RAMpocalypse Now!

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🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Valve hiked Steam Deck prices by up to $300 as RAMageddon hits consumer electronics. Bloomberg detailed Apple's Siri overhaul ahead of WWDC, Meta rolls out subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, and Oura unveils a 40% smaller Ring 5. Valve hikes the Steam Deck OLED's prices due to "rising memory and storage costs": from $549 to $789 for the 512GB model and from $649 to $949 for the 1TB model (The Verge) Illustrations based on sources detail Apple's Siri overhaul, including a new UI, a chatbot-style app, and other major iOS 27 changes, ahead of WWDC on June 8 (Bloomberg) Meta rolls out Plus plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp globally, and tests $7.99/month and $19.99/month Meta AI plans, and a $49.99/month creator plan (TechCrunch) Reactor, which says its AI platform can generate video in real-time with near-zero latency, emerges from stealth with a $59M Series A led by Lightspeed (Variety) Oura unveils the Oura Ring 5, with a 40% smaller form factor, improved sensing, and repositioned LEDs, on sale from June 4 for $399, up from the Ring 4's $349 (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Some follow the noise.
0:03.3	Bloomberg follows the money.
0:05.4	Because behind every headline is a bottom line.
0:09.3	Whether it's the funds fueling AI or crypto's trillion dollar swings,
0:13.8	there's a money side to every story.
0:16.5	And when you see the money side, you understand what others miss.
0:20.8	Get the money side of you understand what others miss.
0:22.3	Get the money side of the story.
0:25.3	Subscribe now at Bloomberg.com.
0:32.9	Welcome to the tech.
0:35.1	We write home for Thursday, May 28, 26.
0:36.2	I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:38.7	Ramageddon is here, and consumer electronics prices might never be the same again. Bloomberg details Apple's Siri overhaul ahead of WWDC,
0:45.5	meta rolls out subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, and ORA unveils a 40%
0:50.6	smaller Ring 5. Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.
1:00.0	So, bad news, everybody. The AI-induced consumer electronic inflation apocalypse is officially here.
1:08.2	If you wanted to buy the Steam Deck OLED today, it will now cost you as
1:13.6	much as $300 more than it did last week. Quoting the Verge. Valve has significantly increased
1:20.2	the price of the Steam Deck, but now it's also in stock. The 512 gigabyte Steam Deck OLED now costs
1:27.3	$789 up from $549, while the one-terabyte
1:32.2	model costs $949 up from $649. As I write this, both models are available to buy on Steam
1:40.4	with an estimated delivery date of three to five business days. The company says the price increase
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