RAMpocalypse Now!

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