Wednesday, June 17
Daily News Stuff 17 June 2026
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- SpaceX has agreed to acquire AI-assisted coding startup Cursor in a $60 billion all-stock deal. (CNBC)
Probably good for both SpaceX and Cursor.
- In other that used to be a lot news, subterranean fungal networks have been mapped out to a total length of 100 quadrillion kilometers. (The Guardian)
Or exactly 497,096,953,790,000,000 furlongs.
Tech News
- Silicon Motion says the retail SSD market has almost disappeared. (Tom's Hardware)
Prices are less inflated than DRAM, but even so 1TB is the new 4TB.
- Sandisk's Optimus Prime GX Pro 8100 Platinum Plus 8TB is the new king of high-speed high-capacity consumer SSDs. (Tom's Hardware)
$2800 on Amazon. Act soon, only 20 in stock!
It uses a Silicon Motion controller.
- Silicon Motion is planning PCIe 6.0 controllers for non-existent consumer SSDs next year. (Tom's Hardware)
Hooray.
- AMD's next-generation Threadripper chips have been confirmed. (WCCFTech)
But the only details we have are that they will be Zen 6 and support PCIe 6.0.
- Commodore's Callback 8020 is a flip phone with a small 320x480 display. (Liliputing)
It costs just $499.
I don't think so.
Musical Interlude
Song is Here Comes the Hotstepper by Yuksek. Anime is many.
Disclaimer: Which used to be a lot.
Disclaimer: Which used to be a lot.
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