Apple raised prices on Macs by up to 20% and iPads by up to 25%, with the entry-level MacBook Neo now costing $699 and the 14-inch MacBook Pro starting at $1,999. The price hikes follow CEO Tim Cook's…
Apple raised Mac mini prices from $599 to $799 and increased iPad Pro and iPad Air prices, citing memory costs driven by AI infrastructure demand. The shift in DRAM supply toward high-bandwidth memory…
Apple announced significant price increases for its iPad and MacBook lines, citing soaring memory and storage chip costs driven by AI data center construction. The price hikes include the MacBook Air …
Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed that price increases for the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro are unavoidable due to a global memory chip shortage driven by AI demand, with DRAM and NAND costs surging up to 75% ye…
Micron Technology reported record third-quarter earnings, with revenue quadrupling to $41.45 billion and profit surging to $28.2 billion, driven by AI-fueled demand for memory chips. The company's sha…
John Siracusa joins the Upgrade podcast to discuss Apple's forced replacement of the Classic Mac OS, while John Ternus praises Apple's designers and Tim Cook warns of upcoming price increases.…
AI is driving up costs across the economy by creating shortages in chips, electricity, and other resources, leading to higher prices for smartphones, software subscriptions, and electricity. The trend…
Apple raised MacBook prices by up to $400 as a memory-chip shortage driven by AI data center demand squeezes consumer electronics supply. Data centers are expected to consume 70% of global memory prod…
Apple CEO Tim Cook said price hikes across Apple's product lineup are unavoidable due to a global memory chip shortage driven by AI demand. Memory chip costs have surged nearly 300%, pushing the iPhon…
Apple CEO Tim Cook warned of unavoidable iPhone price hikes due to AI-driven demand for memory chips, joining Microsoft's Xbox unit and other companies citing rising component costs. A coalition of tr…
Nothing has scrapped its planned CMF Phone 3 Pro due to soaring memory chip prices driven by AI demand, marking the first casualty of a device that will not exist rather than just costing more. Apple …
Apple's iPhone 18 Pro could start at $1,399 or higher due to rising memory chip costs, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. CEO Tim Cook acknowledged price increases are coming across Apple's …
Apple and Google formalized a partnership in January 2026, with Apple paying approximately $1 billion per year to license Google's 1.2-trillion-parameter Gemini model for the next generation of Siri. …
Apple CEO Tim Cook announced unavoidable price increases for the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro due to a global shortage of DRAM and NAND chips, driven by AI companies' demand. The base model could cost $1,29…
Outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook announced price increases on Apple products due to rising memory and storage costs, driven by AI industry demand. Cook described the supply situation as a "hundred-year flo…
Apple CEO Tim Cook warned the Wall Street Journal that rising memory costs will force device price increases. Meanwhile, hands-on impressions of Siri AI continue to impress, and additional iOS 27 feat…
US equities recovered most losses from the Federal Reserve meeting, with the S&P 500 up about 1% for the week, as Apple CEO Tim Cook indicated iPhone price increases due to rising chip costs, boosting…
Apple CEO Tim Cook warned that Apple products are about to get more expensive due to an unsustainable rise in memory chip prices driven by the AI boom. The price increases are unavoidable, and Apple h…
Apple CEO Tim Cook acknowledged that the company must raise prices due to unsustainable increases in component costs, particularly memory. The price pressure, driven by AI industry demand and Middle E…
Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed that price increases across iPhones, MacBooks, and iPads are unavoidable due to surging memory costs driven by AI data center demand. Memory and storage costs for the iPho…