Week 51: AI Devours All The Memory, China Buries Its EV Dream, Your TV Gets Hijacked

THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE

This week, the tech industry felt like a cartoon character who runs off a cliff, keeps running on thin air, and only falls after looking down. The ground beneath our feet — cheap memory, abundant power, the promise of clean tech — is suddenly giving way. We’re finally getting the bill for progress, and it turns out there are no returns.

PROGRESS DEMANDS A SACRIFICE
AI Gobbles Up Memory as the global RAM shortage persists into 2027, raising PC and phone prices. Data Centers Spike Power Bills as Democratic lawmakers launch an investigation into their impact on consumer electricity costs.

THE SOLUTIONS HAVE PROBLEMS
China Confronts Battery Graveyard as its massive EV boom creates an overwhelming battery disposal crisis.

THE TOOLS TURN AGAINST YOU
AI Flags Clarinet as Gun leading to a school lockdown, with the security firm claiming the system performed as designed. LG Hijacks Your Smart TV by initially forcing an unremovable Microsoft Copilot shortcut onto its new TVs before user backlash prom…