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It’s about time we had some Good Tech News – Aug 9
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► TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Welcome to Paul’s Tech News – Aug 9, 2026
TECH BRIEFS – GOOD NEWS
1:47 AMD Radeon GPUs are getting per-chip VRAM temperature monitoring in HWiNFO
2:55 5070, 5080, 5090 to be sold at MSRP QuakeCon 2026
4:03 Microsoft just deleted Windows 11’s 32GB RAM recommendation docs
5:02 Microsoft will let publishers bring Xbox 360 games to PC, handhelds and next-gen Xbox
5:54 New York to impose the country’s first statewide moratorium on data centers
6:59 Awesome Hardware Charity Live Stream Announcement – Sat Aug 22
THE REST OF THE NEWS
7:26 RAM production worldwide sold out through 2027, but hope for storage / NAND
9:18 GPU Prices Up, Up, Up – Motherboards Too

► LINKS
TECH BRIEFS – GOOD NEWS
AMD Radeon GPUs are getting per-chip VRAM temperature monitoring in HWiNFO
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-radeon-gpus-are-getting-per-chip-vram-temperature-monitoring-in-hwinfo
https://www.hwinfo.com/forum/threads/hwinfo-v8-51-6045-beta-released.11277/
https://videocardz.com/newz/hwinfo-beta-adds-per-chip-radeon-vram-temperatures-first-rx-9070-xt-tests-show-7-4c-spread
5070, 5080, 5090 to be sold at MSRP at QuakeCon 2026
https://en.gamegpu.com/news/zhelezo/prodazhi-rtx-5090-rtx-5080-i-rtx-5070-po-rekomendovannym-tsenam-projdut-na-quakecon-2026
Microsoft just deleted Windows 11’s 32GB RAM recommendation docs
https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/05/microsoft-just-deleted-windows-11s-32gb-ram-recommendation-docs-as-prices-soar-and-it-rushes-to-sell-8gb-ram-pcs/
Microsoft will let publishers bring Xbox 360 games to PC, handhelds and next-gen Xbox
https://www.theverge.com/games/974544/microsoft-xbox-360-games-pc-disc-digital-program
https://videocardz.com/newz/microsoft-will-let-publishers-bring-xbox-360-games-to-pc-handhelds-and-next-gen-xbox
New York to impose the country’s first statewide moratorium on data centers
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-york-impose-countrys-first-statewide-moratorium-data-centers-rcna587429
https://otherwords.org/ai-and-big-tech-are-flooding-middle-america-with-bribes/
Awesome Hardware Charity Stream – Sat Aug 22
THE REST OF THE NEWS
RAM production worldwide is sold out through 2027
Digitimes (Chinese, machine translated) – https://www.digitimes.com.tw/tech/dt/n/shwnws.asp?CnlID=1&id=0000763847_DVY7YHX65GMLYZ6UQEEMP
English, paywalled – https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260804PD217/2027-capacity-dram-nand-2026.html
https://www.techpowerup.com/351344/memory-makers-seal-2027-deals-no-room-for-new-buyers
https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/05/ram-production-worldwide-is-sold-out-through-2027
https://www.blocksandfiles.com/ai-ml/2026/01/21/memory-semiconductor-supercycle-set-to-run-through-2028/4090501
Hope for storage / NAND flash – https://www.techpowerup.com/350922/report-nand-flash-shortages-to-finally-end-in-2027
https://www.trendforce.com/presscenter/news/20260721-13148.html
GPU Prices Up, Up, Up – Motherboards Too
https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-and-gigabyte-reportedly-raise-gpu-channel-prices-by-around-20-in-china
https://wccftech.com/asus-asks-5090-for-rtx-5090-after-cancelling-users-order-who-already-paid-4607/
https://videocardz.com/newz/geforce-rtx-50-prices-rise-by-30-on-average-in-south-korea-within-days
https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-gigabyte-and-msi-reportedly-plan-motherboard-price-increases-for-q3-2026
Intro Story about PC Building (PCWorld) – https://www.pcworld.com/article/3207230/pc-building-is-more-fun-when-you-have-no-idea-what-youre-doing.html

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