstruck [Live at Arena di Verona]
https://youtu.be/gNVNsuh5B8g

The fire pots going off in an ancient Roman amphitheater is rather sublime.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at July 03, 2026 05:05 AM (obVEo)

crazy + talent = those guys

Posted by: m at July 03, 2026 05:12 AM (6wpGE)

25 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 05:14 AM (Ia/+0)

26 Skip, are you off today?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 05:15 AM (wzUl9)

27 It’s not insomnia if you are waking up early to go Fishing. Will report back.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 03, 2026 05:16 AM (Wejm4)

28 Then there is this...

2 Pensioners - Keys to the Highway
https://youtu.be/_Kmlk5ll3oE

Keith sings and Eric delivers.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at July 03, 2026 05:17 AM (obVEo)

29 Tech question: battery on my Android, Samsung phone charges quickly, maybe ninety minutes. Unfortunately, a charge only lasts about twelve hours. Is this a bad battery or somwthing else?c

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 03, 2026 05:18 AM (jqOSK)

30 No.work today

Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 05:20 AM (Ia/+0)

31 I've got a few things on the plate today. Workout, cleanup and breakfast; washing the car; Walmart and maybe Aldi. Seems I've settled into Monday and Friday as my main grocery run days.

Yesterday we visited a local food bank/thrift store Linda knows. She donated a few things, and picked up some shorts, $1 each. There usually isn't anything around for me -- though last year I got a good mechanical kitchen timer almost new in the box. And yesterday there were two leather or near-leather suitcase sets, one an American Tourister made in USA, for $10 each. So rarely do I travel now that buying suitcases or overnight bags seems pointless . . . but they are open today . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 05:20 AM (wzUl9)

32 Working on an outdoor shower for a client this AM before the heat gets horrible.

Posted by: Accomack at July 03, 2026 05:21 AM (/Chlc)

33 Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at July 03, 2026 05:05 AM (obVEo)

Awesome! Good morning!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 03, 2026 05:23 AM (3Ope8)

34 I dreamed I was under a deadline. I had to write a paper of some kind which involved interviewing people in a mining town, and then (to balance the paper) interviewing somebody at mine management. The worker I interviewed was willing to give me the phone number of the mine office, but I kept writing it down wrong because the guy (who looked like actor Barry Sullivan) was in another room and was shouting the digits to me, and it was almost five p.m. on Friday anyway. And the paper was due on Monday. Then I woke up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 05:25 AM (wzUl9)

35 12 hours seems still reasonable battery life to me

Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 05:26 AM (Ia/+0)

36 Couple days at work was playing YouTube and other websites all day on my phone, still had about 40% at end of day, ( call it maybe 6 hours of videos) would plug phone in on way home for over a hour and it got up to at least %80

Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 05:28 AM (Ia/+0)

37 My ProMax can do 2 work days, but it is only a few months old

Posted by: Accomack at July 03, 2026 05:29 AM (T8bqm)

38 @29/JM in Illinois: "Tech question: battery on my Android, Samsung phone charges quickly, maybe ninety minutes. Unfortunately, a charge only lasts about twelve hours. Is this a bad battery or somwthing else?"

For me, its the screen that is the biggest drain, because I constantly forget to turn the thing off when I'm not using it "for a few minutes", and I often have to have the brightness cranked to deal with bright environments I'm in.

Now if you've got some app you're not really using that's chewing up a lot of battery, maybe that app is doing something behind the scenes you don't really want.

To find out what's using your power since the last charge (best to use when you're closer to the end of your charge):

Settings > Battery > Battery Usage

Also:

Settings > Battery > Battery Manager >
Manage apps automatically
(Maybe try turning on that setting.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 03, 2026 05:31 AM (O7YUW)

39 I've come to the conclusion I do not actually sleep.
Time for a 4 hour toss and turn.

Posted by: Reforger at July 03, 2026 05:32 AM (0dsIZ)

40 251 years ago today, George Washington become Commander in Chief of the United States Army.
Article from "Good News Network" site:

https://tinyurl.com/3kjudvth

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 03, 2026 05:33 AM (Bw1/o)

41 @JM in Illinois:

Another thing I often forget to do is close apps I've got open so they're running dutifully in the background waiting for me to close them out.

Square button, "Clear All" fixes that. If only I could remember to do that every time.

Lastly, when was the last time you properly power-cycled your phone to a full power-down and then booted it back up?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 03, 2026 05:35 AM (O7YUW)

42 I don’t understand much of the “tech” jargon. I studied ancient languages: Fortran, Cobol, Pascal. Yes, I am over 29.

Posted by: Fenderbender at July 03, 2026 05:37 AM (1FEc1)

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