RAM Kit Price-ocalypse, Honey lawsuit dismissed, Warner Music/Suno deal + more!

Duration: 08:42

Timestamps:

0:00 hold on still booting

0:16 RAM kit prices are out of control

1:59 Honey class action lawsuit dismissed

3:30 Warner Music settles Suno AI lawsuit

4:43 QUICK BITS INTRO

4:53 Android-based Aluminium OS

5:44 Windows app Updates, ClickFix attack

6:25 ROG Xbox Ally optimized game profiles

7:05 Character AI Stories for teens

7:39 China trials humanoid robot security

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

WHAM, BAM, EXPENSIVE RAM!

GPU prices are coming to earth just as RAM costs shoot into the stratosphere

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/spiking-memory-prices-mean-that-it-is-once-again-a-horrible-time-to-build-a-pc/

Alternative Source: https://insider-gaming.com/pc-ram-prices-have-soared-by-up-to-250/

AI is the culprit quote

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/spiking-memory-prices-mean-that-it-is-once-again-a-horrible-time-to-build-a-pc/#:~:text=the%20culprit%20is%20a%20shortage%20of%20RAM%20and%20flash%20memory%20chips%20that%20has%20suddenly%20sent%20SSD%20and%20(especially)%20memory%20prices%20into%20the%20stratosphere%2C%20caused%20primarily%20by%20the%20ongoing%20AI%20boom%20and%20exacerbated%20by%20panic%2Dfueled%20buying

One particular 64GB kit going for over 2K Euros at German retailer (outlier) https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/1p6hc9p/honestly_a_5090_seems_cheap_now/

More from the LTT Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/1p7d9u7/i_had_heard_ram_prices_were_going_up_but_i_didnt/

Things are so crazy that some stores don’t want to list RAM prices; https://www.pcworld.com/article/2984629/ram-is-so-expensive-that-stores-are-selling-it-at-market-prices.html

Tim Sweeney's take: https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/epic-games-ceo-ram-price-increases-will-be-a-real-problem-for-high-end-gaming

Tim’s tweet: https://x.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1992945140923847047

Some folks are saying that buying a prebuilt might be the way to go

https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/shopping-for-ram-you-may-want-to-get-a-prebuilt-or-a-laptop-instead

However, HP is laying people off, but MORE IMPORTANTLY, they say PCs may have less RAM, or use low-cost parts

https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/26/hp_inc_q4_2025/

Alternative Source: https://www.techpowerup.com/343335/hp-to-raise-prices-cut-specs-due-to-memory-cost-surge

OH POOH

Influencers’ lawsuit against Honey dismissed, but they have a chance to amend it

https://www.netinfluencer.com/paypal-honey-extension-lawsuit-dismissed-influencers-get-chance-to-amend-claims/

Megalag video showing the change at 5:10 to 5:18 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc4yL3YTwWk

Alternative source: https://hellopartner.com/2025/11/25/paypal-wins-dismissal-of-influencer-lawsuit-over-honeys-alleged-cookie-stuffing/

Co-founder of Honey celebrates https://x.com/ketau/status/1993455775646466489

Ruling https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/honey-extension-survives-influencer-suit.pdf

Old Article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/16/honey-coupons-paypal-creators-controversy/

WHEN THE SUNO BREAKS

Warner Music, Suno strike AI music deal, settle copyright lawsuit (They sold them songkick, the concert-discovery platform, and will also allow for “licensed” AI music)

https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/warner-music-group-suno-lawsuit-partnership-ai-music

Alternate source

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjdrl7lr039o

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-industry-news/warner-music-group-settles-ai-infringement-suit-with-suno-1236435516/

Warner statement

https://investors.wmg.com/news-events/news-releases/news-details/2025/WARNER-MUSIC-GROUP-AND-SUNO-FORGE-GROUNDBREAKING-PARTNERSHIP/default.aspx

QUICK BITS

METALHEADS

Google is working on Android-based "Aluminium OS" to replace ChromeOS on laptops (they mentioned it in a job application)

https://www.techspot.com/news/110383-google-working-android-based-aluminium-os-replace-chrome.html

