DJI Air 3S, polymarket fears, hygiene habits, Windows 11 fix, RAM shortage, Verizon outage, battery-powered motorcyle and flight upgrade hacks. With the increased costs and shortages of various computer components at present, I’m thankful that I got set up with a new computer just over a year ago. Sometimes these price spikes and shortages are just a blip that gets resolved in short order. This time it seems as these problems could be a challenge for some time. Learn more about these shortages and much more in the stories listed in this week’s news.

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• be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 650W power supply review: Balanced performance and reliability
• Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 Review: The brains and the brawn
• CyberPowerPC Gamer Xtreme Review: A Budget Gamer That’s Ready for the Bigs
• xTool F2 Ultra Fiber Laser review: Fast metal engraving in color
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• KTC H27E6 27-inch 320 Hz QHD gaming monitor review: Super quick and a great value
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• Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 10 Review: An Affordable OLED Dream for PC Gamers
• Corsair EX400U Review: This External SSD Has a Magnetic Personality
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• Blueair Blue Signature Review: A Highly Effective Air Purifier That Doubles as an End Table
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• DJI Air 3S Review: One of the Best Drones You Can Still Buy in the US
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• Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 420 Review: Extreme cooling without compromise
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• From AI Coding to QR Code Scams, 2026 Is Already a Security Nightmare
• Check your earbuds ASAP for this flaw that lets attackers spy on you – here’s how
• America is slow-walking into a Polymarket disaster
• All Bets Are On: The Rise of Prediction Markets
• Grubhub Confirms New Data Breach, Hackers Reportedly Demand Ransom
• Use LastPass? Watch Out for This Email Phishing Scam

• SC measles outbreak has gone berserk: 124 cases since Friday, 409 quarantined
• 6 Basic Hygiene Habits You’ve Probably Been Doing Wrong Your Whole Life
• “I am very annoyed”: Pharma execs blast RFK Jr.’s attack on vaccines
• Going Founder Mode On Cancer
• Operating on DNA is more like surgery than medicine

• I tried this Reddit alternative that’s friendlier and paywall-free – it’s exactly what I’ve been waiting for
• Are people avoiding iOS 26 because of Liquid Glass? It’s complicated.
• Ads Are Coming to ChatGPT: Here’s What They Look Like and How to Avoid Them
• Next iPhone Update May Let You Send Encrypted RCS Messages to Android
• Windows 11 Is Full of Hidden Tools. These Are the Weirdest Ones You’ve Never Used
• Windows 11 Bug Prevents Some PCs From Shutting Down: Here’s How to Fix It
• Microsoft issues emergency fix after a security update left some Windows 11 devices unable to shut down
• Apple’s Improved Spotlight Feature in macOS Is a Real Game Changer
• 10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents
• Microsoft issues emergency patch for latest Windows bugs – grab it ASAP
• Wikipedia volunteers spent years cataloging AI tells. Now there’s a plugin to avoid them.

• DDR4 Prices Jump 10% in One Week. Some Buyers Are Even Looking at DDR3
• New York State takes steps to ban 3D-printed guns — proposal requires 3D printer manufacturers to prevent weapon printing
• The Starlink Mini Totally Saved My 6-Hour Family Road Trip
• Intel’s ‘Panther Lake’ Graphics Let Me Play Cyberpunk at 170FPS—This Could Be Huge for PC Gaming
• How Human Should Your Humanoid Be?
• I switched to a solid-state portable battery for a week – now lithium-ion feels outdated
• Data centers will consume 70 percent of memory chips made in 2026 – supply shortfall will cause the chip shortage to spread to other segments
• Modder builds all-in-one console with PS5, Xbox Series X, & Switch 2 in a single system — “Ningtendo PXBOX 5” powered by a shared 250W power supply mounted inside a lost-wax chassis
• TCL to Take Control of Sony’s TV Business, Will Retain the Bravia Brand
• Amazon CEO: Prices Are Up Due to ‘Tariff Creep’
• RAM shortage chaos expands to GPUs, high-capacity SSDs, and even hard drives
• Signs point to a sooner-rather-than-later M5 MacBook Pro refresh
• The RAM shortage’s silver lining: Less talk about “AI PCs”
• Webb reveals a planetary nebula with phenomenal clarity, and it is spectacular
• Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches satellite internet service to rival SpaceX, Amazon
• Intel axes 12th Gen Alder Lake and 4th Gen Xeon Sapphire Rapids — final orders for Intel’s first hybrid CPUs end in just a few months

• Verizon to Issue $20 Credit for Yesterday’s Major Outage. How to Get It
• New Nothing Phones Will Cost More, CEO Says Rivals Could Hike Prices by 30%
• Samsung Won’t Charge for Current Galaxy AI Features, New Tools May Cost Extra
• Forget Verizon: T-Mobile’s latest phone plan saves you $1,000 more – here’s the fine print
• Verizon Outage Horror Stories: A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
• I Tried Samsung’s Triple-Folding Galaxy TriFold, and It’s a Technical Marvel
• Asus Confirms It Won’t Launch Phones in 2026, May Leave Android Altogether
• Battle of the Big Batteries: Realme’s Next Phone Hits 10,001mAh
• iPhone 18 Pro Tipped to Receive a Punch-Hole Camera, Dynamic Island Redesign
• Motorola Moto G Play (2026) Review: Budget-Friendly, Feature-Light

• Donut Labs’ Solid-State Battery-Powered Motorcycle Turned Heads at CES, But Big Questions Remain
• The fastest human spaceflight mission in history crawls closer to liftoff
• The first commercial space station, Haven-1, is now undergoing assembly for launch

• The Cartoon Goat From Poland Who Wandered the World in Search of Shoes
• 6 Misconceptions About Famous Historical Paintings
• 4 Common Flight Upgrade ‘Hacks,’ Debunked by a Flight Attendant
• Timeless Female Authors Who Wrote Under Male Pen Names
• During the 1918 Flu Epidemic, Pet Parents Put Masks on Their Cats
• In the 1800s, Sick People Would Consult Cookbooks Before Doctors
• Romans Used to Ward Off Sickness With Flying Penis Amulets

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