• The Xbox may keep disc support as Sony shoots itself and its customers in the feet. (WCCFTech)
  
  This would be an intelligent and obvious move meaning there is no chance it will happen.
  
  
  
• Xbox has been hit with worldwide price increases. (WCCFTech)
  
  I bought one a while back. One the one hand, it has since increased in price by nearly 50%. On the other hand, it's sitting in my closet.

• AMD's new Zen 6 CPUs offer (reads article) piddly little improvements that it is impossible to get excited about. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Though this is on top of them being about twice as fast as Zen 4 or Zen 5 desktop CPUs, so they still look pretty good. Though Zen 5 itself was nothing spectacular compared with Zen 4.
  
  
  
• New York has published new rules that will force online services to... Publish feeds showing only accounts users have subscribed to, in strict chronological order. (NY)
  
  The problem is that this new law is only in effect for minors.
  
  
  
• A group of teenage hikers relied on Google maps and ended up needing a rescue. (SFGate)

  When a group of teenagers set out to hike British Columbia’s famed Howe Sound Crest Trail in early July, Google Maps suggested the trek would take about five hours.
  
  Instead, the hike stretched deep into the night, leaving the group exhausted, dehydrated, injured, deeply stupid, and in need of a helicopter rescue.

  Uh, yeah. That trail involves CLIMBING A FUCKING MOUNTAIN.
  
  
  
• There's a shortage of MacBook Airs because of the shortage of memory. (Tech Crunch)
  
  Everybody hardest hit.

Noodling

This one turned out well. It's very non-obvious what she is, which is exactly how it works in the story.