If You Need a Laptop, Buy It Now

From The Atlantic.

Tech gear is about to get more expensive due to a worldwide shortage of a basic electronics part—“and you can thank the AI boom,” Hana Kiros reports. She breaks down what RAMageddon could mean for tech prices:

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