Verizon Offers $20 Credit After Nationwide Outage Stranded Users in SOS Mode For Hours
msmash / slashdot - Verizon is offering affected customers a $20 account credit following a nationwide network outage on Wednesday that left users across the US unable to connect, forcing phones into SOS mode for roughly ten hours before the carrier restored service around 1…
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Hard Drive Prices Have Surged By an Average of 46% Since September
msmash / slashdot - Tom's Hardware: Extensive research into the pricing of some of the best hard drives on the market for large capacity, economical storage indicates that prices are beginning to increase sharply, with some of the most popular models on the market seeing inc…
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Gigabyte CEO explains Nvidia's potential GPU supply strategy amid crushing memory shortages — gross revenue per gigabyte of GDDR7 memory could decide what products thrive
tomshardware - Gigabyte CEO Eddie Lin says the revenue contributed per gigabyte of GDDR7 on Nvidia graphics cards will be the key measure for which products thrive and which will be in short supply in 2026.
Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 7:22 am / permalink 18012 / 3 stories in 7 wks
Spotify (SPOT) Stock: Drops Following Third U.S. Premium Plan Increase
Newton Kitonga / parameter - TLDRs; SPOT fell nearly 4% after announcing a $1 Premium price hike in the U.S. Investors are watching subscriber churn closely amid rising subscription costs. Spotify’s U.S. Premium segment remains key revenue driver despite slowing growth. February earn…
Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 3:20 am / permalink 17993 / 4 stories in 7 wks
Verizon’s January 14 Blackout: The 10-Hour ‘SOS’ Event Explained
IDrop News Staff / idropnews - A look back at the January 14 Verizon outage that left 2 million in SOS mode. From Krispy Kreme's "sweet backup" to the FCC's investigation, here's what happened.Read More...
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DDR5 RAM prices now over 4x higher since September 2025
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Fizz Drops a Game-Changer: Try Their Network Free for 15 Days
IIC Deals / iphoneincanada - Fizz is rolling out a brand-new program designed for anyone who wants to try a mobile provider without any pressure: a free trial. Instead of committing first and hoping everything works out, Fizz says new members can now try their network and features be…
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State and Federal Lawmakers Want Data Centers to Pay More for Energy
Ivan Penn and Karen Weise / nytimes - Many proposals have been introduced, but there is little consensus among governors, Congress members and tech executives about exactly how much the companies behind data centers should pay for electricity.
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Spotify Raises Premium Price to $12.99/Month in the U.S.
iclarified - Spotify is increasing the monthly cost of its Premium subscription for customers in the United States. The streaming giant has begun notifying subscribers that the price for an individual plan is rising by one dollar, pushing the monthly fee from $11.99 t…
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The Day the Cell Towers Died
Joanna Stern / wsj - Verizon customers across the U.S. lost service Wednesday, inconveniencing millions—including one grumpy columnist.
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Spotify is hiking prices again
Jess Weatherbed / theverge - The price of Spotify Premium is about to jump again in the US, marking its third price hike since 2023. Spotify announced that subscribers in the US, Estonia, and Latvia will be contacted about the updated pricing over the coming month. Individual Premium…
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Tesla to stop selling FSD as a standalone package and switch to subscription only
Andrew J. Hawkins / theverge - As its sales continue to slip and its robotaxi strategy seems to falter, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said today that the company would stop selling its Full Self-Driving feature as a standalone package. Instead, starting on February 14th, the Level 2 driver-assis…
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Back to Top / Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 9:20 am / permalink 17860 / 14 stories in 7 wks
LEGO Finally Reveals Pokémon Sets and Prices Hit $900 in Canada
John Quintet / iphoneincanada - LEGO and Pokémon announced their first-ever LEGO Pokémon sets on Monday, marking the first time Pokémon characters will be available as full LEGO builds. Both companies previously announced in March of last year new sets were coming, and now we have our f…
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X Eyes Crypto Trading Integration as Smart Cashtags Roll Out Next Month
Yasmin Werner / parameter - TLDR Smart Cashtags let users tap crypto tags to see live prices inside X’s timeline Bitcoin tags now link directly to real-time data, reducing ticker confusion Ethereum gains contract-level tagging for clearer token and ecosystem tracking XRP joins launc…
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AI memory is sold out, causing an unprecedented surge in prices
cnbc - Three primary memory vendors — Micron, SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics — make up nearly the entire RAM market, and they're benefitting from this shortage.
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The Steam Machine's Price Might Have Just Leaked And It's Not What We Hoped For
slashgear - The has been a lot of buzz surrounding the Steam Machine console, and while nothing official has been released, we might have a good idea how much it will cost.
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Alienware teases new super-slim and entry-level gaming laptops at CES 2026
Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - After relaunching its Area-51 brand with a new 16-inch laptop in 2025, Alienware is teasing two new laptops at CES 2026 in an attempt to reach an even larger audience. Dell's gaming brand plans to launch both entry-level and ultra-slim models later this y…
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TCL unleashes X11L SQD-Mini LED TV to tackle the barrage of RGB LED TVs
digitaltrends - The TCL X11L SQD-Mini LED TVs, starting at $6,999, promise supremely sharp visuals, precise colors, deep blacks, and high brightness in an 0.8-inch cabinet.The post TCL unleashes X11L SQD-Mini LED TV to tackle the barrage of RGB LED TVs appeared first on …
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Corsair cancels $240 48GB DDR5 memory kit orders due to pricing error — company’s blunder ignites shopper uproar over botched RAM deal
tomshardware - Over the past few days, many customers purchased an incorrectly-priced kit of premium DDR5 memory from Corsair's webstore for just $240. Today, the company has cancelled all those orders, saying the memory is out of stock and that the pricing was a mistak…
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Alleged PS5 Jailbreak Method Spikes Prices for Old Star Wars Game on eBay
Tom Hawking / gizmodo - 'Star Wars Racer Revenge' is selling for hundreds of dollars.
Back to Top / Friday, January 2, 2026, 5:20 pm / permalink 17436 / 5 stories in 2 months