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Global smartphone shipments in 2026 are set to shrink 2.1% due to rising memory costs, led by Chinese OEMs; DRAM price surges are set to raise costs by 10%-15% (Counterpoint Research)
https://counterpointresearch.com/en/in

Heating Costs Expected to Rise 9.2% This Winter (Ivan Penn/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/business/energy-environment/winter-heating-costs-increase.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9U8.tp5D.XSaPh0PKHLzT&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p7#a251217p7

Nicht die Community-Wünsche: Bluesky bringt Livestream-Anzeige und „Cashtags“
Das jüngste Update von Bluesky bringt eine Kennzeichnung von Livestreams und spezielle Hashtags für Beiträge über Aktienmärkte. Die User wünschen etwas anderes.

More pollution and higher energy costs: critics condemn Trump’s anti-environment agenda https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/10/trump-anti-environment-agenda-pushback
Under Trump, EPA’s enforcement of environmental laws collapses, re…

"Die Bundesregierung beweist mit dieser Reform, wie wichtig ihr die Bekämpfung von Kinderarmut ist: absolut gar nicht. Die Reform ist deshalb auch ein düsterer Ausblick auf das kommende Jahr: Der Abbau des Sozialstaates hat begonnen."
(Original title: Bürgergeld: Höchststrafe Obdachlosigkeit)
http://www.taz.de/Buergerge…

Bürgergeld: Neue Schikanen für die Ärmsten
Das Kabinett hat eine Bürgergeldreform mit Verschärfungen beschlossen. Von den Sanktionen sind vor allem Kinder betroffen.

Elizabeth Warren and two Democratic senators write to Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and more to investigate AI data centers' role in rising electricity costs (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/busines

Senators Investigate Role of A.I. Data Centers in Rising Electricity Costs
Three Democrats are seeking information from tech firms about the growing energy use of data centers and the utility bills of individuals and other businesses.

President Trump Unveils The Great Healthcare Plan to Lower Costs and Deliver Money Directly to the People (President Donald J. Trump/The White House)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/01/president-trump-unveils-the-great-healthcare-plan-to-lower-costs-and-deliver-money-directly-to-the-people/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260115/p133#a260115p133

Google unveils Gemini 3 Flash that it says offers Pro-level performance with lower latency, higher efficiency, and reduced costs compared to 2.5 Pro (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/12/17/gemini-3-flash-launch/

Google announces Gemini 3 Flash with Pro-level performance, rolling out now
Following last month's launch of Gemini 3 Pro, Google today announced Gemini 3 Flash for consumers and developers.

Anthropic expects to pay Amazon, Google, and Microsoft $80B total to run its models on their servers through 2029, plus an additional $100B for training costs (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropic-sweetens-deal-cloud-providers

How Anthropic Sweetens the Deal for Its Cloud Providers
Anthropic expects to pay Amazon, Google and Microsoft at least $80 billion to run its Claude AI on their cloud servers through 2029, according to the startup’s most optimistic recent forecasts. That’s not the only way the tech giants can make money from Anthropic: They get a cut of the revenue ...

Circana: US game console spending fell 27% in November to $695M, the lowest in the pivotal month for holiday shopping since 2005, after a tough year for makers (Vlad Savov/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025…

US Game Console Sales Crater in Worst November in Two Decades
US spending on video game consoles fell 27% last month, marking the worst November in two decades as tariffs and rising component costs pushed prices to record highs.