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Paying More for Apple

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

So lately, Apple has been making noticeable attempts to earn more money, such as hiking up prices, as well as adding ads to… uhm… Apple Maps?

Firstly, the price increases of Apple’s products. Apple says they hiked up prices because RAM, or an essential electronic part, as well as SSD, or storage, has skyrocketed. Why have electronic parts gone up? Well, its all because of AI, and how many resources the AI data centers take up. The data centers need copious amounts of electronic parts to function efficiently, so companies funding the centers buy a up a lot of parts, which raises demand and prices. RAM, as I mentioned before, have increased almost 5-fold. Anyways, back to Apple. Apple’s reason seems like a logical excuse, right? I would agree, IF they weren’t literally supporting AI, and collaborating with major AI companies to create better models. They’re literally developing AI, letting prices rise, then forcing the public to pay higher prices for their products. Okay, maybe not forcing, but you get what I mean.

A Deal Between OpenAI and Disney

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Remember slumping down into your couch and watching Home Alone on Christmas? Well, this should be a key memory for everyone who owns a Disney+ subscription—okay, maybe not everyone, but a lot of people.

Speaking of Disney, they recently made a billion-dollar investment in OpenAI. This investment is an agreement between OpenAI and Disney, which could lead anywhere, good or bad.

The Walt Disney Company agreed to a three-year licensing agreement with OpenAI on Thursday, December 11, 2025. More specifically, Disney now has a partnership and agreement with Sora, an AI-powered text-to-video model developed and owned by OpenAI( if you didn’t already know ). This agreement between the two companies is also the first time Sora gained a major licensing partner.

Anthropic Sues the US Department of War

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

You’ve probably seen the main image and came here because of lawsuits—right? No? Someone’s going to throw cheese at me for saying that? Anyways, let’s backtrack for a moment and see how this all started, no matter the reason you came here.

Anthropic, if you don’t already know, is a company specializing in AI, best known for making Claude AI, one of the biggest generative AI models as popular as ChatGPT or Gemini. Everything all started peacefully, with Anthropic signing a 200 million dollar contract with the Pentagon, AKA U.S. Department of War (DoW), in July of 2025, basically to maximize earnings and efficiency for both sides. But—I’m not-so-accurately paraphrasing what Anthropic’s CEO said—the U.S. DoW came by and kindly asked Anthropic if Anthropic could change their AIs to be able to fully automate military weapons and surveil a majority of the U.S. population. Unsurprisingly, Anthropic said no, because of privacy and safety concerns (this is the first smart company I’ve seen in a long time).