• OpenAI has restricted ChatGPT 5.6 to a select list of customers, saying such regulations shouldn't be the norm.  (Tech Crunch)
  
  After spending years pushing for regulatory capture.
  
  The captor, captioned.

• Apple's upcoming M7 processor is expected to bring nearly 60% more memory bandwidth than the M5, and AI performance gains with a similar or greater margin.  (WCCFTech)
  
  If I can't reuse the RAM that I'm paying $25 per gigabyte for, I want the best CPU performance I can possibly get.  If that means an M7 Max, so be it.
  
  The M7 is expected in the first half of next year, after a lame-duck rollout of the M6 later this year.  There won't be an M6 Pro or Max version.
  
  
  
• Apple is seeking access to RAM from China's CXMT, previously blacklisted over dumping allegations.  (WCCFTech)
  
  The allegations were that CXMT was dumping DDR4 chips on the market not only below manufacturing cost for the Big Three, but below the price of second-hand modules.
  
  The allegations were true, but that hardly matters at this point.
  
  
  
• Apple is also planning to upgrade the iPhone 20 from the current 8GB to...  9GB.  (WCCFTech)
  
  Thanks, tech industry.
  
  
  
• Which way DDR4 owner?  (Tom's Hardware)
  
  AMD's 5800X3D matches Intel's 14700K in gaming performance when both are paired with DDR4 memory, but the 20 core Intel chip mops the floor with the 8 core AMD model for multi-threaded productivity workloads.
  
  On the other hand, the 5800X3D used a maximum of 120W in testing; the 14700K drew over 300W.
  
  
  
• Also, you can't get a 5800X3D.  (Notebook Check)
  
  It sold out.
  
  
  
• Intel's upcoming Nova Lake chips, built on the latest 2nm class processes, will deliver relief from these power budgets, right?  Right?  (WCCFTech)
  
  The high-end Nova Lake models will have a peak power consumption of 474W and require three EPS 8-pin additional power connectors on the motherboard.
  
  
  
• Polish memory module maker Goodram has reintroduced 4GB DDR4 modules.  (WCCFTech)
  
  The same stuff that was being ripped out of corporate PCs as they were trashed just a couple of years ago.
  
  Make friends with your IT guy.  He probably has a treasure trove of old parts like these.
  
  
  

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