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.

Tech News

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.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Lares to the left of me, lares to the right of me...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:32 AM (6wpGE)

2 G'Day everyone
And its Bastille day

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 04:33 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Had my usual celebrated French Toast

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 04:33 AM (Ia/+0)

4 55% of Americans have stopped regular use of social media. (PC Magazine)

Because they're tired of dealing with communists.

YAY

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:35 AM (6wpGE)

5 Had my usual celebrated French Toast
Posted by: Skip

Mini bagel with cream cheese here.

Posted by: Tuna at July 14, 2026 04:36 AM (lJ0H4)

6 Half an apple caramel muffin and decaffeinated tea. FenSpouse should down shortly for coffee and prayer time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 04:39 AM (D+BhG)

7 Policeman responds to a heartbreaking child abuse call . Two years later he and his wife adopt the little girl:

https://tinyurl.com/58yp7tvn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 04:41 AM (D+BhG)

8 Motels - Total Control

Nice. New to me.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:43 AM (6wpGE)

9 Belated BOING!

Vacation home maintenance. Off to the hardware store!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 14, 2026 04:47 AM (Fxk/k)

10
Less Than Total Control - Depends

Posted by: naturalfake at July 14, 2026 04:47 AM (1Y1YF)

11 Man writes a devotional on an interesting insight about a Gideons Bible. It is followed some additional insights and a prayer . Scripture is Judges 6:36-40:

https://tinyurl.com/y6pynmrf

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 04:50 AM (Bw1/o)

12 Happy Bastille Day Techsters. We will celebrate by singing show tunes from a Broadway play adapted from a French novel about something entirely different. But similar.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 14, 2026 04:50 AM (U7ln1)

13 Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 14, 2026 04:50 AM (U7ln1)

What? No French pastries?!!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 04:57 AM (D+BhG)

14 9 Belated BOING!

Vacation home maintenance. Off to the hardware store!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 14, 2026 04:47 AM (Fxk/k)

Could you pick up a roach hotel for me? I saw a silverfish. Ewww.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:00 AM (6wpGE)

15 Lares to the left of me, lares to the right of me...

Here I am, stuck in the Quality Laring Center with you.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 14, 2026 05:04 AM (O7YUW)

16 Liberty, Equality and Fraternity
Just don't lose your head over it

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 05:07 AM (Ia/+0)

17 Old clip from 1988 with a delightful old farmer on the "Johnny Carson" show:

https://tinyurl.com/3x459xtc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 05:08 AM (D+BhG)

18
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 14, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)

19 I saw a silver fish running across my bedroom floor. Are they that dangerous? Will they get in my bed and eat me? I always considered them the marvel of nature and think of all the shoes they have to buy.

Posted by: coliin at July 14, 2026 05:10 AM (CiQE7)

20 why it's called google

Wikipedia

Page and Brin published their research, along with Rajeev Motwani and Terry Winograd, as the PageRank algorithm ..

Eventually, they changed the name to Google; the name of the search engine was a misspelling of the word googol, a very large number written 10100 (1 followed by 100 zeros), picked to signify that the search engine was intended to search a large number of websites.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:12 AM (6wpGE)

21 coliin - The ones in Minecraft are evil little buggers.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 14, 2026 05:12 AM (BLOW1)

22 20 Page and Brin published their research, along with Rajeev Motwani and Terry Winograd, as the PageRank algorithm

Winograd was Page's thesis adviser at Stanford, and is best known for his pioneering work in AI back in 1970. His program SHRDLU maintained a world model, something most modern AIs can't do.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 14, 2026 05:17 AM (BLOW1)

23 Greetings and good morning, everyone. I'm happy to say that the rest of my team was brought back today. Sure, the silence was nice but it's good to have folks working again.

My mom's celebration yesterday of the anniversary of her heart attack went very well. Given everything else going on with the family, I'm glad she got a bit of a break.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 05:18 AM (OPGS/)

24 19 I saw a silver fish running across my bedroom floor. Are they that dangerous? Will they get in my bed and eat me? I always considered them the marvel of nature and think of all the shoes they have to buy.
Posted by: coliin at July 14, 2026 05:10 AM (CiQE7)

They'll eat your books and leave silverfish scat all over the place.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:20 AM (6wpGE)

25 Posted by: coliin

colin what happened to your name

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:22 AM (6wpGE)

26 Evening and morning for a Tiu's Day in mid-July!

It's also a day for baby ducks in the tub.

Bath-Teal Day.

(Will I be here all week? Somehow I doubt it.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:25 AM (wzUl9)

27 Wikipedia has an example of a SHRDLU session.

Person: Stack up two pyramids.
Computer: I CAN'T.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:28 AM (6wpGE)

28 Temps a stunningly low (for here in July) 76-78 F., and no rain when I stuck my hand outside just now -- though the local CBS outlet's website says "Showers in the vicinity." We'll see in a while if I can go work out.