Job listing screencap

https://www.techspot.com/images2/news/bigimage/2025/11/2025-11-25-image-18-j_1100.webp

This too!

https://www.techspot.com/images2/news/bigimage/2025/11/2025-11-25-image-19.jpg

Alternate source

https://www.androidauthority.com/aluminium-os-android-for-pcs-3619092/

‘AI at the core’

https://9to5google.com/2025/11/24/google-android-pc-aluminium-os/

PLEASE UPDATE YOUR UPDATE

Microsoft adds new "app updates" page to Windows 11's Settings app for updating certain apps using Windows Update (Windows Insider Preview Build)

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-adds-new-app-updates-page-to-windows-11s-settings-app-for-updating-installed-apps-without-the-microsoft-store

Blog Post: https://windowsforum.com/threads/windows-11-settings-gets-app-updates-page-to-centralize-store-apps.391137/

Windows Central says it’s not working fully working yet

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-adds-new-app-updates-page-to-windows-11s-settings-app-for-updating-installed-apps-without-the-microsoft-store#:~:text=It%20doesn%27t%20seem%20like%20the%20new%20app%20updates%20page%20in%20Windows%20Settings%20is%20entirely%20functional%20just%20yet

Make a parallel to Play Store / Apple App Store

Just make sure your update screen is legit, and not the fake one being used in ClickFix attack https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/clickfix-attack-uses-fake-windows-update-screen-to-push-malware/

Alternative Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/4096241/new-clickfix-attacks-use-fake-windows-update-screens-to-fool-employees.html

Joke about - at least the hackers are simplifying the process

If they’re gonna hack your system, they might as well not waste your time

XBOX GETS XBOXIER

Microsoft making its handheld feel more like an Xbox with “default game profiles” so you don’t have to fiddle with settings on every game

https://gizmodo.com/xbox-ally-x-handheld-full-screen-experience-software-update-big-improvements-2000692172

Xbox Wire

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/11/25/rog-xbox-ally-updates-improvements-november-2025/

Alternative source

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/handheld-gaming-pcs/the-rog-xbox-ally-now-has-tailored-per-game-profiles-and-i-never-thought-id-say-it-but-as-a-steamos-user-im-quite-jealous/

Steam Deck does it jankier quote: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/handheld-gaming-pcs/the-rog-xbox-ally-now-has-tailored-per-game-profiles-and-i-never-thought-id-say-it-but-as-a-steamos-user-im-quite-jealous/#:~:text=I%20managed%20to%20achieve%20something%20similar%20using%20Decky%20plugin%20loader%20on%20the%20Legion%20Go%20S%2C%20but%20the%20solution%20I%20found%20just%20shows%20community%2Dmade%20tailored%20game%20settings%2C%20and%20I%20have%20to%20then%20implement%20these%20myself%E2%80%94plus%20it%27s%20a%20little%20janky.

STORY TIME!

Character.AI launches Stories for teens after banning them from chats

https://www.theverge.com/news/829892/character-ai-stories-launch-teens

https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/25/character-ai-will-offer-interactive-stories-to-kids-instead-of-open-ended-chat/

Character.AI’s blog

https://blog.character.ai/introducing-stories-a-new-way-to-create-play-and-share-adventures-with-your-favorite-characters/

We might not let you talk to your AI girlfriend anymore, but we can read you a bed time story!

OLAF ARMY

China to trial humanoid robots for crowd control at border crossings

https://www.malaymail.com/news/tech-gadgets/2025/11/26/china-to-trial-humanoid-robots-for-crowd-control-at-border-crossings/199805#google_vignette

Who needs a wall when you’ve got a robot army?!

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-humanoid-robots-trial-crowds-chinese.html

Do they have enough robots for the wall? If not maybe they can pad their numbers with some of these new Olaf robots

https://www.vulture.com/article/disney-olaf-robot-ai.html

Landscape video https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/lifestyle/disney-olaf-ai-robot-video-b2872475.html