AI is making your gadgets more expensive and less powerful

We’re fast approaching the release of new hardware products from many of the world’s biggest tech companies. Apple just announced new Mac minis and Mac Studios powered by its latest M6 chips, while we’re expecting the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, Apple’s first foldable iPhone, and new Apple Watch models to be announced at the company’s annual iPhone event in the first half of September. While the Mac minis and Studios have high-quality, cutting-edge tech powering them, we’re entering a strange...