A visit to my primary doctor is on the schedule today -- just the six-month check-in, I hope. I might get back home in time to nap a bit, but I doubt it.

The furry thugs are fine. Whatchoo up to?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:31 AM (wzUl9)

29 Hyperion is a terrible name for a project, assuming you want it to go well.

Posted by: pawn at July 14, 2026 05:32 AM (R8m8a)

30 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 14, 2026 05:33 AM (Hbeqj)

31 My name only has one i....but once in a while I just pick the wrong name for the list that pops up. Should erase the Coliin, but just haven't bothered.

Posted by: coliin at July 14, 2026 05:34 AM (CiQE7)

32 31 My name only has one i....but once in a while I just pick the wrong name for the list that pops up. Should erase the Coliin, but just haven't bothered.
Posted by: coliin at July 14, 2026 05:34 AM (CiQE7)

Keeps us on our toes!

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:35 AM (6wpGE)

33
Person: Can a pyramid support a pyramid?
Computer: I DON'T KNOW.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:36 AM (6wpGE)

34 31 My name only has one i....but once in a while I just pick the wrong name for the list that pops up. Should erase the Coliin, but just haven't bothered.
Posted by: coliin at July 14, 2026 05:34 AM (CiQE7)
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Make sure to remove it completely. Wouldn't want to be a semicoliin.

Posted by: Another Anon at July 14, 2026 05:37 AM (4h45B)

35 Mornin'

I think I'll golf later. Just 9 holes. It's going to be over 90 so I'll do a late round. After 6. It will still be hot but I'll be in the shade mostly. Lots and lots of tree's on my local course.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 14, 2026 05:37 AM (sAmhv)

36
Person: Does the shortest thing the tallest pyramid's support supports support anything green?
Computer: YES, THE GREEN PYRAMID.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:38 AM (6wpGE)

37 We have two library DVDs to watch this week, the 1978 Death on the Nile w/ Peter Ustinov as Poirot, and Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent w/ Joel McCrea. I've seen parts of the latter, but have never seen the former, or read the source novel.

Maybe I'll stop at the big library in the suburbs Thursday after I have the Buick's rear brakes done and see if there is anything else I want to pick up. I'm down to two books on the TBR pile.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:40 AM (wzUl9)

38 Nice version of old time hymn, "For the beauty of the earth":

https://tinyurl.com/5934yd9d

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 05:41 AM (Bw1/o)

39
Person: Why did you drop it?
Computer: BY "IT", I ASSUME YOU MEAN THE SUPERBLOCK.
I CAN'T EXPLAIN A NON-EXISTENT EVENT.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:41 AM (6wpGE)

40 (Will I be here all week? Somehow I doubt it.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:25 AM (wzUl9)

This is your home; you are always here! Why would you NOT be here? Or are you referring to meat world?

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at July 14, 2026 05:42 AM (igCg8)

41 Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 14, 2026 05:37 AM (sAmhv

That sounds like a good plan.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 05:42 AM (Bw1/o)

42 Person: Why did you drop it?
Computer: BY "IT", I ASSUME YOU MEAN THE SUPERBLOCK.
I CAN'T EXPLAIN A NON-EXISTENT EVENT.
Posted by: m at July 14, 2026

***
EXECUTE YOUR PRIME FUNCTION!

. . . Sterilize . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:42 AM (wzUl9)

43 Meta has had many major wins with customers signing up for its AI services, such as, uh, nobody.

So it's a bubble about to burst, but totally the future, and we're all doomed.

Or something.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 14, 2026 05:43 AM (sAmhv)

44
This is your home; you are always here! Why would you NOT be here? Or are you referring to meat world?
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at July 14, 2026

***
I meant the old gag where a standup comic tosses out a joke that bombs, and adds, "Thank you! I'll be here all week! Try the veal!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:44 AM (wzUl9)

45 55% of Americans have stopped regular use of social media. (PC Magazine)

Because they're tired of dealing with communists.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

I never started. By the time social media came around, I had dealt with enough people in meatspace and on messageboards to know better. The last thing I wanted was to be *more* accessible to all the idiots, narcissists, parrots, dickheads, manipulators, deviants, schizos, shit spewers, and rageaholics of the world. Blog comment sections are pushing it.

But yes, even it was already a cesspool, communists can make anything worse.

Posted by: SciVo at July 14, 2026 05:45 AM (Sy6m/)

46 55% of Americans have stopped regular use of social media. (PC Magazine)

Because they're tired of dealing with communists.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

We can hope.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:48 AM (6wpGE)

47 There was yet another local flood this past Saturday during a rain storm. The pump people are blaming "human error" for the flooding, saying the pumps were fine and worked fine, but that they didn't get turned on as early as they should have.

