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Paradox Customs has introduced a rather radical option to its prebuilt PC configurator: the ability to order a system with no RAM installed. The boutique builder says the move is a direct answer to the massive memory shortage and sky-high DRAM prices currently rocking the industry, which have made it nearly impossible for system builders to keep kits in stock at a predictable price. For buyers who have a spare set of sticks at home or want to find a deal elsewhere, it’s a way to dodge the “RAM tax” that has been driving up prebuilt costs. A pragmatic response…

Early retail pages for the unannounced Realme 16 have already laid out the spec sheet, as leaked by a Vietnamese publication. Images, colors, and memory options are visible, which usually points to a launch that’s close. The main hook is a small secondary screen tucked into the rear camera island, not unlike the Nubia or the Lava Agni 3. It sits beside the lenses and pairs with a reflective panel, letting you frame yourself while using the main camera instead of the front shooter. The rest reads like a practical build. There’s an AMOLED display with a fast refresh rate,…

Netflix has spent three years convincing advertisers it was serious about building an ads business. Now, it’s talking like one that expects to be on every major media plan – not as a novelty but as a line item with weight behind it.A big part of that push is its reach, which the streamer now describes with a new “Monthly Active Viewers” metric. As it stands, that count comes to more than 190 million globally. The math: subscribers who have watched at least one minute of ads on the platform a month, multiplied by the estimated average of people in…

This article is republished from Science and Culture Today. Our recent profile of Homann.COSM 2025 hosted a fascinating session on artificial intelligence (AI) with Uli Homann, Corporate Vice President in the cloud and AI business at Microsoft. Homann took us through a brief history of AI, reminding us that it was only three years ago — in November 2022 — that OpenAI first released ChatGPT to the public, and everyone went “gaga.”  But Homann quickly brought us back to reality. He said that the promise that ChatGPT represented artificial general intelligence (AGI) — “a ‘superbeing’ that would know everything” — is “fake.” Instead,…

Amazon’s biggest rival for programmatic ad dollars is once again waving off the comparison. For the second quarter in a row, The Trade Desk CEO Jeff Green told analysts that Amazon isn’t a direct threat to his business.  To some, that might sound even more outlandish this time round. After all, Amazon is leaning harder on its data and pricing advantages, using partnerships and incentives to pull more ad dollars into its business. So much so in fact that it made $17.7 billion in the last quarter alone.  And yet, Green spent a noticeable stretch of the call laying out why…

Mozilla is promising a Firefox AI kill switch, but you won’t get it soon. In a reply to a Reddit open letter aimed at Mozilla’s new CEO, a Mozilla figure posting as user anthony-firefox said a real kill switch to turn off AI features is coming in Q1 2026. That reply tries to reassure anxious users on two fronts: Firefox has to serve “almost everyone” (developers, Linux users, students, parents, and people who never change a default), and it will stay built around user control. The letter, written by a self-described developer and everyday user, argues the problem is less…

A clear theme at last week’s Digiday Publishing Summit Europe was skepticism about agents. Executives see the upside but fully autonomous systems still feel distant. For now, many say they’re relying on more human judgement in their organizations, not less.It was a useful check on where things actually stand. The industry may be calling this its “agent era” but it’s still on training wheels.  Think of the Slack bot that watches a campaign channel and turns discussion into Asana tasks; the Notion agent that assembles a clean recap deck after a client call; the reporting bot that posts daily performance…

The phrase “Google it” may not hold the same weight in the age of AI-powered search engines. Increasingly, shoppers are turning to AI platforms like Google AI Overviews, Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT to discover, research and even purchase products. The shift is reshaping brand visibility.  “There’s been a marked shift in awareness: brands are realizing that years of hard-earned search equity are being reshaped overnight as AI moves from search engines to answer engines,” David Hayes, head of digital, Europe at the global creative collective, Forsman & Bodenfors, said in an email to Digiday. That said, AI search optimization has…

The promise and influence of artificial intelligence in the workplace is no longer theoretical. AI tools streamline processes, generate content, and surface insights at unprecedented speed. But for some professionals, the potential of AI can feel out of reach. Not because of technology limitations, but because they haven’t been taught how to use it. AI PCs are poised to change that. These next-gen devices are equipped with on-device AI optimization, natural language models, and smart workflows integrated into the OS. All massive productivity enhancers are redefining what digital work looks like. Employees will be able to learn a new skill…

Earlier this year, Amazon added AI-generated audio product summaries to some product pages on its app, where AI hosts summarize product details, customer reviews and other information. Now, Walmart is following suit.Walmart has added such audio summaries to product pages on its app for more than 1,000 premium beauty products. The company said the summaries are short, conversational soundbites that help customers compare items and make confident decisions, and are ideal for mobile or in-aisle shopping. This, alongside Amazon’s announcement of a similar feature in May, shows how major retailers are experimenting with audio as a new format for AI-powered…