"Free printables for kids" is one of the most oversold phrases on the internet.
Half the sites mean *free after you make an account*.
I checked 13 of them. Here's what's actually free, and what each one is genuinely good at ๐งต
"Free printables for kids" is one of the most oversold phrases on the internet.
Half the sites mean *free after you make an account*.
I checked 13 of them. Here's what's actually free, and what each one is genuinely good at ๐งต
Printing tips that save the most money:
โข Print greyscale โ coloring pages don't need colour ink
โข Laminate tracing sheets, use a dry-wipe pen. One print, not thirty
โข Test one page first โ coloring sheets get clipped by default margins
Your next laptop, phone, or SSD is about to get a lot more expensive โ and the reason has almost nothing to do with the device itself.
It's a memory crisis. And it's just getting started.
The forecast (via Jefferies) is brutal:
โข RAM + SSD prices: +40-50% THIS quarter
โข Another +30-40% next quarter
โข ~40-45% more across 2027
โข No real relief until 2028
Prices could nearly double before they ease.
So who's eating all the memory? AI.
The data-center build-out has created a bottomless appetite for chips. Cloud giants are now locking up roughly HALF of the world's memory supply โ signing 2-year deals and paying 40% upfront just to guarantee it.
Everyone else โ the people building your laptop, your phone, your PS5 โ is left fighting over the scraps.
Here's the stat that reframes it:
Memory used to be ~15-18% of what a laptop costs to build.
Today it's ~35%.
When a third of a device's cost suddenly jumps 40%+, that doesn't get absorbed. It lands straight on the price tag.
What's getting pricier:
โ RAM kits & SSDs (first and hardest hit)
โ Laptops & desktops
โ Phones, especially high-storage models
โ Graphics cards
โ Game consoles (some already raised prices once this year)
The quiet irony:
The AI you may not even use is making the gadgets you DO use more expensive. A data center outbid you for the parts.
If you genuinely need an upgrade, buying now โ with extra RAM and storage headroom โ probably beats waiting. Relief isn't expected until ~2028.
Holding off on a new device, or locking one in before prices climb? ๐
OpenAI shipped GPT-5.6 โ its most powerful model yet โ then let a government list decide who can use it.
Sol, Terra & Luna: live for ~20 vetted partners only.
Same day, D.C. cleared Anthropic's Mythos 5.
Frontier AI now ships through Washington ๐
https://t.co/xV6UsB0cNp
Your next MacBook costs more because of AI โ not tariffs.
Apple hiked Macs & iPads 20%+. Xbox jumps up to $150 from Aug 1.
The culprit: AI's hunger for memory chips pushed prices 2.5x+, set to double by 2027.
You're footing the bill for the AI boom ๐
https://t.co/y5hGX5uy4D
๐ $2.7 TRILLION wiped off Big Tech in a month.
The Magnificent Seven + Broadcom + Oracle are sliding as investors finally ask: when does all this AI spending actually pay off?
Is the bubble deflating? ๐
https://t.co/RThSWwiwAs
๐ Meta just made AI smart glasses mainstream: its own-brand Adventurer & Fury at $299 (plus a $399 Kylie Jenner edition), with live translation in 20 languages โ same hardware as Ray-Ban Meta, minus the designer markup. ๐
https://t.co/ln0lNdReE7