Jul 7, 2026 – 5.00amThe price of gadgets has been going through the roof.Thanks to the AI companies hogging all the resources to power their LMDUs (Language Models of Dubious Utility), anything that needs computer memory or storage is getting more expensive to manufacturer by the day. You probably saw that Apple has just been forced to add hundreds of dollars to the price of its Macs and iPads to keep up with rising costs. It’s nuts.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? John DavidsonColumnistJohn Davidson is an award-winning columnist, reviewer, and senior writer based in Sydney and in the Digital Life Laboratories, from where he writes about personal technology.Fetching latest articles
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