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Consumer TechA Pac-Man App Put Strangers on Your Network

A Pac-Man App Put Strangers on Your Network

Samsung is banning residential proxy SDKs from its smart TV store after Norwegian security firm Mnemonic found proxy code in apps including a featured Pac-Man title. LG acted in July after 42 percent of its apps were implicated.

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Consumer TechOut of Stock Now Costs You 700 Dollars

Out of Stock Now Costs You 700 Dollars

Apple cannot keep the M5 MacBook Air in stock and is steering buyers to the 14-inch MacBook Pro. The Air already rose 200 dollars in June. The substitute lists at 1,999, so the real cost of the shortage is the 700 dollar gap.

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Consumer TechGoogle Stopped Absorbing Your Memory Price

Google Stopped Absorbing Your Memory Price

Google's devices chief says the company can no longer absorb memory costs. RAM went from 2.80 to 12 dollars a gigabyte. That sixfold figure is the unhedged price, and only buyers without long-term contracts are exposed to it.

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