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(11:37) Headline: Wikipedia Enlists Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon to Fund the Future of Knowledge

(15:49) Headline: How the AI Hunger for RAM is Starving the Rest of the PC Market

(22:00) Headline: Lawmakers Demand FTC Action on Trump’s No-Show Phones

(31:34) The BG Microsystems EP-1 EPROM Programmer (Feb 1987)

This week, Wikipedia finally tells Big AI to cough up some cash, turning decades of free human-curated knowledge into a paid buffet for models that won’t stop scraping.

Meanwhile, the AI boom detonates the hardware market, where RAM, GPUs, and even hard drives now cost like luxury goods thanks to silicon hoarding and profit-maximizing chip math. Mid-range PC parts are becoming an endangered species, and gamers are learning what the “AI tax” really feels like.

And from the Grift Garage, Trump Mobile’s gold-plated dream phone still hasn’t shipped a single unit, despite tens of millions in prepaid deposits. Does anyone care?

The Swedish Chef

Wiki Gets Paid, AI Gets Smarter, Everyone Forgets to Celebrate 25 Years of Typos

RAMageddon: When Silicon Ghosts Drive Up Prices

Surprise, after six months and numerous delivery date extensions, Trump Mobile has yet to deliver one preordered phone

List of vaporware - Wikipedia

The BG Microsystems EP-1 EPROM Programmer (Feb 1987)

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