{"id":1063,"date":"2025-11-25T08:22:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T08:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zestyfinds.net\/technology\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2025-11-25T08:22:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T08:22:32","slug":"the-blackest-friday-tech-news-nov-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zestyfinds.net\/technology\/?p=1063","title":{"rendered":"The Blackest Friday &#8211; Tech News Nov 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZIC602Z-MCE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Blackest Friday &#8211; Tech News Nov 23<br \/>\n\u25b7 MY STORE &#8211; shirts, pint glasses &amp; hoodies: http:\/\/paulshardware.net<br \/>\n\u21e8 Sponsor: Thermaltake View 600 TG Case | buy: https:\/\/geni.us\/qg278Q info: https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/TTV600<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba TIMESTAMPS<br \/>\n0:00 Welcome to Paul\u2019s Tech News &#8211; November 23, 2025<br \/>\n1:50 Black Friday PC Hardware Sales Overshadowed by RAM\/Storage Price Spikes<br \/>\n4:03 GPUs To Get Expensive Again; Budget GPUs Might Just End<br \/>\n\u201cAI Generated\u201d TECH BRIEFS<br \/>\n5:40 Microsoft finally admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are broken<br \/>\n6:41 Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out<br \/>\n7:21 Leaked documents reveal that Amazon could replace 600,000 US workers with robots<br \/>\nTECH BRIEFS<br \/>\n8:01 AMD shortens \u201cFidelityFX Super Resolution\u201d name to just \u201cFSR\u201d for Redstone Debut<br \/>\n8:52 800W ASUS ROG Matrix XOC BIOS Flashed on Other RTX 5090 GPUs<br \/>\n9:52 End of Year Build \/ Giveaway Series Update <\/p>\n<p>\u25ba LINKS<br \/>\nBlack Friday Sales Overshadowed by Memory and Storage Price Spikes<br \/>\n9800X3D $450 &#8211; https:\/\/geni.us\/1Vd87<br \/>\n7800X3D $384 &#8211; https:\/\/geni.us\/Y9WONXt<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/pc-components\/amds-chart-topping-ryzen-7-9800x3d-is-on-sale-at-amazon-right-now-for-black-friday-save-usd30-on-the-king-of-gaming-cpus<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/samsung-hikes-memory-chip-prices-by-up-60-shortage-worsens-sources-say-2025-11-14\/<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.techpowerup.com\/342971\/rising-memory-prices-weigh-on-consumer-markets-affecting-smartphones-and-notebooks-in-2026<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/pc-components\/dram\/nvidias-demand-for-lpddr5x-could-double-smartphone-and-server-memory-prices-in-2026-seismic-shift-means-even-smartphone-class-memory-isnt-safe-from-ai-induced-crunch<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.eetimes.com\/ai-to-drive-surge-in-memory-prices-through-2026\/<br \/>\nGPUs To Get Expensive Again; Budget GPUs Might Just End<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.techpowerup.com\/342990\/amd-reportedly-planning-gpu-price-increase-as-memory-costs-spike<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/wccftech.com\/amd-notifies-imminent-gpu-price-hike-all-models-affected-due-to-rising-memory-costs\/<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/graphics-cards\/amd-is-reportedly-planning-a-gpu-price-rise-as-the-memory-shortage-crisis-bites-and-odds-of-decent-black-friday-graphics-card-deals-look-increasingly-slim\/<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/videocardz.com\/newz\/powercolor-representative-confirms-2026-gpu-price-hike-recommends-buying-next-week<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/wccftech.com\/amd-nvidia-could-kill-off-budget-gpus-as-memory-shortages-drive-costs-up\/<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.hankyung.com\/article\/2025111815991<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/microsoft-exec-asks-why-arent-more-people-impressed-with-ai<br \/>\nTECH BRIEFS<br \/>\nAI Tech Briefs<br \/>\nMicrosoft finally admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are broken<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.neowin.net\/news\/microsoft-finally-admits-almost-all-major-windows-11-core-features-are-broken\/<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/topic\/kb5072911-multiple-symptoms-occur-after-provisioning-a-pc-with-a-windows-11-version-24h2-update-d2d30684-4e2b-47f5-9899-a00a8e0acb09<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.neowin.net\/news\/microsoft-we-see-all-the-backlash-and-we-know-we-have-a-lot-to-fix-in-windows\/<br \/>\nGmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"57m9xk8sGs\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.malwarebytes.com\/blog\/news\/2025\/11\/gmail-is-reading-your-emails-and-attachments-to-train-its-ai-unless-you-turn-it-off\">[Correction] Gmail can read your emails and attachments to power &#8220;smart features&#8221;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;[Correction] Gmail can read your emails and attachments to power &#8220;smart features&#8221;&#8221; &#8212; Malwarebytes\" src=\"https:\/\/www.malwarebytes.com\/blog\/news\/2025\/11\/gmail-is-reading-your-emails-and-attachments-to-train-its-ai-unless-you-turn-it-off\/embed#?secret=Ejrd9SGIwS#?secret=57m9xk8sGs\" data-secret=\"57m9xk8sGs\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/google-sparks-backlash-gmail-setting-004529370.html<br \/>\nLeaked documents reveal that Amazon could replace 600,000 US workers with robots<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/10\/21\/technology\/inside-amazons-plans-to-replace-workers-with-robots.html<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/thedailyadda.com\/2025\/11\/21\/leaked-documents-reveal-that-amazon-could-replace-600000-us-workers-with-robots\/<br \/>\nAMD shortens \u201cFidelityFX Super Resolution\u201d name to just \u201cFSR\u201d for Redstone Debut<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/pc-components\/gpus\/amd-announces-fsr-redstone-premiere-on-december-10-confirms-technology-will-be-limited-to-the-rx-9000-series<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/videocardz.com\/newz\/with-fsr-redstone-coming-amd-shortens-fidelityfx-super-resolution-name-to-just-fsr<br \/>\n800W ASUS ROG Matrix XOC BIOS Flashed on Other RTX 5090 GPUs<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/wccftech.com\/asus-800w-rog-matrix-xoc-bios-flashed-rtx-5090-gpus-gigabyte-pny-msi-massive-boost\/<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.techpowerup.com\/vgabios\/280329\/280329<br \/>\nEnd of Year Build Series Update<br \/>\nNovember Build in Corsair Air 5400 &#8211; https:\/\/youtu.be\/toW2ri3ib08<br \/>\nGiveaway Entry Page (US\/Canada) &#8211; https:\/\/gleam.io\/wHM3k\/pauls-hardware-corsair-air-5400-9950x3d-rx-9070-xt-pc-giveaway-for-extra-life-nov-2025<br \/>\nAwesome Hardware 2025 Extra Life Page &#8211; https:\/\/www.extra-life.org\/teams\/72765<\/p>\n<p>Please note that links above may be affiliate links &#8212; if you click them and make a qualifying purchase I earn a commission.<\/p>\n<p>\u25b7 SOCIAL<br \/>\nTwitter: @paulhardware<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"500\" data-height=\"750\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paulhardware?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Tweets by paulhardware<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nInstagram: http:\/\/instagram.com\/paulhardware<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba Edited by Joe Aguilar &#8211; ShaostylePostProductions<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"500\" data-height=\"750\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joe_editing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Tweets by joe_editing<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Audio file(s) provided by Epidemic Sound<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.epidemicsound.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Blackest Friday &#8211; 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