Excuses, excuses.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:49 AM (wzUl9)

48 Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 05:18 AM (OPGS

That's nice to hear. Glad too you have more people cleared to work.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 05:51 AM (Bw1/o)

49 Is the AoS message boards considered 'social media'? Or any other message board? I used to have a Facebook account but I nuked that a while ago. I do have an 'X' account for 'read only' purposes.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 14, 2026 05:52 AM (sAmhv)

50 Over at Epoch Times, there is an article about Helen Comperatore, the widow of Corey Comperatore and how she has been since her husband's murder in Butler. Two parts stood out:

The Secret Service met with her last year and most of her questions were answered with “We just don’t know.”

The files on the shooting are 75,000 pages. The FBI is only releasing about 300 per month.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 05:53 AM (OPGS/)

51 Except for certain special interest forums and this board, I have never been one for "social" media. No Farcebook, Twatter, none of those things. If I start using one, then I'll try another, and before you know it all my waking hours will involve checking and scrolling and posting. Miss Linda seems to have her phone grafted onto her hand for a large part of the day . . . a cautionary tale for me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:54 AM (wzUl9)

52 France has taken three nuclear reactors offline and may cut output at seven more as a heatwave warms rivers, under rules protecting aquatic ecosystems. EDF says there's no safety risk. Outages expected until mid-to-late July. - Euronews
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On Bastille Day?!?!?!?!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 14, 2026 05:56 AM (a49QL)

53 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:40 AM (wzUl9

________

Have a good day, everyone You are all a blessing to others. Take a break from politics sometime today if you can. It makes things better, I think. I am looking forward to Bible study with the seniors later today and right now taking a walk on the canal with dear FenSpouse.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 05:56 AM (D+BhG)

54
What really crushed Ro "Mo' Money" Khanna during his staged encounter with the IDF was when they answered, "A 7-Eleven owner / operator from the vicinity of Wilmington, Delaware?" in response to his bitchy question, "Do you know who I am?"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 05:58 AM (ixS3i)

55 54 What really crushed Ro "Mo' Money" Khanna during his staged encounter with the IDF was when they answered, "A 7-Eleven owner / operator from the vicinity of Wilmington, Delaware?" in response to his bitchy question, "Do you know who I am?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 05:58 AM (ixS3i)

ha!

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:59 AM (6wpGE)

56 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 14, 2026 06:01 AM (2Ez/1)

57
Because they're tired of dealing with communists.

Oh, like the people who say oligarchs should be guillotined on a platform created and maintained by an oligarch? Or the 50-Cent Army?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 06:02 AM (O0L8i)

58 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at July 14, 2026 06:03 AM (V0/Sp)

59
Make sure to remove it completely. Wouldn't want to be a semicoliin.
Posted by: Another Anon

Or a descending coliin.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 06:05 AM (fdSfO)

60 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Volleyed and thundered.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 14, 2026 06:06 AM (amcLV)

61
Back north until tomorrow evening for dental and medical reasons, all routine check ups. It's X-ray time at the dentist though -- we hates it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 06:07 AM (fdSfO)

62 What everyone needs, a life size silicone love doll of Frieren

https://youtu.be/uoeU9fI98uk

NOT.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 06:08 AM (2GVsD)

63 I'm betting that Zuckerberg's AI Ray-Ban future, the one where we all run around looking like Buddy Holly, will become known as the Cricketsverse.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 14, 2026 06:13 AM (/eAef)

64 I quit Farcebook and Twatter after watching "The Social Dilemma" in 2021. They feed you the shit that you like to eat.

I resumed my X account after Elon bought it and liberated the comments.

AOSHQ is unique. No identity, unless you want it. Moderated comments. Great folks.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 14, 2026 06:15 AM (qFwJc)

65 a life size silicone love doll of Frieren

I'd suggest using it as a scarecrow against demons but they don't know what she looks like because she doesn't leave survivors.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 06:16 AM (OPGS/)

66 Morning Report is up.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 14, 2026 06:16 AM (2NHgQ)

67 Do demons fight other demons?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 14, 2026 06:18 AM (qFwJc)

68
What everyone needs, a life size silicone love doll of Frieren

https://youtu.be/uoeU9fI98uk

NOT.
Posted by: Anna Puma

It's no major award. Pass.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 06:19 AM (fdSfO)

69 "A 7-Eleven owner / operator from the vicinity of Wilmington, Delaware?" in response to his bitchy question, "Do you know who I am?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
+++
That's storybook, man!

Posted by: Creepy Joe at July 14, 2026 06:21 AM (2Ez/1)

70 Apple Sues ‘Rotten’ OpenAI for Alleged Theft of Trade Secrets.

Apple has filed a federal lawsuit accusing OpenAI of misappropriating confidential information through former Apple employees.

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 07:33 AM (YtmxO)

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