AI Industry Big Tech's $8 trillion AI bet is making consoles, cars, and electricity more expensive for everyone else The cost of artificial intelligence is now showing up in the inflation data By Skye Jacobs, June 28, 2026, 6:16 AM 27 comments
Microsoft Gaming Microsoft wants Xbox to hit 30% margins, explaining price hikes and layoffs Game industry average is between 17% and 22% By Daniel Sims, October 24, 2025, 6:11 AM 16 comments
Gaming Tech Culture The rising cost of play: AAA games, consoles, and GPUs surge in cost Game console prices defy tradition, climbing instead of dropping By Kishalaya Kundu, September 2, 2025, 12:28 PM 32 comments
Electronics Hardware No reprieve for PC builders as skyrocketing metal prices set to impact component costs Brace for jacked-up PC prices By Zo Ahmed, May 3, 2024, 6:15 AM 14 comments
Gaming EA Play receives price hike, now starting at $39.99 a year Inflation strikes another subscription service By Daniel Sims, April 11, 2024, 6:15 AM 8 comments
Apple Mobile Flagship iPhone prices have jumped 66% since 2009, but Tim Cook says people are happy to pay more for "the best" Those who aren't Apple fans might disagree By Rob Thubron, February 6, 2023, 7:03 AM 20 comments
Gaming Popular seven-year-old Steam game gets price increase due to inflation It's never taken part in a Steam sale A hot potato: Imagine a game that came out seven years ago, has never taken part in a Steam sale, and is now getting a price increase. One might imagine such a scenario causing universal outcry among fans, but not when said game is Factorio. Full story By Rob Thubron, January 24, 2023, 5:19 AM 50 comments
Industry TSMC plays down economic concerns, predicts 30% sales increase this year "...inflation has no direct impact on the semiconductor industry" By Rob Thubron, June 8, 2022, 7:03 AM