RAM prices down in China, Artemis II lunar fly-by, LinkedIn 'Browsergate' + more!

Duration: 08:18

Timestamps:

0:00 Here's tech news molded into a bunny shape

0:12 Chinese RAM cheap, but Samsung ups price

1:31 Artemis II completes lunar fly-by

2:59 LinkedIn 'Browsergate'

4:15 QUICK BITS INTRO

4:24 Nvidia Neural Texture compression

5:11 Italian courts invalidates Netflix price hikes

5:47 OpenAI acquires TBPN

6:44 SpaceX IPO banks must use Grok

7:25 CRISPR gene editing to treat sickle cell illness

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

RAMS GETTING SLAMMED

April 2nd - Chinese memory stockpilers start to panic as falling prices leave them stuck with modules

https://videocardz.com/newz/chinese-memory-stockpilers-start-to-panic-as-falling-prices-leave-them-stuck-with-modules

https://kotaku.com/memory-ram-ai-dram-prices-stock-drop-dip-panic-2000684261

Wild clip on twitter of a RAM stockpile: https://x.com/Eng_china5/status/2039354509273846222

https://wccftech.com/chinese-memory-vendors-are-claiming-to-be-doomed/

Clip from reddit at 0:21: https://www.reddit.com/r/RigBuild/comments/1s98frr/ram_price_collapsed_in_china_someone_hoarded_over/

Bunch of clips and images show chinese vendors freaking out, but we aren't sure if they are real as evidenced by this image from wccftech►

https://cdn.wccftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Untitled-design-44.jpg

Seems to be effecting resellers the most:(translate to english) https://lmg.gg/5OELI

Meanwhile Samsung bumps up RAM prices another 30% after doubling them in Q1 according to an ET News report: (Editor translate to english) https://www.etnews.com/20260403000068

Still, it's too late to stop Lenovo Legion Go 2 from getting up to $650 price bump

https://www.theverge.com/games/906752/lenovo-legion-go-2-suddenly-costs-650-more-as-ramageddon-lays-waste-to-gaming-hardware

Listing https://www.bestbuy.com/product/legion-go-2-8-8-144hz-2k-oled-gaming-handheld-amd-ryzen-z2-extreme-32gb-1tb-windows/JJGH3YZPLW

SHOOT FOR THE MOON

Artemis 2 just broke the record for the distance a human has travelled - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/06/artemis-ii-astronauts-record-moon-earth-distance

Artemis fly by is happening at the time of writing - and they keep talking about albedo

https://www.engadget.com/science/space/artemis-ii-arrives-in-lunar-space-ahead-of-its-trip-around-the-moon-211919381.html

Hmmm, ars is saying not to expect hi res video - https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/video-from-artemis-ii-flyby-of-the-moon-will-not-initially-look-spectacular/

NASA's Artemis will test a laser system capable of sending 4K video from the Moon at 260 Mbps - https://www.techspot.com/news/111935-nasa-artemis-laser-system-send-4k-video-moon.html

Ultimately the mission has been going so well they keep talking about hw the astronauts are going to the bathroom https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/artemis-ii-is-going-so-well-that-were-left-to-talk-about-frozen-urine/

And also the random jars of nutella floating around: https://x.com/iamtobi/status/2041216935681990744

Editor: Need 00:00 - 00:06 for this videoo

SNOOPEDIN

New "BrowserGate" report claims LinkedIn secretly scans user browsers for installed extensions and collects device data

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/one-of-the-largest-corporate-espionage-and-data-breach-scandals-in-digital-history-new-browsergate-report-claims-linkedin-secretly-scans-user-browsers-for-installed-extensions-and-collects-device-data

https://thenextweb.com/news/linkedin-browsergate-extension-scanning-privacy-fingerprint

The report: https://browsergate.eu/

What the script looks for: https://lmg.gg/YqeWw

Bleeping Computer investigated and found what the script checks for: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/linkedin-secretly-scans-for-6-000-plus-chrome-extensions-collects-data/

Their results: https://lmg.gg/c9TGE

The company claims the report is from someone whose account was banned for scraping LinkedIn content and violating the site's terms of use.

Statement:  https://lmg.gg/mZP98

They were the dev behind teamfluence: https://teamfluence.com/

German Court denied their injunction: https://browsergate.eu/updates/

QUICKBITS

COMPRESS THAT, GAMERS

Nvidia shows neural compression can cut VRAM usage from 6.5GB to 970MB - https://www.techspot.com/news/111954-nvidia-shows-neural-compression-can-cut-vram-usage.html

https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-neural-texture-compression-slashes-vram-usage-over-80-in-games

8:11 has slide explaining the tech: https://youtu.be/-H0TZUCX8JI?t=491

11:55 comparison of the 2 compression types: https://youtu.be/-H0TZUCX8JI?t=715

Intel is actually doing the same thing: https://www.guru3d.com/story/intel-unveils-ai-texture-compression-cutting-memory-use-by-up-to-18x/

https://www.pcmag.com/news/nvidia-intel-texture-compression-techs-cut-vram-use-dramatically

Image: https://www.guru3d.com/data/publish/227/524a75850c1b17b52a0cc56ccf0f7f95e51438/96053870935687.webp

MAMA MIA! THAT’S A PRICEY SUBSCRIPTION!

Netflix must refund customers for years of price hikes, Italian court rules -

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/italian-court-rules-netflix-price-hike-clauses-are-void-orders-refunds-2026-04-03/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/netflix-ordered-to-refund-subscribers-up-to-e500-for-unlawful-price-hikes/

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/netflix-must-reimburse-subscribers-italy-131518466.html

LIKE TWO PEAS IN A POD…CAST

OpenAI acquires popular tech news show TBPN - https://openai.com/index/openai-acquires-tbpn/

Video of the greenest podcast in the universe: https://youtu.be/zKvyGY2ZVuM?t=810

Editor: Capture 13:30 - 13:35

We just want the footage of two of the whitest dudes in the world on the greenest studio in the world with the OpenAi Chyron

CNN on how it’s buying influence - https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/03/media/openai-tbpn-podcast-sale-lehane

Holywood reporter on Billionare obsession with Media - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/billionares-buying-media-deals-openai-tbpn-larry-ellison-1236554833/

GET READY TO GROCK

Elon musk is demanding banks that are managing the SpaceX ipo use Grok, it’s pretty criiiinge- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/business/spacex-ipo-grok-elon-musk.html

NYT Coverage of the overall IPO https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/technology/spacex-ipo-elon-musk.html

Ars breakdown of the situation -

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/elon-musk-insists-banks-working-on-spacex-ipo-must-buy-grok-subscriptions/

CUSTOM TAILORED GENES

Gene editing therapy (CRISPR/Cas12a) shows success against severe sickle cell disease - wsroom.clevelandclinic.org/2026/04/01/gene-editing-therapy-shows-success-against-severe-sickle-cell-disease

Original Source: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2415550