Summary The RAM crisis intensifies; memory prices surged, forcing companies to change pricing or downgrade hardware. Steam Deck stock is disappearing worldwide due to memory and storage shortages. Valve may revise Steam Deck pricing or delay updates; availability timeline unknown. As the RAM crisis begins to intensify around the world, we’re beginning to see the knock-on effects. It began with the PC builders who noticed that their sticks of RAM had quadrupled in price in the span of a few months. However, it didn’t take too long before the companies that build devices in batches began feeling the effects too.…
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Ravie LakshmananFeb 20, 2026Cybercrime / Law Enforcement A 29-year-old Ukrainian national has been sentenced to five years in prison in the U.S. for his role in facilitating North Korea’s fraudulent information technology (IT) worker scheme. In November 2025, Oleksandr “Alexander” Didenko pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft for stealing the identities of U.S. citizens and selling them to IT workers to help them land jobs at 40 U.S. companies and draw regular salaries, which were then funneled back to the regime to support its weapons programs. He was apprehended by Polish authorities in late 2024, and…
It’s hard to get a good night’s rest in 2026. Between the stress of modern life and the desire to reclaim your free time at the end of the day, it’s becoming harder and harder to get those precious eight hours of sleep that lead to a better life. To make matters worse, smartphones often have a decidedly detrimental impact on sleep, with the blue light from the device affecting your circadian rhythm and the content typically found on phones rising your cortisol levels. On the other hand, you could use the many features in Android 16 to turn your…
Supplier onboarding, invoice processing, and procurement platforms run on encrypted data flows that were built for long-term trust. In many organizations, that trust still depends on cryptographic standards like RSA and elliptic curve cryptography (ECC), even as security teams begin planning for a post-quantum world. A recent apexanalytix research report argues that supply chain leaders are already operating inside a quantum risk window, even though large-scale quantum computing remains years away. The core issue is timing. Sensitive supplier and contract data has a long shelf life, and adversaries have already started collecting encrypted traffic for future decryption. This is the…
TL;DR Samsung has announced that it’s bringing deep Perplexity integration to the Galaxy S26 series. Galaxy S26 users will be able to invoke Perplexity using a dedicated “Hey Plex” wake phrase. Perplexity can be used in core Samsung apps like Notes, Calendar, Gallery, Clock, and Reminders, as well as in select third-party apps. The company has hinted that more Galaxy devices could also get this feature. Samsung just announced that it’s doubling down on agentic AI for the Galaxy S26 series with a new Perplexity integration. The company says Perplexity will be introduced as an additional AI agent on the…
The FBI warned that Americans lost more than $20 million last year amid a massive surge in ATM “jackpotting” attacks, in which criminals use malware to force cash machines to dispense money. According to a Thursday FBI flash alert, more than 700 ATM jackpotting incidents were reported last year alone in a significant spike compared to the roughly 1,900 total incidents reported across the United States since 2020. These attacks can be carried out in minutes and target the software layer controlling an ATM’s physical hardware, using malicious tools such as the Ploutus malware. Most often, they go undetected by…
While I generally consider Chrome to be a mature, feature complete browser, it’s great to see that Google is still making meaningful additions to it. With its latest update, Google Chrome for desktop now has three new productivity features: Split View, PDF annotations, and the ability to save downloads directly to Google Drive. These features are targeted at both regular and enterprise users, the company says, so you don’t need to worry about Workspace exclusivity. Let’s take a look at each new feature and how you can best use it.Split View lets you boost your productivity Credit: Google Over the…
It took me a while to figure out which 3D printer model was right for me, but it didn’t take long to realize which size I should be getting. That’s because there are only three things you need to consider to answer this question. Most models are built around common size constraints The Creality Ender 3 is commonly cited as the most popular 3D printer of all time. Its build volume of 220x220x250 mm has greatly impacted the way models have been built and distributed over the years, becoming something of a “default” size for many 3D models posted on…
The Hacker NewsFeb 20, 2026Cyber Insurance / Password Security With one in three cyber-attacks now involving compromised employee accounts, insurers and regulators are placing far greater emphasis on identity posture when assessing cyber risk. For many organizations, however, these assessments remain largely opaque. Elements such as password hygiene, privileged access management, and the extent of multi-factor authentication (MFA) coverage are increasingly influential in how cyber risk and insurance costs are evaluated. Understanding the identity-centric factors behind these assessments is critical for organizations seeking to demonstrate lower risk exposure and secure more favorable insurance terms. Why identity posture now drives underwriting…
We’re living in a golden age of science fiction on TV. Apple TV+ alone has an embarrassment of great sci-fi shows, from Severance to Pluribus to For All Mankind to Silo and beyond, and there are always intriguing new ones coming around the corner. But that doesn’t mean that the sci-fi shows of the past have nothing to teach us. Take Continuum, a Canadian sci-fi series that ran on the network Showcase for four seasons, from 2012 to 2015. This show rarely gets brought up when people start talking about history’s greatest sci-fi shows, but it deserves a place in…